Chuck Brown - Beautiful Life [CD]

Posthumous 2014 release from the Godfather of Go Go. BEAUTIFUL LIFE contains an intro by Doug E Fresh, collaborations with rapper Wale, R&B diva Faith Evans, R&B star Raheem DeVaughn, local DC icon Sugar Bear, Gospel singer and winner of BET's 2009 Sunday's Best Y'Anna Crawley, as well as new songs by the Chuck Brown Band featuring his daughter KK, Frank Sirius, and Ms. Yendy. Production credits include multi-platinum producer Chucky Thompson (Mary J Blige Faith Evans, Kelly Price, Nas, Ledisi) and James McKinney. Chuck Brown created Washington DC's Go-Go sound in the early '70s and scored his biggest hit with 'Bustin' Loose' in 1978, which was sampled in Nelly's smash 'Hot in Here' in 2002.