If our Similar Sounds playlist seems a little bit all-over-the-map, it's because no single artist can capture all of J.B.'s genius, and because Brown himself was all over the map, sometim …

Could funk and rap have existed without James Brown? Of course not. But as you'll discover, Mr. Dynamite's fingers set off explosions in everything from rock to jazz, from soul to Afro Beat. Public Ene …