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James Brown

It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World

1966 · via 2Pac

James Brown’s 1966 recording of “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” is the earliest release on file. James Brown shares the writing credit with Betty Jean Newsome. Also recorded by Jeanie Tracy & Bobby Womack (released 1995), Grateful Dead (released 1997) and Renée Geyer (released 1974), among 426 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. 2Pac’s “Tradin’ War Stories” (1996) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

James Brown – It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World
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Check the credits on 'Tradin’ War Stories' and you'll find James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome sitting next to 2Pac, because the 1966 record is running underneath. Follow Brown and that song keeps traveling. Even the Grateful Dead took a run at it.

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Credited writers: James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1966.

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2Pac’s “Tradin’ War Stories” (1996) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

Other recordings on file · first release year

426 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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2Pac's 'Tradin’ War Stories' on All Eyez on Me samples 'It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World.' Who first recorded that song?James Brown
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