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CeeLo Green and Dallas Austin lead a tour of James Brown’s house


CeeLo Green and Dallas Austin lead a tour of James Brown’s house

CeeLo Green and Dallas Austin give Billboard an exclusive tour of James Brown’s home in Augusta, Georgia, in collaboration with Primary Wave.

CeeLo Green
Between you and me, I know I’m not the biggest James Brown fan.

Dallas Austin
Yes.

CeeLo Green
I bet you don’t know his most successful hit.

Dallas Austin
I would probably say “Living in America” simply because “Rocky” was so big.

CeeLo Green
That’s good. But no, wrong. “I got you.”

What’s up, folks? It’s me, CeeLo Green, broadcasting live from Augusta, Georgia with my big brother Dallas Austin, and we are, believe it or not, on the estate of James Brown.

Dallas Austin
Wow.

CeeLo Green
And I’m here with Billboard and we’re going to take him on tour. Let’s go.

Dallas Austin
Wow!

CeeLo Green
Listen.

Dallas Austin
Wow. That’s crazy. So everything stays as it is.

CeeLo Green
Yes, that’s probably besides the whole property. This one piece of archival history is probably the most important and meaningful to me because it’s immediately visible when you walk through the front door.

Dallas Austin
Was this the tree he put up on the same Christmas as the Christmas of his death? Correct?

CeeLo Green
So, yeah, James died in 2006, if I’m not mistaken, and you know, the people who worked under him honored his legacy by just keeping everything the same. So that was really moving for me.

Dallas Austin
That gave me goosebumps

CeeLo Green
And it inspired a song by Gnarls Barkley called “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul Now.” Oh, that’s right. I was talking about James Brown, yes.

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