Performance · Production
James Brown
1933-05-03 – 2006-12-25
James Brown is credited on 9,313 releases across 2,580 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1956–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
9,313
Pressings credited
2,580
Albums
8
Decades active
1,664
In collections
Credited work
9,313 releases · 2,580 albums · active 1956–2026
- Performance · 18,516
- Production · 3,042
- Other credits · 214
- Engineering · 8
Studios: Sound Ideas Studios · A&R Studios · Apollo Theater-New York City · King Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

To Pimp A Butterfly
2015

Illmatic
1994

Odelay
1996

3 Feet High And Rising
1989

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2010

Blue Lines
1991

De La Soul Is Dead
1991

My Generation
1965

Protection
1994

The Blues Brothers (Original Soundtrack Recording)
1980

Future Nostalgia
2020

Lady Soul
1968

Renaissance
2022

All Eyez On Me
1996

Stakes Is High
1996

Bandana
2019

Significant Other
1999

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde
1992

The James Brown Show (Live At The Apollo)
1963

Watch The Throne
2011

Paid In Full
1987

Beats, Rhymes And Life
1996

Supreme Clientele
2000

Live! Bootleg
1978
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- James Brown And The Famous Flames
- Bobby Byrd
- Marva Whitney
- Lyn Collins
- James Brown & The Famous Flames
- Vicki Anderson
- The J.B.'s
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