Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud (album)

Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud
Studio album by James Brown
Released	March 1969
Recorded	August 17, 1967–October 18, 1968
Genre	Funk
Length	36:54
Label	King
Producer	James Brown
James Brown chronology
A Soulful Christmas (1968) Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud (1969) Gettin' Down to It (1969)
Singles from Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud
"I Guess I'll Have to Cry, Cry, Cry" Released: July 1968 "Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud" Released: August 1968 "Goodbye My Love" Released: October 1968

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Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud is the 23rd studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in March 1969, by King Records.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud"	James Brown, Alfred Ellis	4:48
2.	"I Guess I'll Have to Cry, Cry, Cry"	James Brown	3:36
3.	"Goodbye My Love, Pts. 1 & 2"	James Brown	5:34
4.	"Shades of Brown"	Bud Hobgood	2:48
5.	"Licking Stick, Pt. 1"	James Brown	2:55
6.	"I Love You"	James Brown, Clyde Stubblefield, Alfonzo Kellum	3:36
7.	"Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye"	John D. Loudermilk	3:55
8.	"Let Them Talk"	Sonny Thompson	4:04
9.	"Maybe I'll Understand"	James Brown, Bud Hobgood	3:20
10.	"I'll Lose My Mind"	James Brown, Bud Hobgood, Bobby Byrd	2:47

Personnel

• Clyde Stubblefield – drums
• Sweet Charles Sherrell – bass
• Tim Drummond - bass
• Jimmy Nolen – guitar
• Maceo Parker – sax
• Fred Wesley - trombone
• St. Clair Pinckney – sax
• Pee Wee Ellis – sax
• James Brown – Lead vocal