In the mid-1970s, Brown-star status decline, and key musicians in his band as Fred Wesley and Bootsy joinParliament left-Funkadelic, collectively produced by George Clinton. Slickly commercial style of disco attack Brown caught off guard because he replaced the raw style of funk music on the dance floor. His 1976 albums Get Up Offa That Thing and Bodyheat Brown is the first seduction with disco rhythms and production techniques smoother. While the albums Mutha's Nature (1977) and 1980 hours (1978) do not generate chart hits, 1979 Brown The Original Disco Man LP leading later to his work. The album contains the song "It's Too Funky in Here", the last top R & B hits decade. Like the rest of the songs from The Original Disco Man, "It's Too Funky in Here" is not produced by Brown himself, but produced instead of Brad Shapiro.
Brown's contract with Polydor expired in 1981, and recording and touring schedule somewhat reduced. Despite these events, Brown experienced something of resurgence in the 1980s, through effectively to a wider, more commercial. He appeared in the movie The Blues Brothers, Doctor Detroit and Rocky IV, as well as guest star on Miami Vice "missing hours" episode (1988). He also stressed the severity, a single popular crossover album released on his new host label Scotti Bros., and 10 hit 1985 single "Living in America", which figures prominently in the movie and the soundtrack of Rocky IV. Brown perform the song in the film of the final against Apollo Creed, was shot in the Ziegfeld Room at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and is credited as "The Godfather of Soul". In 1987, Brown won a Grammy for Best Male R & B Vocal Performance for "Living in America". Recognize its influence on modern hip-hop and R & B music, Brown collaborated with hip-hop artist Afrika Bambaataa on the single "Unity."
1990s-2000s