I think James Brown has made a lot of good records (in recent years)...But it was that purist James Brown thing that he was doing in the beginning and people won't let him do that anymore because time marches on...That stuff is classic to me, but other people get bored with it. The challenge is to present something that is him, yet sounds fresh to listeners. That's usually hard for (a veteran artist) to do. It helps to have someone step in from outside...I am proud of what we did on the album. I think it does present a contemporary James Brown. It's not candy-coated. It has a lot of statement and a lot of heart.