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Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses)

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"Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses)"
Single by James Brown
from the album Soul Syndrome
B-side"Rapp Payback (Pt. II) (Where Iz Moses)"
ReleasedNovember 1980 (1980-11)
RecordedSeptember 1980, Master Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA
GenreFunk, disco
Length
  • 4:40
  • 3:28 (Pt. II)
LabelTK
1039
Songwriter(s)
  • Susaye Brown
  • James Brown
  • Henry Stallings
Producer(s)James Brown
James Brown charting singles chronology
"Regrets"
(1979)
"Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses)"
(1980)
"Stay With Me"
(1981)
Audio video
"Rapp Payback" on YouTube

"Rapp Payback (Where Iz Moses)" is a song performed by James Brown. It is a disco reworking of his 1974 song "The Payback". Released as a two-part single on TK Records in 1980, it charted #46 R&B.[1][2] It also appeared on the album Soul Syndrome.

Brown performed the song on the December 13, 1980 episode of Saturday Night Live, alongside a medley of his earlier hit songs.

References

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  1. ^ White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.
  2. ^ Leeds, Alan, and Harry Weinger (1991). "Star Time: Song by Song". In Star Time (pp. 46–53) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.