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In 1973, Brown provided the score for the blaxploitation film Black Caesar.

He also recorded another soundtrack for the film, Slaughter's Big Rip-Off.

Following the release of these soundtracks, Brown acquired a self-styled nickname, " The Godfather of Soul ", which remains his most popular nickname.

In 1974, he returned to the # 1 spot on the R & B charts with " The Payback ", with the parent album reaching the same spot on the album charts ; he would reach # 1 two more times in 1974 including " My Thang " and " Papa Don't Take No Mess ".

Later that year, he returned to Africa and performed in Kinshasa as part of the buildup to The Rumble in the Jungle fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman.

Admirers of Brown's music, including Miles Davis and other jazz musicians, began to cite Brown as a major influence on their own styles.

However, Brown, like others who were influenced by his music, also " borrowed " from other musicians.

His 1976 single " Hot ( I Need To Be Loved, Loved, Loved, Loved )" ( R & B # 31 ) used the main riff from " Fame " by David Bowie, not the other way around as was often believed.

The riff was provided to " Fame " co-writers John Lennon and Bowie by guitarist Carlos Alomar, who had briefly been a member of Brown's band in the late 1960s.