| The Next Step | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | James Brown |
| Cover: | James Brown The Next Step.jpg |
| Released: | August 27, 2002 |
| Recorded: | 2002 |
| Genre: | Soul, funk |
| Label: | Fome Records |
| Producer: | Derrick "New Funk" Monk |
| Prev Title: | The Merry Christmas Album |
| Prev Year: | 1999 |
| Next Title: | The Federal Years 1956-1960 |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
The Next Step is the 59th and final studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released on August 27, 2002, by Fome Records.[1]
"The following year he was the subject of a PBS American Masters documentary, James Brown: Soul Survivor. He continued performing well into the first decade of the 2000s, appearing at the second Bonnaroo festival in 2003, at the Edinburgh Live 8 concert in 2005, and setting out on his "Seven Decades Of Funk World Tour" in 2006."[2]
Brown died of congestive heart failure due to complications from pneumonia on December 25, 2006, four years after The Next Step was released.[2]
All tracks composed by James Brown and Derrick Monk; except where indicated