The last one of course.

I'm gonna say funk, but mostly just because the only songs I'm familiar with by him are funky.

why did you reply to a thread two years old?

Someone bumped it by voting in the poll before nsw posted.

Yeah, it had been bumped, so I figured, what the hell...

soul

Can't he be both?

"The godfather of Soul in the belly of the beast, Smokin' that dust at St. anthony's feast"
- Beastie Boys

"He's got Soul, he's Super Bad" He took some time to "make it funky", but then it got a little "too funky in here" so he brought in some "Soul Power". Then he demanded we all "Get up and drive your funky soul" So...

Hard to say really.

He started off his career in Soul and later helped pioneer Funk. He also is the Father of Hiphop. A lot of hiphop tracks are James brown beats!!!