When Rakim started..
"It's been a long time, I shouldn't a left you,
without a strong rhyme to step to,
think of how many weak shows you slept through,
time's up! Sorry I kept you."
...you could hear you own eyelids slap wide open.
In fact, this record was so popular among DJs that it spawned Britain's first House Music hit. The project known as M/A/R/R/S was an international smash-hit despite it's legal troubles when they sampled Rakim's a capella line "Pump Up The Volume!".
It all started off of a Funk Groove!! There are millions more out there.
Funk came to breathe new life and humanity not only back into the Hip-Hop scene in the streets but to the club scene as well. Previously dominated by a more electro-digitized hip-hop by Afrika Bambaataa, the music was influenced by European techno-geniuses Kraftwerk.
It's because of Funky Grooves that Hip-Hop has so totally dominated Techno. People connect more with 'shakin their booty' and 'gettin' on down' than they do to repetitive computer blips sped up until they sound like you're in a trance.
Funk is a primal urge of the masses to let go of all inhabition and be a total freak! It's about Sex & Drugs sure, but it's also an intergalactic gift from outer-space.
James Brown, Sly Stone, Rick James and hundreds of lesser known funk legends are now the mining grounds for crate diggers everywhere. Trying to find the breakbeat that will stop the world for a few minutes. Here are some of the classic funk grooves, rare grooves & funky soul samples that have shaped hip-hop thus far:
First of all, my favorites:
(ARTIST) - (SONG) - (SAMPLE)
1. Lyn Collins (The Female Preacher) - "Think (About It)" is a funk classic but it's now known as the loop sample for the Hip-Hop club smash "It Takes Two by Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock. hit it!
2. Bobby "Blue" Bland - "Ain't No Love In The Heart of the City" which is the Jay-Z killer cut "Heart of the City" which is currently being used in ads for the film "American Gangster".
3. Isaac Hayes - "Hung Up On My Baby" is the ultra smooth groove behind the Geto Boys' classic "Mind Playin' Tricks On Me". All due respect to Scarface & Co. but this track was gangsta on it's own as an instrumental. Check It Out!
4. The Delfonics - "Ready Or Not, Here I Come" Now the lyrics should give away that The Fugees stole the melody for "Ready or Not" but the actual music sample was made famous by Timabaland when he set up his partner Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott with the perfect beat for "Sock It 2 Me" a beat so hot they invited Da Brat on it for what turns out to be her best work.
5. Freddie Scott - "(You) Got What I Need" became the irrepressible "Just a Friend" by Biz Markie.
One of the Hottest samples of recent memory was...
We Almost Lost Detroit - Gil Scott-Heron <<>> The People - Common featuring Dwele
Daydream In Blue - I Monster << >> Daydreamin' - Lupe Fiasco featuring Jill Scott
Dyke & The Blazers - Let a Woman Be a Woman <<>>Sally - Stetsasonic
Seals & Crofts - Sweet Green Fields <<>> Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See - Busta Rhymes
West Coast Poplock - Ronnie Hudson & Woman to Woman - Joe Cocker <<>> California Love - Dr. Dre & 2Pac
Prove My Love to You - The Main Ingredient << >> You Don't Know My Name - Alicia Keys
Sukiyaki - A Taste of Honey <<>> La-Di Da-Di - Doug E. Fresh & MC Ricky D
((((This sample might not make sense. If you got the original vinyl pressing, then you can hear the girl respond back to him, "It's all because of you, you had me sad and blue...")))))))))))))))))
You can not get this version on CD anywhere as the sample was never cleared!
The Big Beat - Billy Squier <<>> Dizzee Rascal - Fix Up, Look Sharp
1-Walk Right Up The Sun - The Delfonics <<>>
2-If I Ruled The World - Kurtis Blow <<>>
3-Friends - Whodini <<>>
were all for the Classic "If I Ruled The World" (Imagine That) by Nas featuring Lauryn Hill
The Jazz classic "Today" by Tom Scott features the famous horns from Pete Rock & CL Smooth's everlasting tribute to Trouble T-Roy: "Reminisce (T.R.O.Y.)"
Before the Night is Over - Joe Simon << >> So Fresh, So Clean - OutKast
One Step Ahead - Aretha Franklin << >> Ms Fat Booty - Mos Def
Open Your Eyes - Bobby Caldwell << >> The Light - Common
Magic Mountain - War << >> Potholes In My Lawn - De La Soul
Headless Heroes - Eugene McDaniels << >> Get It Together - Beastie Boys & Q-Tip
Ashley's Roachclip - The Soul Searchers << >> Paid In Full (Coldcut REMIX) - Eric B & Rakim
Rise - Herb Alpert <<>> Hypnotize - The Notorious B.I.G.
I Keep Forgettin' - Michael McDonald << >> Regulate - Nate Dogg & Warren G
Blow Your Whistle - The Soul Searchers << >> Tambourine - Eve
Cavern - Liquid Liquid << >> White Lines - Grandmaster Melle Mel
I Can't Stand The Rain - Ann Peebles << >> The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) - Missy Elliott
Cantaloupe Island - Herbie Hancock <<>> Catnaloop (Flip Fantasia) - Us3
A Little Bit of Love - Brenda Russell << >> Still Not a Player - Big Punisher
Home Is Where The Hatred Is - Gil Scott-Heron << >> My Way Home - Kanye West, Common
Maybe It's the Power of Love - Blackjack a/k/a Michael Bolton <
Cola Bottle Baby - Edwin Birdsong **Combined with**Harder, Better, Faster - Daft Punk
=The Hit of the Year 2007 "Stronger" by Kanye West
Bring It Here - Wild Sugar <<>> Brass Monkey - Beastie Boys
Are You My Woman? (Tel Me So) - The Chi-Lites << >> Crazy In Love - Beyonce & Jay-Z
My Jamaican Guy - Grace Jones << >> Wild Thang - 2 Much << >> Doin' It - LL Cool J
Everybody knows Run DMC got "Walk This Way" from Aerosmith, but did you know...
they got "Mary Mary" from THE MONKEES? Or that "It's Tricky" samples "My Sharona"?
How about Bob James' "Take Me To The Mardi Gras" becoming "Peter Piper" for Run DMC and then again later as the outro to Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliot's "Work It"!?!
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