Sample spotters

ABBA

Peter — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:17:34 -0500

The most commercially successful pop group of the 1970s, the origins of the Swedish superstars ABBA dated back to 1966, when keyboardist and vocalist Benny Andersson first teamed with guitarist and vocalist Bjorn Ulvaeus. The two performers began composing songs together and handling session and production work for Polar Music/Union Songs. At the same time, both Andersson and Ulvaeus worked on projects with their respective girlfriends: Ulvaeus had become involved with vocalist Agnetha Faltskog, while Andersson began seeing Anni-Frid Lyngstad.
In 1974, as ‘ABBA’ (an acronym of the members’ first names), the quartet submitted the single “Waterloo,” and became the first Swedish act to win the Eurovision competition. In 1975, ABBA issued “S.O.S.,” a smash not only in America and Britain but also in non-English speaking countries. A string of hits followed, including “Mamma Mia,” “Fernando,” and “Dancing Queen” (ABBA’s sole U.S. chart-topper). ABBA’s popularity continued in 1977, when both “Knowing Me, Knowing You” and “The Name of the Game” dominated airwaves. That year Andersson and Lyngstad married, as had Ulvaeus and Faltskog in 1971, although the latter couple separated a few months later; in fact, romantic suffering was the subject of many songs on the quartet’s next LP, 1979’s Voulez-Vous. Shortly after the release of 1980s Super Trouper, Andersson and Lyngstad divorced as well, further straining the group dynamic; The Visitors, issued the following year, was the final LP of new ABBA material, and the foursome officially disbanded after the December 1982 release of their single “Under Attack.”

“Dancing Queen”

JAMS - “The Queen and I” (via)
“The Name of the Game”: Fugees - “Rumble in the Jungle”
“Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!”: Madonna: Hung Up

George Duke

Peter — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:18:52 -0600

George Duke started playing the piano at 7, inspired by Duke Ellington. He worked with Al Jarreau in the 60s. In 1969, Duke accompanied Jean-Luc Ponty, recording with the violinist. After eight months with Don Ellis’ Orchestra, he joined Frank Zappa for much of 1970. Duke spent 1971-1972 with Cannonball Adderley and then returned to Zappa for 1973-1975. In 1975, he worked with Sonny Rollins, co-led a group with Billy Cobham, and then formed a funk band (the Clarke-Duke Project) with Stanley Clarke. By the late ’70s, he was completely outside of jazz, playing R&B and producing projects for pop artists like Anita Baker and Rachelle Ferrell.

This is George with Stanley Clarke in “Brazilian Love Affair’:

mostly via the-breaks:

“Seeing You”: Hieroglyphics - “You Never Knew”; Large Professor - “Dancing Girl”
“Reach for It”: Breeze - “Loungin’”; Frankie Cutlass - “The Cypher Pt 3″; Ice Cube - “True to the Game”; Spice 1 - “In My Neighborhood”; WC & the Maad Circle - “West Up”
“Dukey Stick”: Paris - “Guerrilla Funk”; Spice 1 - “Clip & the Trigga”
“I Love You More”: Daft Punk - “Digital Love”

Maze ft. Frankie Beverly

Peter — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 04:12:29 -0600

Group founder and leader Frankie Beverly was born and raised in the musical city of Philadelphia, and began singing as a child in church. In the early 70s he moved with his new group to San Francisco, where he met Marvin Gaye, who took a liking to the group and helped them land a contract with Capitol Records under the new name Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly.

The group’s Capitol debut was a Soul smash, yielding the hit “While I’m Alone” and hitting the Soul top 10. Over the next decade, Maze released a series of well crafted, well received albums that uniformly hit top 10 Soul and pulled onto the Top 100 pop charts based on sales among black audiences. The group also released a number of memorable singles, including “Joy and Pain,” “Southern Girl,” “Love Is The Key,” “Back In Stride” (a #1 Soul hit) and “Can’t Get Over You” (another #1).

Maze followed in 1993 with Back to Basics, another hit album that confounded critics who felt that the group’s best days were behind it. Inexplicably, it became the band’s final release, despite hitting the Soul top 5 and the Pop top 40. Since then, Maze, now consisting of Beverly, keyboardist Carl Wheeler, bass guitarist Robin Duhe, and percussionists McKinley “Bug” Williams and Roame, has been silent on record, save a 1996 Anthology.

“While I’m Alone”: Nate Dogg - “G-Funk”
“I Need You”: 50 Cent - “Hustler’s Ambition”; Young Jeezy - “Talk to ‘em”
“Joy & Pain”: A Tribe Called Quest - “Go Ahead in the Rain”; Eastsiders ft Snoop Dogg - “Feels So Good”; LA the Darkman - “Spring Water”; MC Solaar - “Galaktika”; Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock - “Joy & Pain”
“Before I Let Go”: Allure ft Tone & AZ - “Head over Heels”; CEO - “Hit Me with the Beat”; Eric B - “I Can’t Let You”; Funky 4 - “Do You Want to Rock (Before I Let Go)”; K-Solo - “Your Mom’s in My Bizness”; Keith Murray - “The Rhyme”; Kid ‘N Play - “Gittin’ Funky”; Lakim Shabazz - “Getting Fierce”; Steady B - “Use Me”
“We Are One”: WC - “Better Days”
“Happy Feelin’s”: Tupac - “Can U Get Away”
“Twilight”: Goldie - “A Sense of Rage”

(via the-breaks.com)

Giorgio Moroder

Peter — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:11:13 -0600

Giorgio Moroder (born Giovanni Giorgio Moroder on April 26, 1940 in Ortisei, Italy) is an Academy Award winning Italian record producer, songwriter and performer, whose groundbreaking work with synthesizers during the 1970s was a significant influence on new wave, techno and electronic music in general. He produced some Donna Summer’s disco hits, including “I Feel Love” and also worked with The Three Degrees, Sparks, Madleen Kane, Melissa Manchester, Debbie Harry and France Joli, Phil Oakey (The Human League), Harold Faltermeyer.

He created a lot of soundtracks for popular movies like Midnight Express, Top Gun, (remember the Berlin classic, “Take My Breath Away”), American Gigolo, Flashdance, The NeverEnding Story, Thief of Hearts, Electric Dreams and Scarface.

“The Chase” (OST of Midnight Express): Full Intention - It’s set to groove
“What a Night”: Full Intention - The Green EP (Just a groove) - via discomusic.com
“Tears” (as Children of the Mission): DJ Shadow - Organ Donor
“E=MC2″: J Dilla - E=MC2 (Ft. Common)
Scarface (Push it to the Limit) - (OST of Scarface): Rick Ross - Push It (via allhiphop)

James Brown

Peter — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 22:47:00 -0600

James Brown (1933-2006) is probably the most sampled artist in music today, so an exhaustive list of used samples is out of the question. Here’s an (incomplete) list of songs that use bits and pieces of the music of the “Godfather of Soul”.

source: the-breaks.com

Night Train

“Night Train”
- Carlito - “Fame Game”
- Kool Moe Dee - “How Ya Like Me Now?”
- Public Enemy - “Night Train”
- W.I.S.E Guyz - “Do the Eygyptian”
- West Coast Rap All Stars - “We’re All in the Same Gang”

Out of Sight: (King 1964)
“Out of Sight”
- Them - “Out of Sight”

Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag: (King 1965)
“Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag”
- JAMS - “Candyman”
- Kool Moe Dee - “How Ya Like Me Now?”
- Kool Moe Dee - “I’m a Player”
- No Face - “Stole My Shit”
- Pharcyde - “I’m That Type of Nigga”
- Salt-N-Pepa - “Swift”

I Got You (I Feel Good): (King 1966)
“I Got You (I Feel Good)”
- GangStarr - “Gotch U”
- LeJuan Love - “I Got You (I Feel Good)”
- Public Enemy - “Contract on the World Love Jam”

It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World: (King 1966)
“It’s a Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World” (Intro)
- Alicia Keys - “Fallin’”
- Big Daddy Kane - “Mortal Combat”
- Black Moon - “Black Smif-N-Wessun”
- Heavy D - “You Ain’t Heard Nuttin’ Yet”
- Ice Cube - “This is a Man’s World”
- Ice Cube - “Jackin’ for Beats”
- Luke - “Arrest in Effect”
- Nature - “Man’s World”
- Tupac ft Dramacydal, C-Bo & Storm - “Tradin War Stories”

Cold Sweat

“Cold Sweat”
- 3XDope - “Straight Up”
- Chubb Rock - “What’s the Word?”
- Cookie Crew - “Bad Girls (Rock the Spot)”
- DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - “Takin’ it to the Top”
- Ice Cube - “Jackin’ for Beats”
- King T - “Bass”
- Public Enemy - “Prophets of Rage”
- Public Enemy - “How to Kill a Radio Consultant”
- Public Enemy - “Welcome to the Terrordome”
- Sweet T - “I Got the Feelin”
- Terminator X - “Juvenile Delinquintz”
- UTFO - “Wanna Rock”

James Brown Sings Raw Soul: (King 1967)
“Bring it Up (Hipster’s Avenue)”
- Brothers Like Outlaw - “Kickin’ Jazz”
- GangStarr - “Manifest”
- Kid ‘N Play - “Gittin’ Funky”
“Don’t Be a Dropout”
- Red Hot Lover Tone - “Like a Virgin”
“Bring it Up (Hipster’s Avenue)”
- UMC - “See the Man on the Street”

I Can’t Stand Myself (When You Touch Me): (King 1968)
“I Can’t Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)”
- Schoolly D - “It’s Like Dat”
- Spacey B Experience - “Run That Go-Power Thang”

Say it Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud: (King 1969)
“I’m Black and I’m Proud”
- 2 Live Crew - “Ya Bad Self”
- Big Daddy Kane - “Long Live the Kane”
- Blackstreet - “Good Lovin’”
- Brand Nubian - “Dedication”
- Cypress Hill - “Insane in the Brain”
- Divine Styler - “It’s a Black Thing”
- EPMD - “Brothers on My Jock”
- Eric B and Rakim - “Move the Crowd”
- Intelligent Hoodlum - “Black and Proud”
- LL Cool J - “Nitro”
- Non Step - “Keep ‘em Steppin’”
- Pete Rock & CL Smooth - “T.R.O.Y.”
- Real Roxanne - “Her Bad Self”
- Run-DMC - “Naughty”
- Salt-N-Pepa - “Do You Really Want Me?”
- Vanilla Ice - “Ice Cold”
- West Coast Rap All Stars - “We’re All in the Same Gang”

Ain’t it Funky: (King 1969)
“Nose Job”
- 3XDope - “No Words”
“Ain’t it Funky”
- Beastie Boys - “Hey Ladies”
- Black Rock & Ron - “My Hometown”
“Nose Job”
- Boogie Down Productions - “The Racist”
“Ain’t it Funky”
- D-Nice - “D-Nice Rocks the Spot”
“Nose Job”
- GangStarr - “What You Want this Time?”
“Ain’t it Funky”
- Mysterme - “Unsolved Mysterme”

The Popcorn: (King 1969)
“The Chicken”
- 2 Live Crew - “I Ain’t Bullshitin’”
- Big Daddy Kane - “Calling Mr. Welfare”
- CEO - “Hit Me with the Beat”
“In the Middle”
- Chubb Rock - “Organizer”
“Soul Pride”
- Digable Planets - “9th Wonder (Blackitolism)”
- Mad Flava - “Gotz ta Flow ta This”
“The Chicken”
- Main Source - “Think”
“Soul Pride”
- Mr. X & Mr.Y - “1956″
- Peshay - “Psychosis”
- Peshay - “Vocal Tune”
- Roni Size - “Hot Stuff”
“Why Am I Treated So Bad”
- The Associates - “From the Ground Up”

It’s a Mother: (King 1969)
“Mother Popcorn”
- Antoinette - “Hit ‘em with This”
“Popcorn with Feeling”
- Brand Nubian - “Who Can Get Busy Like this Man. . .”
“I’m Shook”
- C + C Music Factory - “Things That Make You Go Hmm”
“Popcorn with Feeling”
- Convicts - “1-900-Dial a Crook”
“The Little Groove Maker Pt I”
- De la Soul - “Me, Myself and I”
“Mother Popcorn”
- Doug E Fresh - “On the Strength”
“Popcorn with Feeling”
- Heavy D - “Blue Funk”
“Mother Popcorn”
- Heavy D - “Flexin’”
“Popcorn with Feeling”
- Run-DMC - “Bob Your Head”
single: (King 1969)
“The Funky Drummer (Part 2)”
- Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. - “Psyko Funk”

Its a New Day So Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn: (King 1970)
“It’s a New Day”
- DJ Magic Mike - “Cause it’s Funky”
- EPMD - “Gold Digger”
“Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn”
- Flavor Unit - “Flavor Unit Assassination Squad”
“It’s a New Day”
- Mr. Lif - “New Man Theme”
- Overweight Pooch - “Ace is a Spade”
- YBT - “Loud and Hard to Hit”

Sex Machine: (King 1970)
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose”
- 2 Live Crew - “Ya Bad Self”
“Sex Machine”
- A Tribe Called Quest - “Money Maker”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose”
- Antoinette - “Who’s the Boss”
“Sex Machine”
- Big Daddy Kane - “Get Down”
“Get up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine”
- Biz Markie - “Nobody Beats the Biz”
“I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothin’ (Open up the Door. . .)”
- Bobby Konders - “Bad Boy Dance”
“Sex Machine”
- CEO - “Hit Me with the Beat”
- Coldcut - “Say Kids, What Time is It?”
“Spinning Wheel”
- Color Me Badd - “Slow Motion”
“I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothin’ (Open up the Door. . .)”
- De la Soul - “Ladies Nite Decision”
“Sex Machine”
- Double D & Steinski - “Lesson 2″
“There Was a Time”
- Downtown Science - “Keep it On”
“Sex Machine”
- Everlast - “Syndication”
- Fat Boys - “Sex Machine”
“Licking Stick- Licking Stick”
- Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - “Cold in Effect”
- Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - “This is Where You. . .”
“I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothin’ (Open up the Door. . .)”
- Guy - “Gotta Be a Leader”
“Sex Machine”
- Hammer - “They Put Me in the Mix”
- Heavy D - “Big Tyme”
“I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothin’ (Open up the Door. . .)”
- Ice T - “Power”
“Get up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine”
- Illegal - “Crumbsnatchers”
- Jaz - “Black Man in Charge”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose”
- Jungle Brothers - “Straight out the Jungle”
“I Don’t Want Nobody to Give Me Nothin’ (Open up the Door. . .)”
- K-Solo - “K-Solo Rocks the House”
“Sex Machine”
- Kurtis Blow - “Still on the Scene”
“Get up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine”
- Lord Finesse - “Isn’t He Something?”
- Mistress & DJ Madame E - “Get Pumped”
“Sex Machine”
- Mr. Lee - “Pump That Body”
“Lowdown Popcorn”
- Organized Konfusion - “Audience Pleasers”
“Licking Stick- Licking Stick”
- Queen Latifah - “Fly Girl”
“Sex Machine”
- Redman - “Jam 4 U”
“Licking Stick- Licking Stick”
- Roxanne Shante - “Big Momma”
“Soul Power-Live”
- Schoolly D - “It’s Like Dat”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose”
- Schoolly D - “It’s Like Dat”
“Sex Machine”
- Slum Village - “I Don’t Know”
“Brother Rapp”
- X-Clan - “Holy Rum Swig”

Super Bad: (King 1971)
“Super Bad”
- 3XDope - “I Got It”
- Color Me Badd - “Color Me Badd”
- Hammer - “Here Comes the Hammer”
- Kool Moe Dee - “I Go to Work”
- Kurtis Blow - “I’m True to This”

Sho is Funky Down Here: (King 1971)
“Just Enough Room for Storage”
- A Tribe Called Quest - “Lyrics to Go”
“Can Mind”
- Brand Nubian - “All for One”
“Sho is Funky Down Here”
- KC Da Rockee - “Got that Thing”
“You Mother You”
- Main Source - “Just a Friendly Game of Baseball”
“Can Mind”
- Skoolbeats - “All for One”
- Terminator X - “Juvenile Delinquintz”
“Just Enough Room for Storage”
- Tony Touch ft Pete Rock, Masta Ace & Large Professor - “Out Da Box (Intro)”

Hot Pants: (Polydor 1971)
“Escape-ism”
- Afrika Bambaataa ft Family - “Mind, Body and Soul”
- Audio Two - “What More Can I Say?”
- Big Daddy Kane - “Raw”
“Hot Pants” (’Original JBs’ press)
- Compton’s Most Wanted - “The Final Chapter”
“Escape-ism”
- Craig Mack - “Get Down”
“Blues and Pants”
- Cypress Hill - “The Phuncky Feel One”
“Escape-ism”
- Cypress Hill - “How I Could Just Kill a Man”
“Blues and Pants”
- DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - “2 Damn Hype”
“Hot Pants” (’Original JBs’ press)
- DJ Magic Mike - “I Ain’t Finished Yet”
- EPMD - “Hit Squad Heist”
- Eric B and Rakim - “Paid in Full”
- Eric B and Rakim - “Paid in Full”
- Fokus - “On Line”
“Escape-ism”
- Freddie Foxx - “The Ladies Jam”
“Hot Pants” (’Original JBs’ press)
- GangStarr - “2 Steps Ahead”
“Blues and Pants”
- Geto Boys - “Scarface”
- Grand Daddy IU - “Dominoes”
“Escape-ism”
- Heavy D - “The Overweight Lovers in the House”
“Hot Pants” (’Original JBs’ press)
- Heavy D - “Gyrlz, They Love Me”
“Escape-ism”
- Hip-Hop against Apartheid - “Free South Africa”
- Ice T - “Street Killer”
“Blues and Pants”
- Ice T - “New Jack Hustler”
“Escape-ism”
- Ice T - “Home of the Bodybag”
- Illegal - “Crumbsnatchers”
“Hot Pants” (’Original JBs’ press)
- Insane Poetry - “Angel of Death”
“Escape-ism”
- Kool Moe Dee - “Deathblow”
- Kool Moe Dee - “Here We Go Again”
“Hot Pants” (’Original JBs’ press)
- Kool Moe Dee - “Funke Wisdom”
“Escape-ism”
- Kris Kross - “Warm it Up”
- Lords of the Underground - “Psycho”
“Hot Pants” (’Original JBs’ press)
- Marley Marl - “The Rebel”
“Blues and Pants”
- Masta Ace - “Ain’t You Da Masta”
“Escape-ism”
- Masta Ace - “Ace Iz Wild”
- MC Shan - “Freedom”
- Mellow Man Ace - “River Cubano”
“Hot Pants” (’Original JBs’ press)
- Nookie - “Moments in Space”
“Blues and Pants”
- Notorious BIG - “Dreams”
“Escape-ism”
- Onyx - “Throw Ya Gunz”
- Paris - “The Days of Old”
- Pete Rock & CL Smooth - “Escapism”
“Blues and Pants”
- Pete Rock & CL Smooth - “If it Ain’t Rough, It Ain’t Right”
“Hot Pants” (’Original JBs’ press)
- Professor Griff - “Pawns in the Game”
“Escape-ism”
- Public Enemy - “Don’t Believe the Hype”
- Run-DMC - “Back from Hell”
“Blues and Pants”
- S Lover C - “Do the James”
- Soul II Soul - “Get a Life”
- Soul IV Real - “Love You So”
- Steady B - “Anyway You Want It”
- Super Cat - “Ghetto Red Hot”
- Terminator X ft the Interrogators - “Back to the Scene of the Bass”
“Escape-ism”
- TLC - “Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg”
“Blues and Pants”
- TLC - “Friends”
“Hot Pants” (’Original JBs’ press)
- Tragedy - “The Rebel”
“Escape-ism”
- Wascals - “Hard Rhymes”
- Wee Papa Girls - “You’ve Got the Beat”

Revolution of the Mind: (Polydor 1971)
“It’s a New Day” (Live)
- Artifacts - “Dynamite Soul”
- Big Daddy Kane - “Calling Mr. Welfare”
- Big Daddy Kane - “The House that Cee Built”
- Black Moon - “Enta Da Stage”
- DOC - “Funky Enough”
- Doug E Fresh - “World’s Greatest Entertainer”
- Lord Finesse - “Isn’t He Something?”
“Album Intro”
- Pete Rock ft Inspectah Deck & Kurupt - “Tru Master”
“It’s a New Day” (Live)
- Public Enemy - “Who Stole the Soul?”
- Youngstas - “Iz U Wit Me”

Soul Classics: (Polydor 1972)
“Soul Power Pt I”
- Audio Two - “Build up Back Up”
- Boogie Down Productions - “Poetry”
- Das EFX - “Undaground Rappa”
- Das EFX - “Mic Checka”
- Demon Boyz - “Rougher than an Animal”
- EPMD - “Total Kaos”
- Hip-Hop against Apartheid - “Free South Africa”
- Kool Moe Dee - “Let’s Get Serious”
- Kurtis Blow - “Suckers in the Place”
- Overweight Pooch - “Ace is a Spade”
- Public Enemy - “Night of the Living Baseheads”
- Public Enemy - “Caught, Can We Get a Witness?”
- Public Enemy - “What Kind of Power We Got?”
- Scarface - “Body Snatchers”
- Stetsasonic - “Speaking of a Girl Named Suzy”
- Two Kings in a Cipher - “Daffy Wuz a Black Man”

There it Is: (Polydor 1972)
“Make it Funky”
- A Tribe Called Quest - “What Really Goes On”
- Audio Two - “Make it Funky”
“Talkin Loud and Sayin’ Nothing”
- Big Daddy Kane - “Keep’em on the Floor”
“Public Enemy No. 1″
- Brand Nubian - “Punks Jump up to Get Beat Down”
“Talkin Loud and Sayin’ Nothing”
- Brothers Like Outlaw - “Trapped into Darkness”
“There it Is”
- CEO - “Hit Me with the Beat”
“Make it Funky”
- Coolio - “Geto High Lites”
- Craig G - “Droppin’ Science”
“Talkin Loud and Sayin’ Nothing”
- De la Soul - “Down Syndrome”
- Divine Styler - “Ain’t Sayin’ Nothin’”
“Make it Funky”
- DJ Magic Mike - “Magic Mike Cuts the Record”
“Never Can Say Goodbye”
- DJ Shadow - “In/Flux”
“Make it Funky”
- Double D & Steinski - “Lesson 2″
“I Need Help”
- Eric B and Rakim - “No Omega”
“Talkin Loud and Sayin’ Nothing”
- Everlast - “Syndication”
- Geto Boys - “Talkin’ Loud Ain’t Sayin’ Nothing”
“There it Is”
- Ice Cube - “AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted”
“Make it Funky”
- Ice T - “Make it Funky”
“There it Is”
- Jungle Brothers - “J. Beez Comin’ Through”
“Make it Funky”
- Kool Moe Dee - “Funke Wisdom”
“Talkin Loud and Sayin’ Nothing”
- Leaders of the New School - “Sobb Story”
“I Need Help”
- LL Cool J - “Why Do They Call it Dope?”
“Never Can Say Goodbye”
- Massive Attack - “Better Things”
“There it Is”
- Masta Ace - “Simon Says”
“Talkin Loud and Sayin’ Nothing”
- Masta Ace - “I Got Ta”
- MC Tee & Lord Tasheem - “Talkin’ Loud”
“There it Is”
- Prince - “Gett Off”
- Public Enemy - “Anti-Nigger Machine”
“Make it Funky”
- Public Enemy - “Who Stole the Soul?”
- Rebel MC - “Cockney Rhythm”
“Talkin Loud and Sayin’ Nothing”
- Rebel MC - “Black Meaning Good”
- Run-DMC - “Beats to the Rhyme”
“There it Is”
- Sister Souljah - “State of Accomodation”
“Make it Funky”
- Slum Village - “I Don’t Know”
“There it Is”
- Terminator X ft the GodFather of Threatt - “Sticka”
- Zhigge - “No Time to Fess”

Get on the Good Foot: (Polydor 1972)
“Get on the Good Foot”
- 2 Live Crew - “Break it on Down”
- 3XDope - “From Da Giddy Up”
- Big Daddy Kane - “Mister Cee’s Master Plan”
“I Got Ants in My Pants”
- Big Daddy Kane - “Get Down”
- Black Rock & Ron - “Getting Large”
“Get on the Good Foot”
- Boogie Down Productions - “Jack of Spades”
- Buckshot LeFonque - “Breakfast at Denny’s”
- CEO - “Hit Me with the Beat”
- Classic Two - “New Generation”
“I Got Ants in My Pants”
- Cypress Hill - “How I Could Just Kill a Man”
“Get on the Good Foot”
- De la Soul - “Freedom of Speak”
- Derek B - “Derek B’s Got. . .”
- DJ Magic Mike - “Exile Via Freestyle”
“I Got Ants in My Pants”
- Double D & Steinski - “Lesson 2″
“Get on the Good Foot”
- EPMD - “Jane 3″
“I Got Ants in My Pants”
- Father MC - “Dance 4 Me”
“Get on the Good Foot”
- Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - “Gold”
- Hammer - “Pump it Up”
- Kool Moe Dee - “Deathblow”
- Kool Moe Dee - “They Want Money”
- Kool Moe Dee - “Gangsta Boogie”
- Leaders of the New School - “Shining Star”
- Mr. Lee - “Pump That Body”
- Original Flavor - “Grip Da Mic Tight”
“I Got Ants in My Pants”
- Public Enemy - “How to Kill a Radio Consultant”
- Public Enemy - “Don’t Believe the Hype”
- Rappinstine - “Scream”
“Get on the Good Foot”
- South Central Cartel - “Neighborhood Jacka”
- Stetsasonic - “To Whom it May Concern”
- Stetsasonic - “The Hip Hop Band”
- Ten Tray - “Raise Your Fist to. . .”

Black Caesar: (Polydor 1973)
“The Boss”
- Big Daddy Kane - “Niggaz Never Learn”
“Blind Man Can See It”
- Blackstreet - “No Diggity”
- Coolio - “Sticky Fingaz”
“Make it Good to Yourself”
- CPO - “Somethin’ Like Dis”
“The Boss”
- Das EFX - “Undaground Rappa”
“Blind Man Can See It”
- Das EFX - “They Want EFX”
“Down and out in New York City”
- Eastern Conference - “All in Together”
“Blind Man Can See It”
- Eric B and Rakim - “?”
“White Lightnin’ (I Mean Moonshine)”
- GangStarr - “I’m the Man”
- Grand Daddy IU - “I Kick Ass”
“The Boss”
- Ice T - “You Played Yourself”
“Make it Good to Yourself”
- Kool G Rap - “Play it Again, Polo”
“Blind Man Can See It”
- Larry Larr - “My Own Style”
“White Lightnin’ (I Mean Moonshine)”
- Leaders of the New School - “Sobb Story”
“Blind Man Can See It”
- Lord Finesse - “Funky Technician”
“The Boss”
- Lord Finesse - “Bad Mutha”
“Down and out in New York City”
- Masta Ace - “The Count”
“Blind Man Can See It”
- MC Mell ‘O - “A Total Eclipse of the Art”
- Mellow Man Ace - “Hypest from Cypress”
“The Boss”
- Mr. Bigg - “Black Cesar”
“Down and out in New York City”
- Mr. Complex ft L Fudge - “New York Minute”
“The Boss”
- Nas - “Get Down”
“Blind Man Can See It”
- Peanut Butter Wolf - “I Will Always Love H.E.R.”
“The Boss”
- Penthouse Players Clique - “Undaground Boss”
- Poor Righteous Teachers - “Word to the Wise”
“Make it Good to Yourself”
- Public Enemy - “1 Million Bottlebags”
“Blind Man Can See It”
- Punch & Words - “Da Cipher”
“Down and out in New York City”
- Rakim - “New York (Ya Out There)”
“Make it Good to Yourself”
- Redhead Kingpen - “Scram!”
“Chase”
- Run-DMC - “The Ave”
- Run-DMC - “Back from Hell”
“The Sporting Life”
- Scarface - “The Pimp”
“The Boss”
- ShowBiz & A.G. - “Giant in the Mental”
“Blind Man Can See It”
- Snoop Dogg - “The Vapors”
“Make it Good to Yourself”
- Sons of Bazerk - “Part One”
“Blind Man Can See It”
- Steady B - “Use Me Again”
- Sting ft Puff Daddy and Pras - “Roxanne 97″
“Make it Good to Yourself”
- Ultramagnetic MCs - “You Ain’t Real”
“The Boss”
- Willie D - “Kick that Shit”
- Young Black Teenagers - “Proud to Be Black”
- Youngstas - “Who’s the Mic Wrecka”
- Zhigge - “?”

Slaughter’s Big Rip Off: (Polydor 1973)
“Transmograpfication”
- Afros - “This Jam’s for You”
“Slaughter’s Theme”
- Ice T - “This One’s for Me”
- Lord Finesse - “Isn’t He Something?”
- Real Live - “Pop the Trunk”

The Payback: (Polydor 1974)
“Take Some. . . Leave Some”
- 2 Bad Mice - “2 Bad Mice”
“Stoned to the Bone”
- 3rd Bass - “Steppin’ to the A.M.”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- Alkaholiks - “Last Call”
- Almighty RSO - “Badd Boyz”
- Big Daddy Kane - “Just Rhymin’ with Biz”
- Black Moon ft Smif N Wessun - “Headz Ain’t Redee”
“Mind Power”
- Black Rock & Ron - “Stop the World”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- Bonny & Clyde - “Homey Don’t Play Dat”
- Boss - “Born Gangsta”
- Brandy ft MC Lyte, Yo-Yo and Queen Latifah - “I Wanna Be Down”
“Mind Power”
- Brother Alphonzo Greer - “Situation Realistic”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- Chi-Ali - “Shorty Said Nah”
“Mind Power”
- Christopher Williams - “Every Little Thing You Do”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- Common - “Payback is a Grandmother”
- Compton’s Most Wanted - “The Final Chapter”
- Coolio - “Sticky Fingaz”
- Criminal Nation - “Mission of Murder”
“Take Some. . . Leave Some”
- Crusaders for Real Hip-Hop - “Real Rhymers”
“Mind Power”
- D-Nice - “Kick the Science”
- D-Nice - “And it Don’t Stop”
- D-Nice - “Send this Out”
“Take Some. . . Leave Some”
- D-Nice - “Send this Out”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- Da Lench Mob - “Guerillas in the Mist”
- Das EFX - “Hard Like a Criminal”
- Das EFX - “They Want EFX”
- Das EFX - “Brooklyn to T-Neck”
- Das EFX - “Mic Checka”
- Das EFX - “Wontu”
“Mind Power”
- De la Soul - “Stakes is High”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- Def Squad ft Biz Markie - “Rhymin’ wit’ Biz”
“Stoned to the Bone”
- Del - “Mistadobalina”
- DOC - “It’s Gettin’ Funky”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- En Vogue - “Hold On”
- En Vogue - “(My Lovin’) You’re Never Gonna Get It”
- EPMD - “I’m Mad”
“Take Some. . . Leave Some”
- EPMD - “Mr. Bozack”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- EPMD - “The Big Payback”
- EPMD - “Boon Dox”
- EPMD - “Mr. Bozack”
- Erick Sermon - “Safe Sex”
“Stoned to the Bone”
- Finesse & Synquis - “Soft but Deadly”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- Greyson & Jayson - “Livin’ Like a Troopa”
- Heavy D - “Black Coffee”
“Take Some. . . Leave Some”
- Ice Cube - “A Bird in the Hand”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- Ice Cube - “The Wrong Nigga to Fuck Wit”
- Ice Cube - “Jackin’ for Beats”
“Mind Power”
- Ice T - “Mind over Matter”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- Jodeci - “In the Meanwhile”
“Mind Power”
- K-9 Posse - “Turn That Down”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- Karyn White - “Hunger”
- King T - “Payback’s a Mutha”
- Knuckleheadz - “Hed Rush”
“Mind Power”
- Kool Moe Dee - “To the Beat”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- Kool Moe Dee - “Mo’ Better”
“Mind Power”
- Lady of Rage - “Breakdown”
- Lil’ Shawn - “Hickeys on Your Chest”
- LL Cool J - “Illegal Search”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- LL Cool J - “Boomin’ System”
- LL Cool J - “Straight from Queens”
“Take Some. . . Leave Some”
- Lord Finesse - “Here I Come”
- Lord Finesse - “Funky on the Fast Tip”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- Low Profile - “Comin’ Straight. . .”
- Mary J. Blige - “Everything”
- Massive Attack - “Protection”
“Take Some. . . Leave Some”
- Master Ace - “Letter to the Better”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- MC Lyte - “Ruffneck”
“Stoned to the Bone”
- MC Ren - “Same Old Shit”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- MC Ren - “Mr. Fuck Up”
- MC Shan - “Go for Yours (’Cause I’m Gonna Get Mine)”
- Me Phi Me - “Keep it Going”
- Mr. Lee - “Pump That Body”
- NWA - “Sa Prize, Pt 2″
“Stoned to the Bone”
- NWA - “Alwayz into Somethin’”
“Shoot Your Shot”
- Pete Rock & CL Smooth - “All Souled Out”
“Take Some. . . Leave Some”
- Pete Rock & CL Smooth - “All the Places”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- Pete Rock & CL Smooth - “For Pete’s Sake”
“Mind Power”
- Pete Rock & CL Smooth - “All the Places”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- Po Broke & Lonely - “The Sex is On”
- Professor X - “The Definition of a Sissy”
“Shoot Your Shot”
- Public Enemy - “Night Train”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- Queen Latifah - “If You Don’t Know”
- R Kelly - “Hump Bounce”
- Redhead Kingpen - “A Shade of Red”
- Redman - “A Day of Sooperman Lover”
- Redman - “Tonight’s da Night”
- Redman - “Blow Your Mind”
“Take Some. . . Leave Some”
- Salt-N-Pepa - “Solo Power (Syncopated Soul)”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- Shaq - “I’m Outstanding”
- Silk - “Happy Days”
- Slick Rick - “Slick Rick - The Ruler”
“Mind Power”
- Slick Rick - “Get a Job”
“Take Some. . . Leave Some”
- Soul IV Real - “You Just Don’t Know”
“Mind Power”
- Soul IV Real - “Stay”
“Stoned to the Bone”
- Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud - “I Got a Good Thing”
“Mind Power”
- Terminator X - “Back to the Scene of the Bass”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- Terminator X - “Buck Whylin’”
“Stoned to the Bone”
- Terminator X - “Homey Don’t Play Dat”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- Total ft Notorious BIG - “Can’t You See?”
- Tupac - “Souljah’s Revenge”
- Ultramagnetic MCs - “Chorus Line”
- Ultramagnetic MCs - “Yo! Black”
“Mind Power”
- WC & the Maad Circle - “U Don’t Work, U Don’t Eat”
“Stoned to the Bone”
- Whodini - “Day to Day”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- Wreckx-N-Effect - “Wreckx Shop”
“Mind Power”
- Yo-Yo - “Put a Lid on It”
“The Payback” (Intro)
- Yo-Yo - “Put a Lid on It”

Hell: (Polydor 1974)
“Papa Don’t Take No Mess”
- 7A3 - “Mad Mad World”
- Biz Markie - “The Vapors”
- Choice MC - “HIV Positive”
“My Thang”
- DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - “Brand New Funk”
- DJ Magic Mike - “Def and Direct”
“I Can’t Stand It (76)”
- DJ Mark the 45 King - “?”
“Papa Don’t Take No Mess”
- Downtown Science - “If I Was”
“My Thang”
- Downtown Science - “If I Was”
- EPMD - “Gold Digger”
“Papa Don’t Take No Mess”
- Eric B and Rakim - “Move the Crowd”
“I Can’t Stand It (76)”
- Everlast - “Pass it On”
“My Thang”
- Heavy D - “We Got Our Own Thang”
“Papa Don’t Take No Mess”
- Janet Jackson - “That’s the Way Love Goes”
“My Thang”
- Jeru - “Thoughts of a Frustrated Nigga”
“Papa Don’t Take No Mess”
- KAM - “Stereotype”
- Kool Moe Dee - “I’m a Player”
- Kool Moe Dee - “How Kool Can One Black Man Be?”
“My Thang”
- Kool Moe Dee - “I’m a Player”
- LL Cool J - “Murdergram (Live at Rapmania)”
“Coldblooded”
- Lord Finesse - “Baby, You Nasty”
“I Can’t Stand It (76)”
- Lord Finesse - “Funky on the Fast Tip”
“My Thang”
- Lords of the Underground - “Funky Child”
“Don’t Tell a Lie about Me and I Won’t Tell the Truth on You”
- Low Profile - “Easy Money”
“Papa Don’t Take No Mess”
- Mary J. Blige - “You Don’t Have to Worry”
- New Kids on the Block - “Dirty Dawg”
“Coldblooded”
- Notorious BIG - “Gimme the Loot”
- Schoolly D - “Who’s Schoolin’ Who?”
“I Can’t Stand It (76)”
- Schoolly D - “D is For”
- Schoolly D - “Your Worst Nightmare”
“Sayin’ it and Doin’ It”
- Schoolly D - “Who’s Schoolin’ Who?”
“My Thang”
- Slum Village - “I Don’t Know”
“Papa Don’t Take No Mess”
- Snoop Dogg - “The Vapors”
“My Thang”
- Ultramagnetic MCs - “Poppa Large”
“Coldblooded”
- Ultramagnetic MCs - “Chorus Line Pt 2″
- WC & the Maad Circle - “A Crazy Break”
“I Can’t Stand It (76)”
- WC & the Maad Circle - “?”

Reality: (Polydor 1975)
“Funky President”
- 2 Live Crew - “So Funky”
- 2nd II None - “More than a Player”
- A Tribe Called Quest - “Oh My God”
- A Tribe Called Quest - “Show Business”
- Akinyele - “Exercise”
- Beastie Boys - “Hey Ladies”
- Big Daddy Kane - “Give it to Me”
- Big Daddy Kane - “Word to the Mother (Land)”
“All for One”
- Brand Nubian - “All for One”
“Funky President”
- Brand Nubian - “All for One”
- Brand Nubian - “To the Right”
- Capitol Tax - “Mista Wonka”
- Cash Money & Marvelous - “The Mighty Hard Rocker”
- Cash Money & Marvelous - “The Music Maker”
- Craig G - “Duck Alert”
- Da King & I - “What’s up Doc”
- Dan the Automator - “Get Down to the Funky Sound”
- Dan the Automator - “Music to be Murdered By”
- Dana Dane - “Little Bit of Dane”
- Das EFX - “Looseys”
- Das EFX - “East Coast”
- Das EFX - “They Want EFX”
- De la Soul - “Brain-Washed Follower”
- DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - “Who Stole My Car?”
- DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - “Jazzy’s n the House”
- Eric B and Rakim - “The Rhyme Goes On”
- Eric B and Rakim - “Eric B Made My Day”
- Eric B and Rakim - “Eric B is President”
- Fam-Lee - “She’s So Real”
- Funkmaster Flex - “Live from the Palladium”
- GangStarr - “Knowledge”
- GangStarr - “Gotta Get Over”
- Geto Boys - “Read These Nikes”
- Ghostface Killah - “Deck’s Beat”
- Ghostface Killah - “Mighty Healthy”
- Grand Daddy IU - “Sugar Free”
- Group Home - “Supa Star”
- Guru - “Take a Look (At Yourself)”
- Guru - “Trust Me”
- Heavy D - “Gyrlz, They Love Me”
- Heavy D - “We Got Our Own Thang”
- Hip-Hop against Apartheid - “Free South Africa”
- Ice Cube - “Jackin’ for Beats”
- Ice Cube - “I Wanna Kill Sam”
- Ice Cube - “Horny Lil’ Devil”
- Jazzy Grooves - “Scat Jam”
- Jimmy Z - “Funky Flute”
- Joint Ventures - “Interview”
- Kid ‘N Play - “Ain’t Gonna Hurt Nobody”
- Kid ‘N Play - “Last Night”
- Kid ‘N Play - “Friendz”
- King Just - “Warriors Drum”
- King T - “E Get Swift”
- KRS-One - “Outta Here”
- Kurtis Blow - “Still on the Scene”
- Large Professor - “I Juswannachill”
- LL Cool J - “To Da Break of Dawn”
- LL Cool J - “6 Minutes of Pleasure”
- LL Cool J - “Fast Peg”
- LL Cool J - “Ain’t No Stoppin’ This”
- Lord Finesse - “Hey! Look at Shorty”
- Low Profile - “Easy Money”
- Marley Marl - “Duck Alert”
- MC Breed - “Gotta Get Mine”
- Mica Paris - “More Love”
- Michel’le - “Nicety”
- Mistress & DJ Madame E - “Get Pumped”
- Naughty by Nature - “Guard Your Grill”
- Naughty by Nature - “Hip Hop Hooray”
- Nice & Smooth - “Sex, Sex, Sex”
- NWA - “Fuck tha Police”
- P-King - “Wicked and Nasty”
- Pete Rock & CL Smooth - “Da Two”
- Pete Rock & CL Smooth - “Tell Me”
- Pete Rock & CL Smooth - “Anger in the Nation”
- Pete Rock & CL Smooth - “Skinz”
- Poor Righteous Teachers - “Rock Dis Funky Joint”
- Public Enemy - “Fight the Power”
- Rebel MC - “Black Meaning Good”
- Rebel MC - “Culture”
- Red Hot Lover Tone - “Da Gigolow”
- Red Hot Lover Tone - “Wanna Make Moves”
- Richie Rich - “Rockin’ on the GoGo Scene”
“Reality”
- RRA - “That’s My Nigger”
“Funky President”
- Rumpletilskinz - “Hudz”
- Run-DMC - “Not Just Another Groove”
- Salt-N-Pepa ft E.U. - “Shake Your Thing”
- Schoolly D - “Sometimes It’s Got”
- Shabaam Sahdeeq - “Soundclash”
- Silk X Leather - “The Woman in Me”
“I’m Broken Hearted”
- Slick Rick - “Mistakes of a Woman in Love with Other Men”
“Funky President”
- Slick Rick - “Why, Why, Why”
- Spoonie Gee - “Spoonie is Back”
- Stetsasonic - “Uda Man”
- Ten Tray - “I Convey!”
- Terminator X - “Homey Don’t Play Dat”
- Terminator X - “Vendetta. . . the Big Getback”
- The Gyrlz - “Jam Jam If You Can”
- Trends of Culture - “Mad Flavor Mad Style”
- Tupac ft Richie Rich - “Lie to Kick It”
- Ultramagnetic MCs - “I Like Your Style”
- UMC - “One to Grow On”
- Wee Papa Girls - “You’ve Got the Beat”

Everybody’s Doin’ the Hustle and Dead on the Double Bump: (Polydor 1975)
“Your Love”
- Boogie Down Productions - “The Kenny Parker Show”
- Ed OG - “Let Me Tickle Your Fancy”
- Queen Pen - “Man Behind the Music”

Hot!: (Polydor 1976)
“Hot (I Need to Be Love, Love Loved)”
- Above the Law - “Livin’ Like Hustlers”
- Downtown Science - “Fat Shout”
- Ice Cube - “Alive on Arrival”
- MC Lyte - “When in Love”
- Steady B - “Attitude Problem”

Get up Offa That Thing: (Polydor 1976)
“Get up Offa That Thing”
- Beck - “Diskobox”
- Boogie Down Productions - “South Bronx”
- CEO - “Here We Go Again”
- Double D & Steinski - “Lesson 2″
- Hengee & Evil E - “Lil Trig Fat Mix”
- Ice T - “Killing Fields”
- Masta Ace - “Can’t Stop the Bumrush”
- Public Enemy - “Rebel Without a Pause”
- Schoolly D - “How a Black Man Feels”
- WC & the Maad Circle - “Get on up on That Funk”

Body Heat: (Polydor 1976)
“Don’t Tell It”
- Akinyele - “30 Days”
- Boogie Down Productions - “Poetry”
- Eric B and Rakim - “Move the Crowd”
“Body Heat”
- Greg Osby - “Flow to the Underground”
“Don’t Tell It”
- Kool G Rap ft DJ Polo - “Money in the Bank”
“Body Heat”
- Sons of Bazerk - “Part One”

Mutha’s Nature: (Polydor 1977)
“Give Me Some Skin”
- South Central Cartel - “Pops Was a Rolla”

Jam 1980’s: (Polydor 1978)
“The Spank”
- Tupac - “Trapped”

Take a Look at Those Cakes: (Polydor 1978)
“For Goodness Sakes, Look at Those Cakes”
- De la Soul - “Afro Connections at a Hi 5 (In the Eyes of a Hoodlum)”

In the Jungle Groove: (Polydor 1986)
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- 2 Live Crew - “Do the Bart”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- 2 Live Crew - “Coolin’”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- 2 Live Crew - “Drop the Bomb”
- 3XDope - “No Words”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- 808 State - “Pacific 202″
- A Tribe Called Quest - “Seperate / Together”
- Above the Law - “Untouchables”
- Above the Law - “Murder Rap”
- Above the Law - “What Cha Can Prove”
- Allison Williams - “Sleep Talk”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Arabian Prince - “Get On Up”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Awesome Dre - “Frankly Speaking”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Beastie Boys - “Sounds of Science”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Beastie Boys - “Shadrach”
- Big Daddy Kane - “Mortal Combat”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Big Daddy Kane - “Raw ‘91″
- Big Daddy Kane - “Get into It”
- Big Daddy Kane - “Set it Off”
- Biz Markie - “The Gator (Dance)”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Biz Markie - “Spring Again”
- Black Rock & Ron - “Stop the World”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- Black Rock & Ron - “Act Like You Know”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Black Rock & Ron - “Getting Large”
- Boogie Down Productions - “South Bronx”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Breeze - “Great Big Freak”
- BWP - “A Different Category”
- Cash Money & Marvelous - “Drawers”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- CEO - “House Time, Any Time”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Choice MC - “Bad A-s Bitch”
- Chubb Rock - “Talkin’ Loud, Ain’t Sayin’ Jack”
- Chubb Rock - “Bump the Floor”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Coco Lee - “So Crazy”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Coldcut - “Say Kids, What Time is It?”
- Compton’s Most Wanted - “The Final Chapter”
- Compton’s Most Wanted - “Wanted”
- Convicts - “I Like Boning”
- CPO - “Flow to the Rhythm”
- Criminal Nation - “Insane”
- Criminal Nation - “The Right Crowd”
- Criminal Nation - “I’m Rollin’”
- Criminal Nation - “It’s a Black Thing”
“I Got to Move”
- Cypress Hill - “How I Could Just Kill a Man”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- De la Soul - “Oodles of O’s”
- Deep Forest - “Deep Forest”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- Def Jef - “Poet with Soul”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Def Jef - “On the Real Tip”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Depeche Mode - “My Joy”
- Derek B - “Get Down”
- Derek B - “Human Time Bomb”
- Digable Planets - “Where I’m From”
- DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - “Hip Hop Dancer’s Theme”
- DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - “Magnificent Jazzy Jeff”
- DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - “2 Damn Hype”
- DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - “Jazzy’s Groove”
- DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - “Pump up the Bass”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- DJ Magic Mike - “The Dynamic Duo”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- DJ Mark the 45 King ft Lakim Shabazz - “When a Wise Man Speaks”
- DJ Master T - “Wind Me Up”
- DOC - “Let the Bass Go”
- Domination - “Back at it Again”
“I Got to Move”
- Double XX Posse - “Headcracker”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- Doug E Fresh - “Guess Who?”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Dr. Dre - “Let Me Ride”
- Eazy-E - “We Want Eazy”
- Enigma - “Carly’s Song”
- Eric B and Rakim - “Lyrics of Fury”
- Eric B and Rakim - “Relax with Pep”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- Everlast - “Syndicate Soldier”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Father MC - “Ain’t it Funky”
- Fine Young Cannibals - “I’m Not the Man I Used to Be”
- Freddie Foxx - “F. F. is Here”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- Freddie Foxx - “The Master”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Fresh 4 - “Wishing on a Star”
- GangStarr - “2 Deep”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- GangStarr - “Gotch U”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- GangStarr - “Gotch U”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- George Michael - “Waiting for That Day/You Can’t Always Get. . .”
- Geto Boys - “Mind of a Lunatic”
- Geto Boys - “Read These Nikes”
- Goats - “TV Cops”
- Gus Gus - “Purple”
- Guy - “I Like”
- Hard Knocks - “A Blow to the Head”
“I Got to Move”
- Hard Knocks - “Strictly from the Bronx”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Heavy D - “We Got Our Own Thang”
- Heavy D - “Peaceful Journey”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Heavy D - “Flexin’”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Hi-C - “Take a Ride”
- HWA - “Trick is a Trick”
- Ice Cube - “Jackin’ for Beats”
- Ice Cube - “Endangered Species”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- Ice T - “Power”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Ice T - “Original Gangster”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Ice T - “Home Invasion”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Ice T - “I Ain’t New Ta This”
- Ice T - “Radio Suckers”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- Intelligent Hoodlum - “Keep Striving”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- James Brown - “She Looks All Types A’ Good”
- Jaz - “The Originators”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Joe Public - “Live and Learn”
- Joint Ventures - “Fuck What Ya Heard”
- Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - “Talk About the Blues”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Kid ‘N Play - “Slippin’”
- Kid ‘N Play - “Foreplay”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Kid Capri - “At the Apollo”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Kid Sensation - “Emergency”
- King Sun - “King Sun with the Sword”
- Kool G Rap - “The Butcher Shop”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Kool G Rap - “Poison”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Kool G Rap - “It’s a Demo”
- Kool Moe Dee - “I’m Blowing Up”
- Kool Moe Dee - “Bad, Bad, Bad”
- Kool Moe Dee - “Knowledge is King”
- Korn & the Dust Brothers - “Kick the P.A.”
- Kris Kross - “Lil’ Boys in Da Hood”
- Kris Kross - “Jump”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- Kurtis Blow - “Back by Popular Demand”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Kurtis Blow - “Get on Up”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Kwame - “The Rhythm”
- Lakim Shabazz - “Black is Back”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Leaders of the New School - “Connections”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Leaders of the New School - “Teachers, Don’t Teach Us Nonsense”
- Leaders of the New School - “Sobb Story”
- LL Cool J - “Boomin’ System”
- LL Cool J - “Mama Said Knock You Out”
- LL Cool J - “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?”
- LL Cool J - “Fast Peg”
- LL Cool J - “Nitro”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- LL Cool J - “Mr. Goodbar”
- Looptroop - “In the Place to Be”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Low Profile - “Make Room for. . .”
- Maestro Fresh Wes - “Let Your Backbone Slide”
- Mantronix - “Fresh is the Word”
- Mantronix ft Wondress - “Got to Have Your Love”
- Marky Mark - “Good Vibrations”
- Masters at Work - “Jus’ a Lil’ Dope”
- MC Lyte - “Brooklyn”
- MC Shan - “So Def”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- MC Shan - “Juice Crew Law”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- MC Shan - “So Fresh”
- MC Smooth - “Blow the Whistle”
- Mellow Man Ace - “River Cubano”
- Mellow Man Ace - “Hypest from Cypress”
- Michel’le - “No More Lies”
- Michie Mee - “Jamaican Funk Canadian Style”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- Miles Davis - “Blow”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Ministere Amer - “Traitres”
- Mistress & DJ Madame E - “Show ‘em How We Play”
- Mistress & DJ Madame E - “Hypergroove”
- MMG - “Only the Strong Survive”
- Mobb Deep - “Flavor for the Non-Believes”
- Nas - “Get Down”
- Naughty by Nature - “Hot Potato”
- Naughty by Nature - “Ready for Dem”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Neneh Cherry ft Guru - “Sassy”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- New Order - “Ruined in a Day”
- Nikki D - “Gotta up the Ante for the Panties”
- Nikki D - “Freak Accident”
- Nine Inch Nails - “Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)”
- No Face - “Half”
- NWA - “Fuck tha Police”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- NWA - “100 Miles and Runnin’”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- NWA - “Quiet on tha Set”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Organized Konfusion - “Maintain”
- Original Concept - “Can U Feel It?”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- P-Funk All Stars - “Dope Dogs”
- Paperboy - “The Nine Yards”
- Paris - “I Call Him Mad”
- Paris - “The Devil Made Me Do It”
- Paris - “On the Prowl”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- Paris - “Wretched”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Pete Rock & CL Smooth - “Go with the Flow”
- Pharcyde - “Officer”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Pras Michel ft ODB & Mya - “Ghetto Supastar”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Prince - “Gett Off”
- Prince - “Gangster Glam”
- Prince - “My Name is Prince”
- Prince Johnny C - “Comin’ to Get Ya”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Prince Johnny C - “Kevey Kev is a Dancer with Soul”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Prince Johnny C - “Kevey Kev is a Dancer with Soul”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Professor Griff - “Pawns in the Game”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- Professor Griff - “Pass the Ammo”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Public Enemy - “Hazy Shade of Criminal”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Public Enemy - “Can’t Truss It”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Public Enemy - “She Watch Channel Zero”
- Public Enemy - “The Enemy Assault Vehicle Mixx”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Public Enemy - “Night Train”
- Public Enemy - “Shut ‘em Down”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- Public Enemy - “Welcome to the Terrordome”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Public Enemy - “Welcome to the Terrordome”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Public Enemy - “Bring the Noise”
- Public Enemy - “Fight the Power”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Public Enemy - “Brothers Gonna Work it Out”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Public Enemy - “Rebel Without a Pause”
- Public Enemy - “Terminator X to the Edge of Panic”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Public Enemy - “Night of the Living Baseheads”
- Public Enemy - “Party for Your Right to Fight”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- Public Enemy - “Burn Hollywood Burn”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Public Enemy - “Terminator X to the Edge of Panic”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Public Enemy - “Bring the Noise”
- Queen - “We Are the Champions”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- Rah Digga - “What They Call Me”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Rebel MC - “Set Yourself Free”
- Rebel MC - “Culture”
- Redhead Kingpen - “Superbad, Superslick”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Redman - “Rated R”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- Rob Base - “Creation”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock - “Make it Hot”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Roxanne Shante - “Have a Nice Day”
- Run-DMC - “Back from Hell”
- Run-DMC - “Run’s House”
- Run-DMC - “Beats to the Rhyme”
- Run-DMC - “Word is Born”
- Salt-N-Pepa - “Let the Rhythm Run”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Salt-N-Pepa - “Doper than Dope”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Scarface - “Born Killer”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Schoolly D - “Godfather of Funk”
- Schoolly D - “Get Off Your A-s and Get Involved”
- Schoolly D - “Peace to the Nation”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- Schoolly D - “Who’s Schoolin’ Who?”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- ShowBiz & A.G. - “Giant in the Mental”
“I Got to Move”
- ShowBiz & A.G. - “Diggin’ in the Crates”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Sinead O’Connor - “I Am Stretched on Your Grave”
- Sir Mix-A-Lot - “No Holds Barred”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- Sister Souljah - “The Hate That Hate Produced”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Slayer & Atari Teenage Riot - “No Remorse (I Wanna Die)”
- Slick Rick - “The Moment I Feared”
- Smooth Ice - “Without a Pause”
- Smooth Ice - “I’m Coming”
- Sons of Bazerk - “One Time for the Rebel”
- South Central Cartel - “Neighborhood Jacka”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Special Ed - “Come On, Let’s Move”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- Special Ed - “Come On, Let’s Move”
- Steady B - “Let the Hustlers Play”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Stetsasonic - “Sally”
- Stetsasonic - “The Hip Hop Band”
- Stetsasonic - “DBC Let the Music Play”
- Stetsasonic - “Speaking of a Girl Named Suzy”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Stezo - “Jimmy’s Gettin’ Funky”
- Stezo - “Put Your Body into It”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Stop the Violence Movement - “Self-Destruction”
- Style - “Victim to the Vinyl”
- Sublime - “Scarlet Begonias”
- Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud - “Do the James”
- Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud - “Let the Drummer Get Ill”
- Sweet T - “My Beat”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Terminator X - “Vendetta. . . the Big Getback”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Tim Dog - “Goin Wild in the Penile”
- Tim Dog - “Low Down Nigga”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Tim Dog - “Fuck Compton”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- TLC - “Shock Dat Monkey”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- Tone Loc - “Freaky Behavior”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Tony Scott - “Get Into It”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- Trey Lewd - “Hoodlums Hoo Ride”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- True Mathematics - “For the Lover in You”
- Tung Twista - “No Peace Sign”
- Tupac ft Richie Rich - “Lie to Kick It”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- Twin Hype - “Tales of the Twins”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- UB40 - “Can’t Help Falling in Love”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Ultramagnetic MCs - “Give the Drummer Some”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Ultramagnetic MCs - “Blast from Our Past”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- Ultramagnetic MCs - “Give the Drummer Some”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Ultramagnetic MCs - “Moe Love on the One & Two”
- Vanilla Ice - “Stop That Train”
- Wagon Christ - “Filthy Drummer”
- WC & the Maad Circle - “Ghetto Serenade”
“Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix)
- Willie D - “Fuck Rodney King”
- YBT - “Loud and Hard to Hit”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- Yomo & Maulkie - “Mockingbird”
“Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album)
- Yvette Michelle - “Crazy”
“Funky Drummer” (Drums)
- YZ - “Return of the Holy One”
- Z-Trip - “Rockstar 2″
- Z-Trip - “Rockstar”

Motherlode: (Polygram 1988)
“You Got to Have a Mother for Me”
- DJ Quik - “Tear it Off”
“Baby, Here I Come”
- EPMD - “The Big Payback”
“Can I Get Some Help”
- Ice T - “Freedom of Speech”
“Baby, Here I Come”
- Insane Poetry - “Angel of Death”
“Can I Get Some Help”
- Kool G Rap ft DJ Polo - “Play it Kool”
“You Got to Have a Mother for Me”
- LL Cool J - “Why Do They Call it Dope?”
“Baby, Here I Come”
- Red Hot Lover Tone - “I Like”
“Untitled Instumental”
- Scarface - “Murder by Reason of Insanity”
“You Got to Have a Mother for Me”
- Schoolly D - “Gangster Boogie”
“Untitled Instumental”
- Schoolly D - “Godfather of Funk”
“Can I Get Some Help”
- Schoolly D - “Peace to the Nation”
- Shyheim - “Here Come the Hits”
- Tim Dog - “Fuck Compton”
“Untitled Instumental”
- West Coast Rap All Stars - “We’re All in the Same Gang”
single: (Tommy Boy 1984)
“Unity” (ft Afrika Bambaata)
- Beastie Boys - “Shake Your Rump”
- Fresh Gordan - “Feelin’ James”
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“Honky Tonk Popcorn”
- Beatnuts - “Are You Ready?”
- Big Daddy Kane - “Mortal Combat”
“Please Please Me”
- Ice Cube - “Horny Lil’ Devil”
“Maybe the Last Time”
- Pharcyde - “I’m That Type of Nigga”
“Can I Get Some”
- Stetsasonic - “Getto is the. . .”

the “Amen break” (The Winstons)

Peter — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 23:36:00 -0500

The “Amen Break” is four bars of the drum break lifted from the song “Amen Brother” as performed by the 1960s funk/soul outfit The Winstons. The song is an uptempo, instrumental rendition of the gospel music classic “Amen”. It is unknown, but doubtful, whether the drummer, G.C. Coleman, has received any royalties for the sampling of his drum part.
(from wikipedia.org)

Amen Brother: 2 Live Crew: “Feel Alright Yall”; 3rd Bass: “Wordz of Wisdom”; 4 Hero: “Escape That”; Amon Tobin: “Nightlife”; Aphex Twin: “Boy/Girl Song”; Atari Teenage Riot: “Burn Berlin Burn”; Brand Nubian: “The Godz Must Be Crazy”; Deee-Lite: “Come on In, the Dreams are Fine”; Dillinja: “The Angels Fell”; Eric B & Rakim: “Casualties of War”; Freestylers: Breaker beats; Funky Technicians: “Airtight”; Goldie: “Chico: Death of a Rock Star”; Heavy D: “MC Heavy D!”; Heavy D: “Let it Flow”; Heavy D: “Flexin’”; Heavyweight: “Oh Gosh”; J. Majik: “Arabian Nights”; J. Majik: “Your Sound”; Lemon D: “This is Los Angeles”; Level Vibes: “Beauty & the Beast”; Lifer’s Group: “Jack U. Back (So You Wanna Be a Gangsta)”; Ltj Bukem: “Music”; Maestro Fresh Wes: “Bring it On” (Remix); Mantronix: “King of the Beats”; Movement Ex: “KK Punani”; Nice & Smooth: “Dope Not Hype”; NWA: “Straight Outta Compton”; Oasis: “Do Y’Know What I Mean”; Roni Size: “Brown Paper Bag” (Nobukazu Takemura Remix); Salt-N-Pepa: “Desire”; Scarface: “Born Killer”; Schoolly D: “How a Black Man Feels”

(mostly via the-breaks.com)

George Michael

xampled — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 01:20:00 -0500

Born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou.

“Waiting for that day”: James Brown: Funky Drummer
“Fast Love”: Patrice Rushen: Forget me nots
Coolio: All The Way Live

“Freedom” (Back to reality Mix): Soul II Soul: Back to life
“Star People 97″: The Gap Band: Burn Rubber On Me
Waiting For that Day: The Rolling Stones: You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Freek!: Aaliyah
Love’s in Need of Love Today: Stevie Wonder: Love’s in Need of Love Today

Labi Siffre

Peter — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 01:41:04 -0600

London-born singer Labi Siffre has spent his career breaking down boundaries. The openly gay singer has built a small cult following with works that deal squarely with homophobia and racism. In addition to his nine albums, the multi-talented Siffre has written three books of poetry and has also written for the stage.
Musically, Siffre is known for his soulful, high-pitched voice and thought-provoking lyrics. His single “I Got The” from his 1975 album Remember My Song received a modicum of fame decades after its release when its funky piano hook was sampled in Eminem’s 1999 debut smash single “My Name Is.” In 1988, Siffre had a hit with his anti-apartheid anthem “(Something Inside) So Strong,” a song that embodies his vocal talents and his social conscience. )

“I Got The” (Bridge): Beatnuts: “Beatnuts Forever”; Def Squad ft Jamal: “Countdown”; Eminem: “My Name Is”; Foxxy Brown: “Hot Spot”; Frankenstein: “Quiet Storm”; Insane Clown Posse ft Twiztid: “Slim Anus”; Jay-Z: “Street is Watching”; Tiger Ranks: “Party wit’ Me”; Wu-Tang Clan: “Can it All Be So Simple”
“Too late”: Mark Ronson: “I Suck”

Steve Winwood

Peter — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 19:25:44 -0600

Stephen Winwood was born May 12, 1948, in England. In 1963 Steve (then 15) and his brother Muff joined guitarist Spencer Davis to form the Spencer Davis Group. Although he was only 15, Steve’s vocals were astoundingly soulful and mature, and his skills at the piano were also advanced beyond his years. The Spencer Davis Group released a handful of classic R&B-styled singles, including “Keep on Running,” “I’m a Man,” and the monumental “Gimme Some Lovin’”. Steve left in 1967 to form Traffic with guitarist Dave Mason, horn player Chris Wood, and drummer Jim Capaldi, all of whom had played on “Gimme Some Lovin’.” Winwood broke up that band at the beginning of 1969, due to internal conflicts.

Winwood subsequently hooked up with old friend Eric Clapton, who’d recently parted ways with Cream. The debut of Blind Faith (1969) was a hit, but the extreme pressure on the group led to their breakup even before the end of the year. Winwood began work on what was slated to be his first solo LP, but he gradually brought in more ex-Traffic members to help him out, to the point where the album simply became a band reunion. They released several albums until they broke op in 1974.

Steve returned in late 1980 with the little-heralded ‘Arc of a Diver’, a much stronger effort on which he played every instrument himself. It was a platinum-selling hit in the U.S., helped by the hit single “While You See a Chance”. The extremely similar 1982 follow-up ‘Talking Back to the Night’ sounded rushed to some reviewers, and it wasn’t nearly as big a hit. Taking more time to craft his next album, Winwood didn’t return until 1986, with ‘Back in the High Life’. It was a smash hit. Winwood’s hot streak continued with his first album for Virgin, 1988’s Roll With It.

“Valerie”: Eric Prydz: Call On Me
“Rainmaker” (with Traffic): Souls of Mischief: Anything Could Happen
“Do What You Like” (with Blind Faith): Buck 65: Square One; Controller 7: LHS Track 5

the Commodores

Peter — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 18:41:58 -0600

The members of the Commodores came together as a result of two groups disbanding: the Mystics and the Jays. Initially formed to simply play music as a pastime and to meet girls, the lineup consisted of William King (trumpet), Thomas McClary (guitar), Ronald LaPread (bass), Walter “Clyde” Orange (drums), Lionel Richie (saxophone), and Milan Williams (keyboards). The Commodores association with Motown was a result of the group touring with the Jackson 5. Their first release on Motown was the up-tempo instrumental dance cut “Machine Gun.” That number was followed by the Top 20 single “I Feel Sanctified,” which lead to their third single and first number one record in “Slippery When Wet.”

In September of 1976, they released “Just to Be Close to You,” their second number one single. The Top Ten hit “Fancy Dancer” followed, and then came “Easy.” Different from their other tunes, “Easy” was very serene and not nearly as soulful or funky as the band’s other tunes. Nonetheless, it claimed the number one spot on the charts, and it paved the way for the style of ballads the group would later be known for. However, soul and funk was still very much present in spite of the benevolent rhythms of “Easy.” This was demonstrated with the release of what would become the group’s anthem, “Brickhouse.” Two consecutive number one singles would follow: the dance cut “Too Hot ta Trot” and the placid number “Three Times a Lady.” And then there was “Still.” The last number one for the group with Richie as a member.

In 1981, Richie recorded “Endless Love” with Diana Ross. The success of the single was a prelude to the success Richie would relish upon his exit from the group, which occurred in 1982. In the absence of Richie, the group courted the talents of tenor J.D. Nicholas (formerly of Heatwave) and would go on to release its biggest hit: “Nightshift” (1985). Penned by Clyde Orange, the song pays to tribute to the late soul singers Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson.

“Machine Gun”: Beastie Boys: Hey Ladies; Professor Griff: Pass the Ammo
“Assembly Line” (Drums): 3rd Bass: Wordz of Wisdom; Boogie Down Productions: House N—-s; Chemical Brothers: Chemical Beats; Eric B & Rakim: Let the Rhythm Hit ‘Em; Guy: Her; Jungle Brothers: Black Woman; King Sun: Universal Flag; Kool G Rap: It’s a Demo; OutKast ft Erykah Badu: Humble Mumble; Public Enemy: Raise the Roof; Real Roxanne: Respect; Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock: Don’t Sleep on It; Scarface: Born Killer; Scarface: Mr. Scarface Pt 3 - The Final Chapter - He’s Dead; Schoolly D: Treacherous; Snow: Informer; Stetsasonic: In Full Gear; Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud: Girls Act Stupid-aly; UNKLE: Unreal
“Young Girls Are My Weakness”: Schoolly D: Dedicated to All B Boys
“C E B U“: Gangsta NIP: Psycho; K-Solo: Premonition of a Black Panther; Kid Sensation: Hype it Up; Shaq: I Got Skills
“Fancy Dancer”: Original Flavor: I Like It
“Girl, I Think the World about You”: De la Soul: Buddy
“High on Sunshine”: De la Soul: Sunshine; Fat Joe: Walk on By
“I’m Ready”: Beastie Boys: Egg Man; Tone Loc: Cheeba Cheeba
“Slippery When Wet”: 7A3: Everybody Get Loose
“Zoom“: Tricky: Tricky Kid

“Brickhouse”: Dream Warriors: Follow Me Not; Foxxy Brown ft Method Man: Ill Na Na; Lords of the Underground: Bring It; Lost Boys: Get Up; Tairrie B: Step 2 This; Yo-Yo: Mama Don’t Take No Mess
“Patch it Up”: Reflection Eternal: Soul Rebels
“Easy”: Cam’Ron ft Juelz Santana: Hey Ma; Geto Boys: Six Feet Deep; JCD & the Dawg lb: Tilo Sings the Hits
“I Like What You Do”: Jungle Brothers: Doin’ Our Own Dang
“Say Yeah”: Rottin Razkals: Ohh Yeah; Tamia: So into You
“You’re Special”: Juelz Santana: Back Again
?: A Tribe Called Quest: ICU (RealAudio)