САМЫЕ ПОПУЛЯРНЫЕ СЭМПЛЫ - ТВЕРДЫНЯ ПОД НОГАМИ ХИП-ХОПА
Когда мы говорили о богатом музыкальном наследии Марвина Гея, вы могли заметить, что среди всего многообразия композиций, из которых рэпперы дергают себе семплы, есть более популярные, а есть и те, которые использовались всего раз-другой. Одной из наиболее востребованных композиций певца оказалась "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)", но даже ей в плане цитирования оказалось далеко до некоторых хитов, о которых пойдет речь ниже. В этом материале мы как раз и постараемся разобраться с такими рекордсменами.
Наверняка каждому из вас неоднократно попадались композиции с одними и теми же достаточно узнаваемыми мелодиями. И рано или поздно в голове всплывает вопрос – а сколько же раз оригинальная песня была оприходована благодарными поколениями? И сколько раз это нужно сделать, чтобы стало достаточно МНОГО? Понятно, что два-три-четыре – это еще цветочки, и вероятность того, что вы обратите внимание на такую цитату, или хотя бы получите шанс её заметить, достаточно невелика. Если же десяток рэпперов поступит аналогичным образом, то уже имеет смысл говорить о популярности семпла.
Однако таких композиций на поверку оказывается слишком много, чтобы постараться впихнуть в один материал. И даже 12-ти-, 14-ти-, 16-тикратных цитирований тоже немало. Поэтому волюнтаристским решением планка была установлена на отметке 20. Кто из попавшихся смог её перешагнуть, того и посчитали. При этом, конечно, нужно четко понимать, что обнаруженная информация ни в коей мере не может претендовать на звание исчерпывающей и всеохватывающей. Изучением семплов можно заниматься всю жизнь и даже на её закате вряд ли вы сможете смело утверждать, что обнаружили всё. Особенно если учесть многократно возросший объем музыкальной информации по сравнению с благословенными годами, когда творило большинство авторов цитат.
Итак, первым наш рубеж осилил автор гимна брейкеров всея планеты Herbie Hancock. Но нет, не с легендарным "Rock It". 21 раз другие артисты воспользовались его композицией 1973 года "Watermelon Man". "Rock It", конечно тоже не прошел незамеченным, но, судя по всему, оказался слишком узнаваем, чтобы пойти в массовое производство. На один пункт больше набрал один из королей стиля соул Isaac Hayes. Его голос вам хорошо знаком благодаря тому, что Isaac озвучивал шеф-повара из мультсериала South Park. За свою карьеру он создал десятки хитов, но именно песня с заковыристым названием "Ike's Mood I/You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" больше всего пришлась по душе рэпперам. Ровно такую же любовь они испытали и к знаменитейшему семплу, который дал рождение первому коммерческому рэп-шлягеру Sugarhill Gang "Rapper's Delight". Возможно вы уже поняли, что речь идет о группе Chic и их "Good Times" 1979 года.
Следующим участником нашего самопального топа стал проект Tom Tom Club. По аналогии с Herbie Hancock один из их хитов "Wordy Rappinghood" был помилован алчными до цитат читалами, но вот "Genius of Love" 1981 года пришелся ко двору и Mariah Carey, и Funkdoobiest, и ветеранам Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five. Но еще раньше их с этой композиции успел снять часть сливок рэп-дуэт Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde.
И вот в нашем обзоре появляется James Brown, имя которого большинство читателей наверняка не сомневалось тут увидеть. Забегая вперед, скажем, что общепризнанный король фанка появится тут еще не раз и не два, и вообще ничье наследие не подвергалось цитированию с такой безжалостной частотой. Трек "Escape-ism" (1971 год) был замечен в 26 композициях, уступив лишь один пункт композиции другого легендарного музыканта Grover Washington Jr. Его "Hydra" (1975 год) в полном соответствии со своим мифологическим прототипом оказалась воистину многоголовой.
Barry White, властитель дамских, в первую очередь, сердец, как выяснилось, вызывает стойкую симпатию к своему творчеству и у более суровой части населения. Элементы его трека 1973 года "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Babe" были обнаружены на стороне 32 раза. Столько же раз был препарирован "Give it up or Turnit a Loose" Джеймса Брауна (1970). На один шаг их обошел относящийся к столпам стиля фанк коллектив Sly & the Family Stone с песней 1969 года "You Can Make it if You Try". Отметим, что среди наших номинантов они раньше всех умудрились создать столь популярную вещицу. Было это в 1969 году.
Isaac Hayes был хорош и сам по себе, а в дуэте с Дэвидом Портером добился еще большего успеха. В результате на свет появились Soul Searchers, и в 1974-м они явили миру "Ashley's Roachclip". LL Cool J, Eric B & Rakim, Run DMC, Ice Cube, Geto Boys – все они не смогли устоять перед очарованием этой вещицы, а скандально известная на рубеже 90-х марионеточная группа Milli Vanilli цитировала "Ashley's Roachclip" трижды, в том числе и в своем хите "Girl You Know It's True".
И раз уж у нас зашла речь об исполнителях, популярных не только в среде музыкантов, но и среди простого населения, самое время вспомнить фанкатиров Kool and the Gang, чьи хиты раскачали не одно поколение жаждущих позитива слушателей. 46 раз их песня "Jungle Boogie" (1973) нашла себе приют в чужих треках. Но оказывается, чтобы достигать подобных результатов не всегда нужно понравится всем на свете. Так, например, куда менее простецкий коллектив Zapp, выпустив в 1980 году "More Bounce to the Ounce" к настоящему моменту собрал 50 зафиксированных заимствований. Такой размах даже и не снился любимым отечественными ремейкерами Таркану или Teach-In.
Лиха беда – начало. Если для одних полсотни цитат предел мечтаний (или кошмарный сон, если угодно), то кое-кто такие высоты преодолевает с запасом в несколько корпусов. Знаменитый "The Payback" (1974) Джейса Брауна обскакал Zapp с гандикапом в 15 единиц, а еще один трек Kool and the Gang со скупым названием "N.T.", вышедший на пару лет раньше, достиг отметки 72.
В тройке самых цитируемых композиций бронза и золото ожидаемо достались Джеймсу Брауну. "Funky President" (1974) оказывал поддержку своим, то ли наследникам, то ли нахлебникам, сто раз, а вышедший четырьмя годами раньше "Funky Drummer" (1970) умудрился 181 раз за прошедший период засветиться в гостях. Однако неподдельный интерес вызывает вопрос – кто вмешался в гегемонию Джеймса на цитатной сцене? Пять треков в топе, два из них в тройке – как было бы красиво, если бы весь пьедестал достался ему же.
Но нет, современники не дремали и лаптем щи не хлебали - Sly & the Family Stone в том же 1969-м, что и первая представленная тут их композиция создали знаменитую "Sing a Simple Song". Если у кого-нибудь еще остаются сомнения, действительно ли все упомянутые композиции прошли проверку временем, предлагаем ознакомиться с весьма примерным, но, тем не менее, достаточно показательным перечнем заимствований. Как водится все ваши взвешенные дополнения и уточнения с радостью увидим в комментариях.
И вот еще что, как вы думаете, почему брейк-данс зародился именно в первой половине 70-х?
Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man (1973) Amon Tobin - "Chomp Samba" Born Jamericans - "State of Shock IV" Breeze - "Steady Tryin to Flow. . ." Diamond Shell - "Captain Speakin'" Digable Planets - "Escapism (Gettin' Free)" Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - "Famous and Dandy" Funky Aztec - "Don Quixote" Kings of Swing - "2 Minutes of Funk" LL Cool J - "1-900-LL-Cool-J" Organized Konfusion - "Open Your Eyes" Original Flavor - "Gumdrops" Out of Eden - "Lovely Day" Rascalz - "Really Livin'" Schoolly D - "Here we Go Again" Schoolly D - "Smoke Some Kill" Shaq - "I Hate to Brag" Style - "Pray for Death" Super Cat - "Dolly My Baby" Ultramagnetic MCs - "You got to Feel It" US3 - "Eleven Long Years" Young Black Teenagers - "Looney Toonz"
Isaac Hayes - "Ike's Mood I/You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (1971) Alkaholiks - "Mary Jane" Beanie Sigel - "Still Got Love for You" Biz Markie - "Cool V's Tribute to Scratching" Biz Markie - "Make the Music" C-Murder ft Snoop Dogg & Magic - "Down for My Niggas" Das EFX - "East Coast" Foxxy Brown - "(Holy Matrimony) Letter to the Firm" Intelligent Hoodlum - "Grand Groove" Jeru the Damaja - "Jungle Music" JVC Force - "Stylin' Lyrics" Kenny Dope - "The Magnificent" Kurupt ft Daz - "Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha" LL Cool J - "Six Minutes of Pleasure" Marley Marl ft Juice Crew - "He Cuts So Fresh" Mary J. Blige - "I Love You" Massive Attack - "One Love" Naughty by Nature - "Knock 'Em out Da Box" Peanut Butter Wolf - "I Will Always Love H.E.R." Rahzel - "Make the Music 2000" Ron C - "On and On" The LOX - "Bitches from Eastwick" Warren G - "Still Can't Fade It"
Chic - "Good Times" (1979) Beastie Boys - "A.W.O.L." Blondie - "Rapture" Boogie Down Productions - "13 and Good" Chubb Rock - "Just the Two of Us" College Boyz - "Underground Blues" Dan the Automator - "Music to be Murdered By" De la Soul - "A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturdays'" Digital Underground - "Doowutchyalike" DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "The Reverend" DJ Shadow - "Basic Mega-Mix" Erick Sermon ft Redman & Keith Murray - "Rapper's Delight" Father MC - "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" Fugees - "Refugees on the Mic" Furious Five - "Birthday Party" G.P. WU - "Hit Me with That Shit" Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - "Adventures on the Wheels of Steel" Just Ice - "Back to the Old School" Justin Warfield - "Steppin with. . ." Side Cell & Rhapazooty - "Rhapazooty in Blue" Spoonie Gee - "Monster Jam" Sugarhill Gang - "8th Wonder" Sugarhill Gang - "Rapper's Delight"
Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love (1981) Above the Law - "Dose of the Mega Flex" Almighty RSO - "Badd Boyz" Ant Banks - "Roll 'em Phat" Boogiemonsters - "Bronx Bombas" Busta Rhymes ft Erykah Badu - "One" Cam'Ron ft Kenny Greene - "Me, My Moms & Jimmy" Dr. Jeckyll - "Genius Rap" Dream Warriors - "And Now the Legacy Begins" Fresh Kid Ice - "Roll Call" Funkdoobiest - "Natural Fun" Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - "It's Nasty" Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - "We Will Rock You" Mariah Carey - "Fantasy" Mellow Man Ace - "Linda" PM Dawn - "Gotta Be Movin' on Up" Redhead Kingpen - "A Shade of Red" Redman - "Brick City Mashin'" Second II None - "Niggaz Trippin'" Threat - "Give it Up" Tupac - "High Speed" Wascals - "Class Clown" X-Clan - "In the Ways of the Scales" Yush 2K ft Dangerman - "Face N Da Shape"
James Brown - Escape-ism (1971) Afrika Bambaataa ft Family - "Mind, Body and Soul" Audio Two - "What More Can I Say?" Big Daddy Kane - "Raw" Craig Mack - "Get Down" Cypress Hill - "How I Could Just Kill a Man" Freddie Foxx - "The Ladies Jam" Heavy D - "The Overweight Lovers in the House" Hip-Hop against Apartheid - "Free South Africa" Ice T - "Home of the Bodybag" Ice T - "Street Killer" Illegal - "Crumbsnatchers" Kool Moe Dee - "Deathblow" Kool Moe Dee - "Here We Go Again" Kris Kross - "Warm it Up" Lords of the Underground - "Psycho" Masta Ace - "Ace Iz Wild" MC Shan - "Freedom" Mellow Man Ace - "River Cubano" Onyx - "Throw Ya Gunz" Paris - "The Days of Old" Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "Escapism" Public Enemy - "Don't Believe the Hype" Run-DMC - "Back from Hell" TLC - "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" Wascals - "Hard Rhymes" Wee Papa Girls - "You've Got the Beat"
Grover Washington Jr. – Hydra (1975) A Tribe Called Quest - "Check the Rhyme" Artifacts - "Wrong Side of the Tracks" Big Daddy Kane - "Daddy's Home" Black Moon - "How Many MC's?" Chante Moore - "This Time" Cypress Hill - "Stoned Raiders" Ed OG - "Stop (Think for a Moment)" EPMD - "Underground" Fat Joe - "Success" Grand Daddy IU - "The U is Smooth" Illegal - "If U Want It" Joya - "I Like" King T - "Jay Fay Dray" Len - "Big Meanie" Lench Mob - "All on My Nut Sac" LL Cool J - "Papa Luv It" Masta Ace - "A Walk thru the Valley" Mic Geronimo - "Shit's Real" Notorious BIG - "One More Chance" Prince Markie Dee - "Crunch Time" Red Hot Lover Tone - "4 My Peeps" Red Hot Lover Tone - "Need Some Help from My Peeps" Redman - "Winicumuhround" Tim Dog - "Goin Wild in the Penile" Tony Thompson - "I Know" Wreckx-N-Effect - "Wreckx Shop" Yaggfu Front - "Where'd You Get Your Bo Bo's?"
Barry White - I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Babe (1973) Beavis & Butthead - "Come to Butthead" Big Daddy Kane - "Brother, Brother" Boss - "Deeper" Coco Lee - "So Crazy" College Boyz - "Politics of. . ." Compton's Most Wanted - "Wanted" Daft Punk - "Da Funk" De la Soul - "De La Orgy" Deadly Duce - "Creepin through the Fog" Eric B and Rakim - "The Rhyme Goes On" Eric B and Rakim - "Move the Crowd" Everlast - "Goodbye" Freddie Foxx - "I'm Ready" Ghostface Killah - "The Watch" Grandmaster Melle Mel ft Van Silk - "What's the Matter with Your World?" Gus Gus - "Barry" K-Solo - "Drums of Death" Kwame - "It's the Man We All Know and Love" LL Cool J - "Farmers Blvd (Our Anthem)" MC Lyte - "TRG (The Rap Game)" MC Shan - "Ain't We Funkin'" Nas - "One Mic" NWA - "She Swallowed It" NWA - "One Less Bitch" Prince Johnny C - "Searching for. . ." Queen Mother Rage - "To Be Real" Rodney O - "DJs and MCs" Rondo & Crazy Rak - "Low Down & Dirty" Schoolly D - "Just Another Killer" South Central Cartel - "County Bluz" Tone Loc - "Cutting Rhythms" Too $hort - "In the Trunk"
James Brown - Give it up or Turnit a Loose (1970) 2 Live Crew - "Ya Bad Self" Antoinette - "Who's the Boss" Black Rock & Ron - "Act Like You Know" CEO - "House Time, Any Time" Def Jef - "Poet with Soul" Doug E Fresh - "Guess Who?" Everlast - "Syndicate Soldier" Freddie Foxx - "The Master" GangStarr - "Gotch U" Ice T - "Power" Intelligent Hoodlum - "Keep Striving" Jungle Brothers - "Straight out the Jungle" Kurtis Blow - "Back by Popular Demand" Miles Davis - "Blow" NWA - "100 Miles and Runnin'" Paris - "Wretched" Professor Griff - "Pass the Ammo" Public Enemy - "Burn Hollywood Burn" Public Enemy - "Welcome to the Terrordome" Rah Digga - "What They Call Me" Rob Base - "Creation" Schoolly D - "It's Like Dat" Schoolly D - "Who's Schoolin' Who?" Sister Souljah - "The Hate That Hate Produced" Special Ed - "Come On, Let's Move" Steady B - "Let the Hustlers Play" Tone Loc - "Freaky Behavior" Trey Lewd - "Hoodlums Hoo Ride" Twin Hype - "Tales of the Twins" Ultramagnetic MCs - "Give the Drummer Some" Willie D - "Fuck Rodney King" Young Black Teenagers - "Loud and Hard to Hit"
Sly & the Family Stone - You Can Make it if You Try (1969) 7A3 - "Coolin' in Cali" Bomb the Bass - "Megablast" BWP - "Fuck a Man" Diamond D - "What You Seek" DJ Quik - "Niggaz Still Trippin'" DJ Shadow - "Basic Mega-Mix" Force of Power - "The Force of Power" Ice Cube - "The Product" Ice Cube - "True to the Game" Ice Cube - "Wicked" Ice T - "New Jack Hustler" Insane Poetry - "Grim Reality" Jungle Brothers - "Because I Got it Like That" King Sun - "Be Black" King Sun - "Stunts" King T - "Take You Home" Lifer's Group - "Jack U. Back (So You Wanna Be a Gangsta)" Mad Flava - "Wax on tha Belt (Baby G Gets Biz)" Mobb Deep - "Hit it from the Back" Poetess - "Forward Bound" Powerule - "Gots to Get This" Prince Johnny C - "Me and Baby Brother" Public Enemy - "Night of the Living Baseheads" Queen Latifah - "Mama Gave Birth to the Soul Children" Rumpletilskinz - "I-N-I" Schoolly D - "Mr. Big Dick" Schoolly D - "This is It (Ain't Gonna Rain)" Stetsasonic - "Talkin' All That Jazz" Tony, Toni, Tone - "In the. . ." Tupac - "Troublesome" Two Kings in a Cipher - "Movin' on 'Em" X-Clan - "Xodus" Yo-Yo - "You Can't Play with My Yo-Yo"
Soul Searchers - Ashley's Roachclip (1974) 2 Live Crew - "Ghetto Bass II" 3rd Bass - "Oval Office" Antoinette - "Unfinished Business" Antoinette - "Watch the Gangstress Boogie" Black Rock & Ron - "Out of My Head" Conscious Daughters - "Princess of Poetry" Cutty Ranks - "The Stopper" DJ Mark the 45 King - "Roach Clip" Eazy-E - "Gimme That Nutt" EMF - "Unbelievable" Eric B and Rakim - "I Know You Got Soul" Eric B and Rakim - "Paid in Full" Fear of a Black Planet - "I'm Just a Human" Frost - "Family Affair" Get the Fist Movement - "Get the Fist" Geto Boys - "Scarface" Ice Cube - "Jackin' for Beats" Insane Poetry - "Angel of Death" Kris Kross - "Methods of Dropping Mental" LL Cool J - "Jack the Ripper" Masters at Work - "Jus' a Lil' Dope" Mekon - "Phatty's Lunch Box" Milli Vanilli - "All or Nothing" Milli Vanilli - "Blame it on the Rain" Milli Vanilli - "Girl You Know It's True" Moby - "First Cool Hive" Nice & Smooth - "Down the Line" PM Dawn - "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" Raw Fusion - "Hang Time" Run-DMC - "Run's House" S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. - "It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day" Scarface - "Mr. Scarface Pt 3 - The Final Chapter - He's Dead" Style - "Just a Little Something" Sweet T - "I Got the Feelin" The Grouch - "Too Much On It" Twin Hype - "Nothin' Could Save Ya"
Kool and the Gang - Jungle Boogie (1973) Beastie Boys - "Hey Ladies" Big Daddy Kane - "Get Down" Blackstreet - "No Diggity" BWP - "Wanted" Coldcut - "Say Kids, What Time is It?" Compton's Most Wanted - "Compton Cyco" Cru - "Pronto" Daddy-O - "Come for Mine" Das EFX - "Straight from da Sewer" DMX - "Do You" Emergency Broadcast Network - "Get Down Version 2 point 2" EPMD - "Can't Hear Nothing but the Music" EPMD - "Richter Scale" EPMD - "Strictly Business" EPMD - "You Gots to Chill" EPMD - "You Gots to Chill '97" EPMD - "You're a Customer" Grandmaster Caz - "Get Down Grandmaster" Ice Cube - "The Product" Ice T - "Make the Loot Loop" Ice T - "Rap Game Hijacked" Ice T - "Ricochet" Ill Al Skratch - "Get Down" Insane Poetry - "Grim Reality" Insane Poetry - "How Ya Gonna Reason with a Psycho?" Janet Jackson - "You Want This" Jeru - "Thoughts of a Frustrated Nigga" KAM - "Neva Again" Luniz - "I Got 5 on It" Madonna - "Erotica" MC Lyte - "I am the Lyte" Mistress & DJ Madame E - "Show 'em How We Play" Private Investigators - "Mash up the Mic" Public Enemy - "Welcome to the Terrordome" Puff Daddy ft R Kelly - "Satisfy You" Redman - "Jam 4 U" Redman - "So Ruff" Rodney O & Joe Cooley - "Get Down with the Lyrical Strangla" Shadz of Lingo - "Mad Flavaz" ShowBiz & A.G. - "Next Level" Sons of Bazerk - "Get Down Get Down" Stezo - "Freak the Funk" Threat - "Let the Dogs Loose" Ultramagnetic MCs - "We're Ultra III" Whitehead Brothers - "Forgot I Was a G" Yomo & Maulkie - "Soul Psychedelic Side"
Zapp - More Bounce to the Ounce (1980) A Lighter Shade of Brown - "Bouncin" Above the Law - "Return of the Real Shit" Bloods & Crip - "Shuda Been. . ." Bobby Demo - "Ounce Rap" Boss - "I'm Comin to Getcha" Breeze - "LA Posse" Brotha Lynch Hung - "Had 2 Gat Ya" Candyman - "Oneninehundredskytalk" Compton's Most Wanted - "Growin' up in the 'Hood" Compton's Most Wanted - "Hit the Floor" Coolio - "County Line" Daddy-O - "Brooklyn Bounce" Digital Underground - "Shake and Bake" Digital Underground - "Sons of the P" DJ Quik - "Way 2 Fonky" EPMD - "You Gots to Chill" EPMD - "You Gots to Chill '97" Heavy D - "More Bounce to the Ounce" Ice Cube - "Jackin' for Beats" Ice Cube - "Look Who's Burnin'" Ice Cube - "What Can I Do?" Insane Clown Posse - "Dog Beats" Kris Kross - "Shame" Low Profile - "Pay Ya Dues" Masta Ace - "Slaughtahouse" MC Breed - "No Future in Yo' Frontin'" Notorious BIG - "Going Back to Cali" Paperboy - "The Nine Yards" Professor X - "Close the Crackhouse" Professor X - "What's up G?" Public Enemy - "1 Million Bottlebags" Public Enemy - "Anti-Nigger Machine" Redman - "So Ruff" Rodney O & Joe Cooley - "Get Down with the Lyrical Strangla" Rodney O & Joe Cooley - "U Don't Hear Me Tho'" Rodney O & Joe Cooley - "Wake up New York" Shante - "Trick or Treat" Snoop Dogg - "Snoop Bounce" South Central Cartel - "Had to Be Loced" South Central Cartel - "Servin' 'em Heat" South Central Cartel - "Ya Getz Clowned" Spanish Fly - "Kill 4 Thrillz" Threat - "24-7" Threat - "The Dogs are Loose" Volume 10 - "Pistolgrip Pump" WC & the Maad Circle - "U Don't Work, U Don't Eat" Wu-Tang Clan - "Method Man" X-Clan - "Heed the Words of a Brother" X-Clan - "Xodus" YGD - "Going Back to Cali"
James Brown - The Payback (1974) Alkaholiks - "Last Call" Almighty RSO - "Badd Boyz" Big Daddy Kane - "Just Rhymin' with Biz" Black Moon ft Smif N Wessun - "Headz Ain't Redee" Bonny & Clyde - "Homey Don't Play Dat" Boss - "Born Gangsta" Brandy ft MC Lyte, Yo-Yo and Queen Latifah - "I Wanna Be Down" Chi-Ali - "Shorty Said Nah" Common - "Payback is a Grandmother" Compton's Most Wanted - "The Final Chapter" Coolio - "Sticky Fingaz" Criminal Nation - "Mission of Murder" Da Lench Mob - "Guerillas in the Mist" Das EFX - "Brooklyn to T-Neck" Das EFX - "Hard Like a Criminal" Das EFX - "Mic Checka" Das EFX - "They Want EFX" Das EFX - "Wontu" Def Squad ft Biz Markie - "Rhymin' wit' Biz" En Vogue - "(My Lovin') You're Never Gonna Get It" En Vogue - "Hold On" EPMD - "Boon Dox" EPMD - "I'm Mad" EPMD - "Mr. Bozack" EPMD - "The Big Payback" Erick Sermon - "Safe Sex" Greyson & Jayson - "Livin' Like a Troopa" Heavy D - "Black Coffee" Ice Cube - "Jackin' for Beats" Ice Cube - "The Wrong Nigga to Fuck Wit" Jodeci - "In the Meanwhile" Karyn White - "Hunger" King T - "Payback's a Mutha" Knuckleheadz - "Hed Rush" Kool Moe Dee - "Mo' Better" LL Cool J - "Boomin' System" LL Cool J - "Straight from Queens" Low Profile - "Comin' Straight. . ." Mary J. Blige - "Everything" Massive Attack - "Protection" MC Lyte - "Ruffneck" 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" Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "For Pete's Sake" Po Broke & Lonely - "The Sex is On" Professor X - "The Definition of a Sissy" Queen Latifah - "If You Don't Know" R Kelly - "Hump Bounce" Redhead Kingpen - "A Shade of Red" Redman - "A Day of Sooperman Lover" Redman - "Blow Your Mind" Redman - "Tonight's da Night" Shaq - "I'm Outstanding" Silk - "Happy Days" Slick Rick - "Slick Rick - The Ruler" Terminator X - "Buck Whylin'" Total ft Notorious BIG - "Can't You See?" Tupac - "Souljah's Revenge" Ultramagnetic MCs - "Chorus Line" Ultramagnetic MCs - "Yo! Black" Wreckx-N-Effect - "Wreckx Shop" Yo-Yo - "Put a Lid on It"
Kool and the Gang - N.T. (1972) 3rd Bass - "The Gladiator" A Tribe Called Quest - "Mind Power" Andreas 13 - "The Blues" Antoinette - "Unfinished Business" Big Daddy Kane - "On the Move" Black Moon - "Freestyle" Blueboy - "Remember Me" Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. - "Six Bad Brothas" Boogie Down Productions - "Still No. 1" Brand Nubian - "Slow Down" BWP - "Cotex" Chill Rob G - "Let Me Show You" Chubb Rock - "Which Way is Up?" Compton's Most Wanted - "Compton 4 Life" Compton's Most Wanted - "Growin' up in the 'Hood" Da Lench Mob - "Ankle Blues" De la Soul - "Keepin' the Faith" Diamond D - "Best Kept Secret" DJ Mark the 45 King - "Simply Dope" DJ Quik - "America'z Most Complete Artist" Double XX Posse - "Headcracker" EPMD - "Brothers from Brentwood LI" Eric B and Rakim - "Move the Crowd" Geto Boys - "Cereal Killer" Geto Boys - "Damn it Feels Good to Be a Gangster" Gospel Gangstas - "Vengeance is Mine" H.E.A.L. - "Heal Yourself" Jazzy Grooves - "Huh" Jungle Brothers - "Book of Rhyme Pages" Jungle Brothers - "What's Going On?" K-Solo - "Letterman" Kool G Rap - "Truly Yours" Kris Kross - "Jump" Kwame - "U Gotz 2 Get Down!" Lord Finesse - "Praise the Lord" Lords of the Underground - "What's Goin On?" Main Source - "Fakin' the Funk" Main Source - "Scratch & Kut" Mark Morrison - "Return of the Mack" Masta Ace - "As I Reminisce" MC Serch - "Don't Have to Be" MC Solaar - "Armand est Mort" Mekon - "Minnie's Broken Arm" Mellow Man Ace - "Talkapella" Nas - "It Ain't Hard to Tell" NWA - "Gangsta, Gangsta" NWA - "Niggaz 4 Life" Papa Chuk - "Flip the Shit" Penthouse Players Clique - "Explanation of a Playa" Pete Rock - "Truly Yours '98" Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "Mecca and the Soul Brother" Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "Pete's Sake" Professor Griff - "Pawns in the Game" Public Enemy - "B Side Wins Again" Q-Tip - "Breathe and Stop" Run-DMC - "Back from Hell" Shabba Ranks ft KRS-One - "The Jam" Shazzy - "Giggahoe" Steady B - "Going Steady" Stetsasonic - "Blood, Sweat and No Tears" Stetsasonic - "So Let the Fun Begin" Stonefunkers - "Suckers 4 Your Love" Stop the Violence Movement - "Self-Destruction" Terminator X - "Can't Take My Style" The Cure - "Close to Me" Trends of Culture - "Mad Flavor Mad Style" Ultramagnetic MCs - "Moe Love on the One & Two" UMC - "Swing into the Area" Warren G - "Runnin' wit' No Breaks" Woodshed - "Radio woodshed" Yo-Yo - "Woman to Woman" YZ - "Return of the Holy One"
James Brown - Funky President (1974) 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)" 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 - "East Coast" Das EFX - "Looseys" Das EFX - "They Want EFX" De la Soul - "Brain-Washed Follower" DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Jazzy's n the House" DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Who Stole My Car?" Eric B and Rakim - "Eric B is President" Eric B and Rakim - "Eric B Made My Day" Eric B and Rakim - "The Rhyme Goes On" Fam-Lee - "She's So Real" Funkmaster Flex - "Live from the Palladium" GangStarr - "Gotta Get Over" GangStarr - "Knowledge" 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 - "Horny Lil' Devil" Ice Cube - "I Wanna Kill Sam" Ice Cube - "Jackin' for Beats" Jazzy Grooves - "Scat Jam" Jimmy Z - "Funky Flute" Joint Ventures - "Interview" Kid 'N Play - "Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody" Kid 'N Play - "Friendz" Kid 'N Play - "Last Night" 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 - "6 Minutes of Pleasure" LL Cool J - "Ain't No Stoppin' This" LL Cool J - "Fast Peg" LL Cool J - "To Da Break of Dawn" 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 - "Anger in the Nation" Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "Da Two" Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "Skinz" Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "Tell Me" 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" 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" 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"
Sly & the Family Stone - Sing a Simple Song (1969) A Tribe Called Quest - "Jazz (We've Got)" Aaron Hall - "Don't Be Afraid" Adina Howard - "A Freak Like Me" ADL - "Daddy" Ahmad - "Can I Party?" Akinyele - "Bags Packed" Alanis Morissette - "Thank U" Alexander O'Neal - "Love Makes No Sense" Alkaholiks - "Make Room" Another Bad Creation - "At the Playground" Arrested Development - "Mr. Wendal" Big Punisher ft Fat Joe - "Twinz (Deep Cover '98)" Boss - "Drive By" BT & Harmony - "Down 4 My Thing" BWP - "Cotex" BWP - "Shit Popper" Chubb Rock - "Lost in the Storm" College Boyz - "Underground Blues" Compton's Most Wanted - "I Don't Dance" Craig Mack - "That Y'all" Cree Summer - "Miss Moon" Cypress Hill - "Latin Lingo" Da King & I - "Krak Da Weazel" Da Lench Mob - "Buck tha Devil" Das EFX - "Hard Like a Criminal" Das EFX - "Mic Checka" De la Soul - "Eye Know" Del - "Worldwide" Diamond D - "Check 1, 2" Digital Underground - "Return of the Crazy One" Digital Underground - "The Humpty Dance" Digital Underground - "The Humpty Dance Awards" Domino - "Getto Jam" Domino - "Long Beach Thing" Domino - "Sweet Potato Pie" Dr. Dre - "Deep Cover" E-40 - "Hide n Seek" E-40 - "Nuttin' A-s Nigga" Eazy-E - "Eazy-Duz-It" Eazy-E - "It's On" Ed OG - "Skinny Dip" Erick Sermon - "Stay Real" Fu-Schnickens - "Props" Fu-Schnickens - "Sneekin' up on Ya" Gold Money - "Nothin'" Gorillaz - "192000" Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - "Kid Named Flash" Group Home - "Supa Star" Heather B - "All Glocks Down" Ice Cube - "Gangsta's Fairy Tale 2" Ice Cube - "Jackin' for Beats" Ice Cube - "Really Doe" Ice Cube - "Who's the Mack?" Ice T - "Ricochet" Insane Poetry - "How Ya Gonna Reason with a Psycho" Jodeci - "You Got It" Joe Public - "Live and Learn" Jungle Brothers - "For the Heads at Company B" Jungle Brothers - "J. Beez Comin' Through" Jungle Brothers - "Simple As That" KAM - "Ain't That a Bitch" KAM - "Holiday Madness" KAM - "Pull Your Hoe Card" KAM - "Stereotype" Kris Kross - "Can't Stop the Bumrush" KRS-One - "Sound of da Police" Lil' Shawn - "I Made Love (4 the Very First Time)" LL Cool J - "How I'm Comin'" LL Cool J - "Mama Said Knock You Out" Lo-Key - "Attention: the Showanda Story" Lords of the Underground - "Here Comes the Lords" MadKap - "Check it Out" Marky Mark - "You Gotta Believe" Mary J. Blige - "Love is All We Need" Me Phi Me - "Put Sho' Hands Together" Mellow Man Ace - "Me La Pelas" Michael Jackson - "They Don't Care about Us" Monk & Canatella - "Rough Head" Naughty by Nature - "Ready for Dem" Oaktown 3-5-7 - "It's Not Your Money" ODB - "Hippa to da Hoppa" Papa Chuk - "Trunk of Funk" Paris - "Check it out ch'all" Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "Anger in the Nation" Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "For Pete's Sake" Pharcyde - "I'm That Type of Nigga" Public Enemy - "Brothers Gonna Work it Out" Public Enemy - "Can't Truss It" Public Enemy - "Get the Fuck out of Dodge" Public Enemy - "Livin' in a Zoo" Public Enemy - "Party for Your Right to Fight" Queen Mother Rage - "Key Testimony" Ra-Jahnee - "Turn it Up" Redman - "Blow Your Mind" Redman - "So Ruff" Redman - "Time 4 Sum Aksion" Rondo & Crazy Rak - "Bacon & Grits" Rumpletilskinz - "Sweet Therapy" Rumpletilskinz - "Theramixx" Run-DMC - "In the House" Sade - "Cherrish the Day" Salt-N-Pepa - "Somma Time Man" Scarface - "Your Ass Got Took" Schoolly D - "Dis Groove is Bad" ShowBiz & A.G. - "Represent" Sir Mix-A-Lot - "The Jack Back" Skoolbeats - "Sly" Soul II Soul - "Nuff Love" Spice Girls - "If U Can't Dance" Stereo MCs - "The Other Side" Stetsasonic - "It's in My Song" Stezo - "Gets into His Move" Terminator X - "Back to the Scene of the Crime" TLC - "Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" TLC - "Hat 2 Da Back" TLC - "What about Your Friends?" Tupac - "Peep Game" Tupac - "Souljah's Revenge" Tupac - "Temptations" Tupac - "Young Niggaz" UTFO - "Rough and Rugged" WC & the Maad Circle - "Behind Closed Doors" West Street Mob - "Sing A Simple Song" Wu-Tang Clan - "Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off)" X-Clan - "Funk Liberation" Yo-Yo - "Mackstress"
James Brown - Funky Drummer (1970) 2 Live Crew - "Coolin'" 808 State - "Pacific 202" A Tribe Called Quest - "Seperate / Together" Above the Law - "Murder Rap" Above the Law - "Untouchables" Above the Law - "What Cha Can Prove" Allison Williams - "Sleep Talk" Awesome Dre - "Frankly Speaking" Beastie Boys - "Shadrach" Big Daddy Kane - "Mortal Combat" Biz Markie - "Spring Again" Black Rock & Ron - "Stop the World" Breeze - "Great Big Freak" BWP - "A Different Category" Cash Money & Marvelous - "Drawers" Choice MC - "Bad A-s Bitch" Chubb Rock - "Bump the Floor" Chubb Rock - "Talkin' Loud, Ain't Sayin' Jack" 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 - "I'm Rollin'" Criminal Nation - "Insane" Criminal Nation - "It's a Black Thing" Criminal Nation - "The Right Crowd" De la Soul - "Oodles of O's" Deep Forest - "Deep Forest" 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 - "2 Damn Hype" DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Hip Hop Dancer's Theme" DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Jazzy's Groove" DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Magnificent Jazzy Jeff" DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Pump up the Bass" 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" 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" Father MC - "Ain't it Funky" Fine Young Cannibals - "I'm Not the Man I Used to Be" Freddie Foxx - "F. F. is Here" Fresh 4 - "Wishing on a Star" GangStarr - "2 Deep" 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" Heavy D - "Peaceful Journey" Heavy D - "We Got Our Own Thang" Hi-C - "Take a Ride" HWA - "Trick is a Trick" Ice Cube - "Endangered Species" Ice Cube - "Jackin' for Beats" Ice T - "I Ain't New Ta This" Ice T - "Original Gangster" Ice T - "Radio Suckers" James Brown - "She Looks All Types A' Good" Jaz - "The Originators" Kid 'N Play - "Foreplay" Kid 'N Play - "Slippin'" Kid Sensation - "Emergency" King Sun - "King Sun with the Sword" Kool G Rap - "It's a Demo" Kool G Rap - "The Butcher Shop" Kool Moe Dee - "Bad, Bad, Bad" Kool Moe Dee - "I'm Blowing Up" Kool Moe Dee - "Knowledge is King" Korn & the Dust Brothers - "Kick the P.A." Kris Kross - "Jump" Kris Kross - "Lil' Boys in Da Hood" Kwame - "The Rhythm" Lakim Shabazz - "Black is Back" Leaders of the New School - "Sobb Story" Leaders of the New School - "Teachers, Don't Teach Us Nonsense" LL Cool J - "Boomin' System" LL Cool J - "Fast Peg" LL Cool J - "Mama Said Knock You Out" LL Cool J - "Nitro" LL Cool J - "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" Low Profile - "Make Room for the Dub.B.U." 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" MC Shan - "So Fresh" MC Smooth - "Blow the Whistle" Mellow Man Ace - "Hypest from Cypress" Mellow Man Ace - "River Cubano" Michel'le - "No More Lies" Michie Mee - "Jamaican Funk Canadian Style" Ministere Amer - "Traitres" Mistress & DJ Madame E - "Hypergroove" Mistress & DJ Madame E - "Show 'em How We Play" 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" New Order - "Ruined in a Day" Nikki D - "Freak Accident" Nikki D - "Gotta up the Ante for the Panties" Nine Inch Nails - "Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)" No Face - "Half" NWA - "Fuck tha Police" NWA - "Quiet on tha Set" P-Funk All Stars - "Dope Dogs" Paperboy - "The Nine Yards" Paris - "I Call Him Mad" Paris - "On the Prowl" Paris - "The Devil Made Me Do It" Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "Go with the Flow" Pharcyde - "Officer" Prince - "Gangster Glam" Prince - "Gett Off" Prince - "My Name is Prince" Prince Johnny C - "Comin' to Get Ya" Prince Johnny C - "Kevey Kev is a Dancer with Soul" Public Enemy - "Bring the Noise" Public Enemy - "Fight the Power" Public Enemy - "Hazy Shade of Criminal" Public Enemy - "Rebel Without a Pause" Public Enemy - "She Watch Channel Zero" Public Enemy - "Terminator X to the Edge of Panic" Public Enemy - "The Enemy Assault Vehicle Mixx" Queen - "We Are the Champions" Redman - "Rated R" Roxanne Shante - "Have a Nice Day" Run-DMC - "Back from Hell" Run-DMC - "Beats to the Rhyme" Run-DMC - "Run's House" Run-DMC - "Word is Born" Salt-N-Pepa - "Let the Rhythm Run" Scarface - "Born Killer" Sinead O'Connor - "I Am Stretched on Your Grave" Sir Mix-A-Lot - "No Holds Barred" Slayer & Atari Teenage Riot - "No Remorse (I Wanna Die)" Slick Rick - "The Moment I Feared" Smooth Ice - "I'm Coming" Smooth Ice - "Without a Pause" Sons of Bazerk - "One Time for the Rebel" South Central Cartel - "Neighborhood Jacka" Stetsasonic - "DBC Let the Music Play" Stetsasonic - "Sally" Stetsasonic - "Speaking of a Girl Named Suzy" Stetsasonic - "The Hip Hop Band" 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" Tim Dog - "Goin Wild in the Penile" Tim Dog - "Low Down Nigga" TLC - "Shock Dat Monkey" True Mathematics - "For the Lover in You" Tung Twista - "No Peace Sign" Tupac ft Richie Rich - "Lie to Kick It" Ultramagnetic MCs - "Give the Drummer Some" Ultramagnetic MCs - "Moe Love on the One & Two" Vanilla Ice - "Stop That Train" Wagon Christ - "Filthy Drummer" WC & the Maad Circle - "Ghetto Serenade" Yomo & Maulkie - "Mockingbird" YZ - "Return of the Holy One" Z-Trip - "Rockstar" Z-Trip - "Rockstar 2"
