Who Sampled? James Brown - The Funky Drummer Break

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  • Опубліковано 13 вер 2024
  • This episode explores the artists that sampled, or took inspiration from James Brown's Funky Drummer from 1970.
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    Intro Song: James Brown - Funky Drummer
    End Screen Song - Karl Jenkins - Palladio

КОМЕНТАРІ • 221

  • @AntDoesGaming
    @AntDoesGaming 5 років тому +61

    Haha this is amazing bro 🙌🏻 Sample god

    • @haskeymorrison
      @haskeymorrison 4 місяці тому

      If he is the sample god, David guetta is the sample satan

  • @Strepite
    @Strepite 4 роки тому +234

    Name the durmmer that actually played this goddamit... Clyde Stubblefield!

    • @rebeccawalks
      @rebeccawalks Рік тому +3

      Thank you!
      Maybe he’ll finally get his due, now that he’s no longer…
      The nicest of guys…

    • @007JNR
      @007JNR 6 місяців тому +1

      Love this ❤

  • @kaustik185
    @kaustik185 5 років тому +79

    it all started with that snare...
    that god damned snare.

  • @maniacmasturbator2411
    @maniacmasturbator2411 4 роки тому +35

    Poor Clyde, he never got paid off the thousands of songs that sampled his drum work.
    I always liked when songs give props to whom they’re sampling. Like chuck D in fight the power, or Pac on Bury Me a G.

  • @albertsmith9261
    @albertsmith9261 5 років тому +30

    Sinead O'Conner's "I Am Stretched On Your Grave" has the Funky Drummer drenched in it.

  • @TheSantanaLife
    @TheSantanaLife 3 роки тому +11

    The era of hiphop sampled James brown songs was THE BEST!

  • @noobmeffazine
    @noobmeffazine 4 роки тому +148

    I laughed so hard at the Powerpuff Girls Theme part

    • @politicaltroll8920
      @politicaltroll8920 4 роки тому +22

      Lance “Ryder” Wilson I thought they used the Amen break, hard to tell then apart sometimes

    • @michaeljfan9720
      @michaeljfan9720 3 роки тому +1

      @@politicaltroll8920 Same here.

    • @raisiqueirapinheiro3962
      @raisiqueirapinheiro3962 3 роки тому +8

      @@politicaltroll8920 Funky Drummer has a hi-hat, Amen Break is a ride cymbal.

    • @magicjackmaxwell
      @magicjackmaxwell 2 роки тому +1

      Right!? Even the Power Puff girls?

    • @tinahobbs3273
      @tinahobbs3273 2 роки тому

      LMFAO!!!!!!!

  • @kerron_
    @kerron_ 3 роки тому +7

    The funky drummer sample is a DJ's Gift

  • @dylvasey
    @dylvasey 5 років тому +44

    Amazing. The Funky Drummer has to be the second most sampled bar ever (behind the Amen Break).

    • @joshfinney1362
      @joshfinney1362 2 роки тому +1

      I think the second most sampled break is Impeach The President but might be wrong. All 3 breaks were so influential for rap

  • @BibleStorm
    @BibleStorm 5 років тому +18

    This video should just be a 24 hour hip-hop, drumfunk and DnB mix

  • @colinswartz6022
    @colinswartz6022 4 роки тому +8

    Sinéad O'connor, "I Am Stretched on Your Grave" has the Funky Drummer sample fused with a 400 year old Irish dirge and a hypnotic fiddle reel.

  • @londhow
    @londhow 5 років тому +23

    This is great! Clyde Stubblefield said on the documentary Mr. Dynamite (Netflix) that he was exhausted in the studio when recording Funky Drummer and actually hated the song! Little did he know.....
    Sublime - Scarlet Begonias

  • @henriqueferreira5339
    @henriqueferreira5339 3 роки тому +7

    In Brazil, two beats are famous, the volt mix by DJ Batery Brain, for carioca funk and the funky drummer beat, for Brazilian rap.

  • @SoulSugarJoint
    @SoulSugarJoint 2 роки тому +3

    Bruh…. This is crazy, thank you so much for compiling all of this together 🙏🏾

  • @RayWrightRayrite
    @RayWrightRayrite 5 років тому +7

    Love it! You are the MVP for fighting to get this video re-uploaded. Thanks again for your hard work making these videos.

  • @peanutromano7273
    @peanutromano7273 4 роки тому +11

    I came for ‘’Mama Said Knock You Out’’ by LL Cool J

  • @blankblank4642
    @blankblank4642 2 роки тому +1

    Amen brother and funky drummer.....

  • @TyhlerNovac
    @TyhlerNovac 5 років тому +14

    Daaam !!! Dre used James Brown as a career stepping stone...

    • @sorbetdessert6839
      @sorbetdessert6839 3 роки тому

      oh, he stepped on them, too...and beats women in the meanwhole

  • @mattk9089
    @mattk9089 Рік тому +2

    And I believe that the The Stone Roses used it for Fools Gold also ...

  • @misterelom
    @misterelom 3 роки тому +8

    To this day i'm surprised that this isn't the most sampled track in hip hop. Pretty much every rapper in the 80s used this beat on at least one song.

    • @xXxXx-----xXxXx
      @xXxXx-----xXxXx 2 роки тому

      It's not? Which one is it?
      Children's Story?

    • @tylerball6101
      @tylerball6101 Рік тому

      It officially has been #1 for decades.

  • @ItOriginallygotterminated
    @ItOriginallygotterminated 5 років тому +21

    James Brown - Funky Drummer (1970) Is Sampled to The Powerpuff Girls Theme, But Not Amen Break, Oooooooooooooohhhhh 😮.

  • @MrPoolplaya21
    @MrPoolplaya21 3 роки тому +72

    If James Brown family got $2 per sample they'd be billionaires

    • @055blackman
      @055blackman 3 роки тому

      Better if took the some percentage like 2-5 percentage or even higher. Makes more than 2$.

    • @callumforster8145
      @callumforster8145 3 роки тому +2

      TBH he probs was a millionaire anyway. But with his attitude, he could of easily passed of as a billionaire if he wanted.

    • @ChainNonSmoker
      @ChainNonSmoker 2 роки тому +1

      They are

    • @xXxXx-----xXxXx
      @xXxXx-----xXxXx 2 роки тому +6

      Better give it to the Drummer, Clyde Stubblefield!

  • @James-lu4hb
    @James-lu4hb 3 роки тому +6

    Without James Brown Hip Hop would not exist all facts.

    • @aslanjudah33
      @aslanjudah33 2 роки тому +4

      Without Gospel & Blues, James Brown would not exist all facts.

  • @chuck275
    @chuck275 3 роки тому +5

    There's a real interesting and detailed breakdown by George Michael about how he used the sample for the track Waiting For That Day. Check George Michael Southbank show 90s

  • @MrRustyspot
    @MrRustyspot Рік тому +1

    Also George Michael "Waiting for that Day" (also from the "Listen without Prejudice" album)

  • @Bronwyn031
    @Bronwyn031 3 роки тому +3

    Candyflip's "Strawberry Fields" and I believe Enigma's "Carly's Song" used the Funky Drummer Sample.

  • @henriqueferreira5339
    @henriqueferreira5339 3 роки тому +2

    In Brazil many rap groups used this funky drummer beat.

  • @awkwardtom
    @awkwardtom 5 років тому +10

    Amen next...ha will need 8 hours upside down!

  • @kwez211
    @kwez211 5 років тому +20

    And yet the man didnt have money for his hospital bills

    • @SPELTMUSIC
      @SPELTMUSIC 2 роки тому

      i agree clyde shoulda gotten more money and recognition for this break being sampled, but im pretty sure prince ended up paying his hospital bills out of respect for his contributions

  • @tintoweno
    @tintoweno 2 роки тому +1

    Mana (mexican band) song "Como Te Deseo" has a drum beat that sounds very similar.

  • @sunandameranda
    @sunandameranda 2 місяці тому

    Big Daddy Kane - Mortal Combat, Hostyle - Partners in Crime, Sweet Tee - it's my beat, Derek B - Get down, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo - It's a Demo...

  • @leewightman8619
    @leewightman8619 10 місяців тому

    Between this and Apache and the two greatest brakes in hip-hop

  • @carltonbuford2347
    @carltonbuford2347 Рік тому +2

    Just straight left out Madonna's Justify my Love!!!!!

    • @allanrasmussen4952
      @allanrasmussen4952 17 днів тому

      Justify My Love sampled Public Enemys Security of the First World, which sampled Pussyfooter byJackie Robertson

  • @OfficialTravvyTrav
    @OfficialTravvyTrav Рік тому

    This one sample 🤦🏼‍♂️ wow just extraordinary

  • @alexisdelarosa5396
    @alexisdelarosa5396 5 років тому +1

    A great break my favorite is the Amen brother break

  • @musicnerd72
    @musicnerd72 4 роки тому +2

    Mantronix "Got to Have Your Love" club mix

  • @joshfinney1362
    @joshfinney1362 2 роки тому +1

    South Bronx - Boogie Down Productions and The Next Movement - The Roots?

  • @freedomgundam95
    @freedomgundam95 4 місяці тому

    You could have also included Scarlet Begonias (the sublime cover) as it also features the funky drummer break

  • @SagiVTamer7287
    @SagiVTamer7287 3 роки тому +3

    Sinnead O'connor - Stretched On Your Grave.
    George Michael - Waiting For That Day

  • @RalphWilliamsthe3rd
    @RalphWilliamsthe3rd Рік тому

    Marley Marl was probably the first person to sample it and used it on Kool G Rap's debut single, It's A Demo, in '86. He talks about it on his Drink Champs interview, which is a must-see for Golden Age Hip Hop heads.

  • @yak38pilot
    @yak38pilot Рік тому +1

    I can hear for certain Clyde Stubblefield's beat is absolutely present in Sinéad O'Connor's performance of Nothing Compares 2 U.

  • @curtpeacock2441
    @curtpeacock2441 4 роки тому +4

    Sinead O'connor "I am stretched on your grave"was an interesting sample.

  • @Henndonesia
    @Henndonesia 4 роки тому +5

    Lyrics Of Fury by Rakim was left off.

  • @snapwilson
    @snapwilson 3 роки тому +2

    Left out one of the most famous ones. Bell Biv Devoe's "Poison"

  • @grabasandwich
    @grabasandwich 4 роки тому +1

    Maestro Fresh Wes - Let You Backbone Slide 🇨🇦

  • @alexanderkrasner2430
    @alexanderkrasner2430 9 місяців тому

    and the Black Eyed Peas in Let's Get It Started too

  • @DjoleBuduciIlustrator
    @DjoleBuduciIlustrator 7 місяців тому

    Never thought this as a kid, but Milorad Mandić "Manda" (1961 - 2016) also copied the sample from one of his versions of the famous children's song, Išli smo u Afriku. (We went to the Africa)

  • @tensphreak
    @tensphreak 4 роки тому +1

    Also..Love Song For a Savior - Jars of Clay....and Justify My Love - Madonna

  • @anthonysheehan7320
    @anthonysheehan7320 5 років тому

    One more to add - PWEI - Not now James we're busy - all about James Brown as well, how ironic - Top list though, so many to choose from, keep up the good work, awesome

  • @franciscofalagan8335
    @franciscofalagan8335 4 роки тому +1

    In Argentina:
    Soda Stereo - En Camino (Viva la Patria Mix)
    Fito Paéz - El amor después del amor

  • @joaniec6178
    @joaniec6178 4 роки тому +1

    Even Stock Aitken Waterman sampled it for the intro of Kylie's "Wouldn't Change A Thing". 😘

  • @captainphoenix
    @captainphoenix 2 роки тому

    _"As I was walkin' down Rub-a-Dub Square..."_

  • @alexanderkrasner2430
    @alexanderkrasner2430 9 місяців тому

    And in Army Of Lovers - "Crucified" too

  • @dropjawbertone
    @dropjawbertone 5 років тому +1

    The Bee Gees song "Human Sacrifice" has a drum beat that sounds very similar to this as well. Sounds as if they were programming their beat to sound like "Funky Drummer".

  • @Ajaws
    @Ajaws 4 роки тому +2

    I always wondered where Sublime and Public Enemy got that beat

  • @rajeevpaltrow8728
    @rajeevpaltrow8728 4 роки тому +6

    Good effort but you missed George Michael waiting for that day , sinead O’Connor (second track from
    Her debut album ). Hip hop track back by dope demand

  • @DevilboyScooby
    @DevilboyScooby Рік тому

    4:59 I knew it sounded familiar, embarrassingly this is probably where from 😂

  • @theamazingsynthworld6489
    @theamazingsynthworld6489 5 років тому

    And Coldcut - «Say Kids What Time Is It?»

  • @yaboicolvin2870
    @yaboicolvin2870 4 роки тому +11

    Didn't sublime also sample it when they did Scarlet Begonias ? Or am I mistaken

    • @8mu-
      @8mu-  4 роки тому +2

      Yaboi Colvin
      possibly mate, this isn’t EVERY example in this video, just a handful.

    • @brandonvinson8371
      @brandonvinson8371 4 роки тому +2

      Yes they sure did! They also sampled public enemy's part ( 2:00 in this video ) in let's go get stoned. But definitely the drum beat of scarlet begonias is this one, that's the whole reason I watched this video to see who else used it

    • @halfwaydowntheroad
      @halfwaydowntheroad 4 роки тому +1

      And a touch of the blues. Damn now i gotta listen to it.

    • @brandonvinson8371
      @brandonvinson8371 4 роки тому

      @@halfwaydowntheroad do ittttt I do like once a week lol

    • @brandonvinson8371
      @brandonvinson8371 4 роки тому

      @Liberty Mongoose 420 for what??

  • @hibbiea8841
    @hibbiea8841 3 роки тому

    1:19 Gail Force, Jake and Doodles, Arthur Sleep, Humphrey, Dina Lady, Nana Knickerbocker, Captain Adorable, Ann Teak, Rapids Johnson, Aunt Polly and Himself.

  • @shinyshinybucket6595
    @shinyshinybucket6595 5 років тому +9

    1:18 MISTER TUUUUMMMMBLE

    • @8mu-
      @8mu-  5 років тому +1

      shinyshinybucket Haha glad someone noticed 😂

    • @mistergeneration
      @mistergeneration 5 років тому +1

      LOL! right?!

    • @hibbiea8841
      @hibbiea8841 3 роки тому

      "It's Aunt Polly! Hello, Aunt Polly! Where is Granddad Tumble? Is he gardening? Oh, silly Aunt Polly! Oh look, it's Lord Tumble! Hello, Lord Tumble! Where did Mr Tumble go? Oh look, Mr Tumble is in the garden saying 'Happy Birthday, Aunt Polly!' Aunt Polly: "Thankyou!"

  • @Mariannn000_
    @Mariannn000_ 5 років тому

    Awesome

  • @princessel338
    @princessel338 5 років тому

    You are unbelievable 🙏👍

  • @JungleCatImages
    @JungleCatImages 3 роки тому

    Sick!!!

  • @user-yw8yn5ey8n
    @user-yw8yn5ey8n Рік тому

    Don’t forget Kanye West used this sample in “The Morning” off of the Good Music Cruel Cummerbund album

  • @mastry82
    @mastry82 4 роки тому +2

    Madonna “Justify My Love” ©️1990 and Madonna “Funana” ©️2019

  • @joopvanbrakel9627
    @joopvanbrakel9627 Рік тому

    Luscious Jackson - Let Yourself Get Down .1993

  • @mobettaone7795
    @mobettaone7795 5 років тому +1

    Good vid...I will say I was surprised you didn't have the greatest rap ever done to that sample...
    Lyrics of Fury - Eric B. & Rakim
    Just my 2 cents

  • @michaeldumguy
    @michaeldumguy Рік тому

    Scarlet Begonias by Sublime is that beat the entire time

  • @C3WISE
    @C3WISE 5 років тому +3

    DOPE !!!!!! JAME BROWN , YOU THE MAN !!!!! And there were plenty songs from HIP HOP that were left off this list that sampled this beat .

    • @sbretstacey
      @sbretstacey 4 роки тому +4

      Clyde Stubblefield created this beat! (Funky Drummer)

  • @nosekeponer8293
    @nosekeponer8293 5 років тому +4

    Charly Garcia: Estoy verde

  • @purorocknomaswashere
    @purorocknomaswashere 4 роки тому +1

    scarlet begonias by sublime also uses the same beat

  • @hibbiea8841
    @hibbiea8841 3 роки тому

    1:19 "Lift your hand just like so, move it around and say..... "Hello!!!!" # "Hello, Hello! Howareyou? Hello, Hello! It's good to seeyou! I say Hello! I'm happy that you came, I say Hello! Let's meet them together, let's play together! Please, tell me today!" # "Hello, I am Justin!"
    "Oh look, [insert sign here].... you sign, [insert sign here]."

  • @Lumibear.
    @Lumibear. 5 років тому +3

    Massive Attack Unfinished Sympathy? I’m not sure, I just always felt it was under there.

  • @otavioraupp
    @otavioraupp Рік тому

    You forgot to add Ice-T's OG Original gangster album. It's got the funky all over! Ice-T's best album IMO

  • @therealmarkchilton
    @therealmarkchilton Рік тому

    Ultimate break beat sample along with the "god beat"

  • @dpalaoro
    @dpalaoro Рік тому

    You're origjnal intro sample. What LP or single is that sourced from? I can slightly hear breath sounds, which the official funky drummer reprise does not contain.

  • @AlejandroPerez-yu6bn
    @AlejandroPerez-yu6bn 4 роки тому

    Hey man excelent compilation, it would have been nice you also include Frontier Pshychiatrist by The Avalanches, it also have a great use of funky drummer

  • @neliomartins1796
    @neliomartins1796 11 місяців тому

    What about "I'am Streched on Your Grave" by Sinéad O'Connor?!

  • @bobbytwister6268
    @bobbytwister6268 5 років тому +1

    Artist: Candy Flip
    Title: Strawberry Fields Forever
    Year: 1990
    😜

  • @RandyDubin
    @RandyDubin 4 місяці тому

    Oh...so "One Thing" by Amerie didn't sample "Funky Drummer". So, what did that drum break sample come from? Or, was it actually performed in the studio?

    • @8mu-
      @8mu-  4 місяці тому

      That song samples ‘Oh Calcutta’ By The Meters

  • @raavyak1853
    @raavyak1853 4 роки тому

    Un Fucking believable

  • @roban1012
    @roban1012 5 років тому

    Is the answer, everyone!

  • @kevingarris198
    @kevingarris198 2 роки тому

    Who didn't would be a shorter list.

  • @TheRealJesusWolf
    @TheRealJesusWolf 5 років тому

    Awesome Video! :-D

  • @jacquescouteau6982
    @jacquescouteau6982 4 місяці тому

    RIP Clyde Stubblefield

  • @mrpotential11
    @mrpotential11 3 роки тому

    Heres an Obscure drum and bass song that uses this drum beat. Velocity by Ludwig A.F. Röhrschied

  • @robertlandrum1971
    @robertlandrum1971 5 років тому +5

    Madonna’s “Justify My Love” has a slowed-down Funky Drummer sample on it.

    • @joaniec6178
      @joaniec6178 4 роки тому +2

      Robert Landrum The drum sample in "Justify My Love" is from Public Enemy's "Security Of The First World".

    • @robertlandrum1971
      @robertlandrum1971 4 роки тому +1

      Joanie C Which is equally true. Another example of The Funky Drummer sample being used.

  • @gorillazzillathemeh5897
    @gorillazzillathemeh5897 6 місяців тому

    The Power Puff Girls theme slaps though.

    • @keithmorrison8373
      @keithmorrison8373 3 місяці тому

      Bro all the music in that show is really good it has that 80s feel to it and alot of it is like GENERALLY intense and the themes used for him are really errie and unatural

  • @celioandrade1650
    @celioandrade1650 2 роки тому

    Mais uma na lista:
    Trendz - Who

  • @RicardoFreitasMocCity
    @RicardoFreitasMocCity 3 роки тому

    You missed the best use of this sampler: "blasé blasé", by Snap!

  • @prohav74
    @prohav74 5 років тому +1

    Can you do samples Redman Whut thee album

  • @j.taurez5163
    @j.taurez5163 3 роки тому

    Damn, everybody sampled JB!

  • @dio5735
    @dio5735 11 місяців тому

    a lot of sublime songs uses the sample

  • @TheAnto46
    @TheAnto46 5 років тому +4

    The Amen Brother break for the next video ! plz

    • @RobertoGinsburg
      @RobertoGinsburg 5 років тому

      +Émile Fujiwara That was famous sampled by NWA on "Straight Outta Compton".

    • @TheAnto46
      @TheAnto46 5 років тому

      @@RobertoGinsburg Exactly or Mantronix with "King Of The Beats"

  • @joopvanbrakel9627
    @joopvanbrakel9627 Рік тому

    Heard it through
    Paris - The devil made me do it.

  • @chiarosuburekeni9325
    @chiarosuburekeni9325 3 роки тому

    Forgot Live And Learn by Joe Public

  • @yungwhop
    @yungwhop 3 роки тому

    scarlet begonias by sublime as well

  • @hibbiea8841
    @hibbiea8841 3 роки тому

    Why is Justin Fletcher appearing in this video? Will you upload Andy Day's one in the next video? "Diggle-da-diddle-diggle-da-diggle!"

  • @hibbiea8841
    @hibbiea8841 3 роки тому

    1:18 You must upload Andy Day's one!