Who Sampled? James Brown - The Funky Drummer Break

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  • Опубликовано: 19 янв 2019
  • 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
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  • @AntDoesGaming
    @AntDoesGaming 5 лет назад +61

    Haha this is amazing bro 🙌🏻 Sample god

    • @haskeymorrison
      @haskeymorrison 2 месяца назад

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

  • @Strepite
    @Strepite 4 года назад +233

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

    • @rebeccawalks
      @rebeccawalks Год назад +3

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

    • @007JNR
      @007JNR 5 месяцев назад +1

      Love this ❤

  • @kaustik185
    @kaustik185 5 лет назад +79

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

    • @elijawashington3522
      @elijawashington3522 4 года назад

      😂

    • @usugihazuki3849
      @usugihazuki3849 3 года назад

      That a thirteen reasons why reference?

    • @cyrusjcritt
      @cyrusjcritt 3 года назад +5

      That snare is crisp af

    • @kaustik185
      @kaustik185 3 года назад

      @@usugihazuki3849 DUH..
      I only know the meme tho i don't watch show. Is it any good?

  • @maniacmasturbator2411
    @maniacmasturbator2411 4 года назад +32

    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.

  • @drakefeet2_
    @drakefeet2_ 4 года назад +146

    I laughed so hard at the Powerpuff Girls Theme part

    • @politicaltroll8920
      @politicaltroll8920 4 года назад +21

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

    • @michaeljfan9720
      @michaeljfan9720 3 года назад +1

      @@politicaltroll8920 Same here.

    • @raisiqueirapinheiro3962
      @raisiqueirapinheiro3962 2 года назад +8

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

    • @magicjackmaxwell
      @magicjackmaxwell 2 года назад +1

      Right!? Even the Power Puff girls?

    • @tinahobbs3273
      @tinahobbs3273 Год назад

      LMFAO!!!!!!!

  • @TheSantanaLife
    @TheSantanaLife 3 года назад +11

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

  • @albertsmith9261
    @albertsmith9261 5 лет назад +30

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

  • @kerron_
    @kerron_ 3 года назад +7

    The funky drummer sample is a DJ's Gift

  • @dylvasey
    @dylvasey 5 лет назад +44

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

    • @joshfinney1362
      @joshfinney1362 Год назад +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 лет назад +18

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

  • @colinswartz6022
    @colinswartz6022 4 года назад +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 лет назад +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

  • @RayWrightRayrite
    @RayWrightRayrite 5 лет назад +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 года назад +11

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

  • @henriqueferreira5339
    @henriqueferreira5339 2 года назад +6

    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 года назад +3

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

  • @ItOriginallygotterminated
    @ItOriginallygotterminated 5 лет назад +21

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

  • @mattk9089
    @mattk9089 Год назад +2

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

  • @TyhlerNovac
    @TyhlerNovac 5 лет назад +14

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

    • @sorbetdessert6839
      @sorbetdessert6839 3 года назад

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

  • @blankblank4642
    @blankblank4642 2 года назад +1

    Amen brother and funky drummer.....

  • @MrPoolplaya21
    @MrPoolplaya21 3 года назад +72

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

    • @055blackman
      @055blackman 3 года назад

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

    • @callumforster8145
      @callumforster8145 2 года назад +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 года назад +1

      They are

    • @xXxXx-----xXxXx
      @xXxXx-----xXxXx 2 года назад +6

      Better give it to the Drummer, Clyde Stubblefield!

  • @chuck275
    @chuck275 3 года назад +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

  • @misterelom
    @misterelom 3 года назад +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 года назад

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

    • @tylerball6101
      @tylerball6101 Год назад

      It officially has been #1 for decades.

  • @Bronwyn031
    @Bronwyn031 3 года назад +3

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

  • @James-lu4hb
    @James-lu4hb 3 года назад +6

    Without James Brown Hip Hop would not exist all facts.

    • @aslanjudah33
      @aslanjudah33 2 года назад +4

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

  • @awkwardtom
    @awkwardtom 5 лет назад +10

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

  • @MrRustyspot
    @MrRustyspot 11 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @henriqueferreira5339
    @henriqueferreira5339 2 года назад +2

    In Brazil many rap groups used this funky drummer beat.

  • @carltonbuford2347
    @carltonbuford2347 Год назад +2

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

  • @kwez211
    @kwez211 5 лет назад +20

    And yet the man didnt have money for his hospital bills

    • @SPELTMUSIC
      @SPELTMUSIC 2 года назад

      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

  • @princessel338
    @princessel338 5 лет назад

    You are unbelievable 🙏👍

  • @TheRealJesusWolf
    @TheRealJesusWolf 5 лет назад

    Awesome Video! :-D

  • @alexisdelarosa5396
    @alexisdelarosa5396 5 лет назад +1

    A great break my favorite is the Amen brother break

  • @Mariannn000_
    @Mariannn000_ 5 лет назад

    Awesome

  • @JungleCatImages
    @JungleCatImages 3 года назад

    Sick!!!

  • @OfficialTravvyTrav
    @OfficialTravvyTrav Год назад

    This one sample 🤦🏼‍♂️ wow just extraordinary

  • @musicnerd72
    @musicnerd72 4 года назад +2

    Mantronix "Got to Have Your Love" club mix

  • @leewightman8619
    @leewightman8619 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @sunandameranda
    @sunandameranda Месяц назад

    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...

  • @captainphoenix
    @captainphoenix 2 года назад

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

  • @curtpeacock2441
    @curtpeacock2441 4 года назад +4

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

  • @AlejandroPerez-yu6bn
    @AlejandroPerez-yu6bn 4 года назад

    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

  • @anthonysheehan7320
    @anthonysheehan7320 5 лет назад

    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

  • @tintoweno
    @tintoweno 2 года назад +1

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

  • @alexanderkrasner2430
    @alexanderkrasner2430 7 месяцев назад

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

  • @grabasandwich
    @grabasandwich 4 года назад +1

    Maestro Fresh Wes - Let You Backbone Slide 🇨🇦

  • @DevilboyScooby
    @DevilboyScooby 11 месяцев назад

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

  • @SagiVTamer7287
    @SagiVTamer7287 3 года назад +3

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

  • @Henndonesia
    @Henndonesia 3 года назад +5

    Lyrics Of Fury by Rakim was left off.

  • @joaniec6178
    @joaniec6178 4 года назад +1

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

  • @RalphWilliamsthe3rd
    @RalphWilliamsthe3rd 10 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @freedomgundam95
    @freedomgundam95 2 месяца назад

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

  • @joshfinney1362
    @joshfinney1362 Год назад +1

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

  • @tensphreak
    @tensphreak 3 года назад +1

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

  • @Ajaws
    @Ajaws 4 года назад +2

    I always wondered where Sublime and Public Enemy got that beat

  • @shinyshinybucket6595
    @shinyshinybucket6595 5 лет назад +9

    1:18 MISTER TUUUUMMMMBLE

    • @8mu-
      @8mu-  5 лет назад +1

      shinyshinybucket Haha glad someone noticed 😂

    • @mistergeneration
      @mistergeneration 5 лет назад +1

      LOL! right?!

    • @hibbiea8841
      @hibbiea8841 2 года назад

      "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!"

  • @alexanderkrasner2430
    @alexanderkrasner2430 7 месяцев назад

    And in Army Of Lovers - "Crucified" too

  • @theamazingsynthworld6489
    @theamazingsynthworld6489 5 лет назад

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

  • @mobettaone7795
    @mobettaone7795 5 лет назад +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

  • @snapwilson
    @snapwilson 3 года назад +2

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

  • @dropjawbertone
    @dropjawbertone 5 лет назад +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".

  • @franciscofalagan8335
    @franciscofalagan8335 4 года назад +1

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

  • @yak38pilot
    @yak38pilot Год назад +1

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

  • @hibbiea8841
    @hibbiea8841 2 года назад

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

  • @roban1012
    @roban1012 5 лет назад

    Is the answer, everyone!

  • @nosekeponer8293
    @nosekeponer8293 4 года назад +4

    Charly Garcia: Estoy verde

  • @raavyak1853
    @raavyak1853 4 года назад

    Un Fucking believable

  • @mastry82
    @mastry82 4 года назад +2

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

  • @DjoleBuduciIlustrator
    @DjoleBuduciIlustrator 5 месяцев назад

    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)

  • @hibbiea8841
    @hibbiea8841 2 года назад

    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]."

  • @michaeldumguy
    @michaeldumguy 11 месяцев назад

    Scarlet Begonias by Sublime is that beat the entire time

  • @joopvanbrakel9627
    @joopvanbrakel9627 Год назад

    Luscious Jackson - Let Yourself Get Down .1993

  • @purorocknomaswashere
    @purorocknomaswashere 4 года назад +1

    scarlet begonias by sublime also uses the same beat

  • @rajeevpaltrow8728
    @rajeevpaltrow8728 3 года назад +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

  • @prohav74
    @prohav74 5 лет назад +1

    Can you do samples Redman Whut thee album

  • @user-yw8yn5ey8n
    @user-yw8yn5ey8n Год назад

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

  • @celioandrade1650
    @celioandrade1650 2 года назад

    Mais uma na lista:
    Trendz - Who

  • @therealmarkchilton
    @therealmarkchilton Год назад

    Ultimate break beat sample along with the "god beat"

  • @yaboicolvin2870
    @yaboicolvin2870 4 года назад +11

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

    • @8mu-
      @8mu-  4 года назад +2

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

    • @brandonvinson8371
      @brandonvinson8371 4 года назад +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 года назад +1

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

    • @brandonvinson8371
      @brandonvinson8371 4 года назад

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

    • @brandonvinson8371
      @brandonvinson8371 4 года назад

      @Liberty Mongoose 420 for what??

  • @dpalaoro
    @dpalaoro Год назад

    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.

  • @Lumibear.
    @Lumibear. 5 лет назад +3

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

  • @bobbytwister6268
    @bobbytwister6268 4 года назад +1

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

  • @jacquescouteau6982
    @jacquescouteau6982 2 месяца назад

    RIP Clyde Stubblefield

  • @otavioraupp
    @otavioraupp 11 месяцев назад

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

  • @RandyDubin
    @RandyDubin 2 месяца назад

    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-  2 месяца назад

      That song samples ‘Oh Calcutta’ By The Meters

  • @C3WISE
    @C3WISE 5 лет назад +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 года назад +4

      Clyde Stubblefield created this beat! (Funky Drummer)

  • @fantnio
    @fantnio 2 года назад

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

  • @hibbiea8841
    @hibbiea8841 2 года назад

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

  • @j.taurez5163
    @j.taurez5163 3 года назад

    Damn, everybody sampled JB!

  • @kevingarris198
    @kevingarris198 Год назад

    Who didn't would be a shorter list.

  • @joopvanbrakel9627
    @joopvanbrakel9627 Год назад

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

  • @mrpotential11
    @mrpotential11 3 года назад

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

  • @neliomartins1796
    @neliomartins1796 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @gorillazzillathemeh5897
    @gorillazzillathemeh5897 5 месяцев назад

    The Power Puff Girls theme slaps though.

    • @keithmorrison8373
      @keithmorrison8373 2 месяца назад

      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

  • @yungwhop
    @yungwhop 3 года назад

    scarlet begonias by sublime as well

  • @dio5735
    @dio5735 10 месяцев назад

    a lot of sublime songs uses the sample

  • @HAL_9000__
    @HAL_9000__ 3 года назад

    4:57 😆

  • @GameFanaTICK386
    @GameFanaTICK386 Год назад

    Sounds like James Brown sampled the "Amen Break". Lol

  • @hibbiea8841
    @hibbiea8841 2 года назад

    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!"

  • @robertlandrum1971
    @robertlandrum1971 5 лет назад +5

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

    • @joaniec6178
      @joaniec6178 4 года назад +2

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

    • @robertlandrum1971
      @robertlandrum1971 4 года назад +1

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