“Fellas, one more time I wanna give the drummer some of this funky soul we got here. You don’t have to do no soloing, brother, just keep what you got. Don’t turn it loose, because “it’s a mother.” - James Brown (Funky Drummer)
I own a lot of James Brown, but hands down In the Jungle Groove is the LP I grab the most, right now, when I need a JB soul joint. The word ‘funky’ only begins to describe it.
Most famous for housing the track “Funky Drummer,” which in turn houses arguably one of the most sampled drum breaks of the past twenty years, In The Jungle Groove (now remastered) is a raw collection of essential JB nuggets that no soul, funk, or r&b fan should be without. In my world, this is what we call “required listening”. Ain’t it funky…
Get down to these JB originals, and then check out a couple of mainstream examples of the purloined “Funky Drummer” drum break sampled in, decidedly, non hip-hop tracks. The Sinead track off her breakout LP, I Do Not Want What I Havn’t Got, has been an A.D. favorite going on fifteen years now, and probably deserves a post of its own.
**You can read more about the Funky Drummer’s lineage and history via its wiki article.
Download:
MP3: James Brown :: Funky Drummer
MP3: James Brown :: Funky Drummer (bonus beat reprise)
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MP3: Sinead O’Connor :: I Am Stretched On Your Grave
MP3: Madonna :: Justify My Love
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Amazon: James Brown :: In the Jungle Groove
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My understanding is that the Amen Break is the most sampled drum beat.
http://lostmelodies.wordpress.com/2006/08/25/can-i-get-an-amen/
LM
1 | LM July 24th, 2007 at 7:28 amLostmelodies.com
Woot!: http://somuchsilence.com/?p=183
The Amen Break is huge, but so is Incredible Bongo Band’s “Apache.” http://somuchsilence.com/?p=457
2 | Kevin July 24th, 2007 at 5:28 pmSMS in the house in ‘06
3 | Satisfied '75 July 24th, 2007 at 5:55 pm[…] An Aquarium Drunkard looks at songs that have sampled James Brown’s Funky Drummer […]
4 | Hidden Track » Wednesday Intermezzo: Clapton’s Crossroads July 25th, 2007 at 8:40 amWho were the musicians backing Brown on Jungle Groove?
5 | dudeasincool July 26th, 2007 at 2:49 amNevermind…I found them in the Wiki article you mentioned
6 | dudeasincool July 26th, 2007 at 2:58 amfor YMU subscribers, here is a Funky Drummer playlist (non subs can hear 30s samples)
http://new.music.yahoo.com/playlist/4582F578-674B-4C19-9C79-B6EEBB0C6622
7 | Steve July 30th, 2007 at 9:29 pmhi i enjoyed the read
8 | Dominique August 18th, 2007 at 8:35 pmuhh funky drummer 404 Not Found, can’t DL!!! Could you put it up again please?!?
9 | Funky D August 20th, 2007 at 7:45 amfunky,
this is an old post. files are only good for 14 days before auto delete
10 | Satisfied '75 August 20th, 2007 at 2:26 pmhuVmd1 eeeerrrffddgggggggccccc
11 | prolan5 August 5th, 2008 at 9:42 am