John Richards

On their second studio album, Public Enemy set out to make the hip hop equivalent of Marvin Gaye’s ‘What’s Going On,’ in regards to the social commentary. This tracks faster tempo and frantic horn samples from J.B.'s' "The Grunt" are to heighten the tension of the mix, while Chuck D's lyrics are a message of, "one of total resistance that was readily accessible through the confrontational sounds of bass, groove, and noise."

Rolling Stone magazine said that during his six years with Brown, from 1965-1971, "he partnered with drummer John "Jabo" Starks to form the powerhouse rhythm section that helped write the definition of funk music." The magazine ranked the Stubblefield/Starks combo as Number Six on the list of the 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time. Here is their list: https://bit.ly/3rFZzwp ----- www.kexp.org/donate

On Wednesday, March 9th 2016, KEXP DJs John Richards, Cheryl Waters, and Kevin Cole paid tribute to one of the most sampled breaks in music history: the iconic eight-bar unaccompanied solo by session drummer Clyde Stubblefield in the 1970 James Brown single "Funky Drummer." kexp.org

Ingrid Chavez, a singer who had worked with Prince, sued for royalties, claiming she wrote the song with Kravitz. According to Chavez, Kravitz came up with the title, but the rest of the lyric - minus one line Madonna changed - came from her. "Lenny recorded a synth line and then he asked me if I had something I wanted to say," she told Vibe. "I had a letter on me (my letters are like poems) and so I got on the mic and basically read the letter. One take and the rest is history."

"I just hope you understand Sometimes the clothes do not make the man..." "All we have to see Is that I don't belong to you and you don't belong to me..." -- George Michael was trying to free himself from the shackles of Sony, which was his record label at the time. They created an image for him to promote his Faith album, and Michael was now trying to distance himself from it. In the video, all the Faith trademarks explode: the jacket, the jukebox, the guitar.: www.youtube.com ----- www.kexp.org

Songs that sample this: Goldie, “Inner City Life”, Young MC sampled the break in his 1988 rap "Know How", mixed with Isaac Hayes' "Theme From Shaft". Sampled on the song "Funky" by DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist on their 2007 collaboration, "The Hard Sell". Rage Against the Machine interpolated parts of the percussion break in their cover of "Renegades of Funk". and of course, Beastie Boys with "Root Down." ----- www.kexp.org

In addition to the sample of Incredible Bongo Band's "Apache" you are also hearing Isaac Hayes' "Theme From Shaft". The bass is from two songs, both by Ohio Players - Fopp, and Skin Tight.

The theme from Shaft has been sampled 74 times! In addition to Young MC, Big Daddy Kane, Jay-Z, Ja Rule, LL Cool J, Wu-Tang Clan, and Public Enemy have all sampled bits of it.

The hook for this song, commonly mistitled "TEEEEEENAAAAGE WASTE-LAAAAAAAAND" has been sampled a lot. The Chemical Brothers, Big Audio Dynamite, and Art of Noise are just a few that have. ---- kexp.org/donate

This track samples several musical compositions, including the keyboard component of The Who's song "Baba O'Riley," the organ from the introduction to the Deep Purple song "Child in Time," a drum break from Tommy Roe's "Sweet Pea," drums and guitars from a break in Pigmeat Markham's "Here Comes the Judge," a line from The Sugarhill Gang's song "Rapper's Delight" where Big Bank Hank raps "a time to laugh, a time to cry," and a vocal sample from Peter Sellers in Fred Flange's song "You Keep Me Swingin,'" where Sellers talks about "rhythm and melody." ----- www.kexp.org

These drums have been sampled by Garbage for "Stupid Girl" and "Lost in the Supermarket" by the Afghan Whigs. "Train in Vain" also gets covered more than other Clash songs. Cover versions exist by Third Eye Blind, Ill Rapture, Dr. Haze/DJ X-Cel, The Sabrejets, Dwight Yoakam, Annie Lennox, The Manic Street Preachers, Jones Crusher and Kirsty MacColl. --- kexp.org/donate

In addition to the drums from Train In Vain, Garbage sampled Orange Crush by R.E.M. for "Stupid Girl" ----- www.kexp.org

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Enjoy this mystery Frankenstein track: a mash-up of the originally cathartic and meditative "This Year" off of The Mountain Goats' Sunset Tree with the Quad City DJs-composed theme song to the iconic Warner Brothers film Space Jam.

Blondie and The Doors mashup from Mark Vidler (Go Home Productions) that Blondie ended up putting on their Greatest Hits compilation. ----- Keep KEXP weird! www.kexp.org

Introducing the SLAY-52s, here to bring us some much needed distraction during these difficult times with their hit “Raining Lobsters”. “Something to entertain you whilst social distancing,” reads creator Bill McClintock’s video caption. ----- www.kexp.org

Good day, Afternoon show listeners! Welcome to the OG Thursday edition of the Fall Fundraising Drive! www.kexp.org === This Montreal, Quebec native may be best remembered as the composer of the 1960's Broadway musical "Hair."The work, which examined the Vietnam War and ongoing social reforms, earned MacDermot a Grammy Award and two Tony nominations, including the composition for “The Flesh Failures (Let the Sunshine In)” and “Where Do I Go?” He was heavily sampled; most notably, “Space” was used on Busta Rhymes’ early solo breakthrough, “Woo-Hah!! Got You All In Check,” as produced by Rashad Smith.