John Richards

"Funky Drummer" was recorded on November 20, 1969 in Cincinnati, Ohio and originally released as a two party 45rpm single on March 9, 1970.

The "Funky Drummer" sample appears at 0:10 during "Shadrach" & continues as the backbeat throughout the song.

The Pharcyde sampled Clyde Stubblefield's "Funky Drummer" beat as the backbone of their song "Officer".

Fun Fact: In an interview in 2009 The Stone Roses recollected that they were "mad" into James Brown. They stated, "We actually wrote ‘Fools Gold’ over ‘The Funky Drummer’- we had it playing on a porta-studio and Reni had to learn how to play that beat."

Sinead O’Connor’s ‘I Am Stretched On Your Grave,’ from her seminal ‘I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got’ samples Stubblefields beat as well. Slowing the beat down, O'Connor sings a Capella over the "Funky Drummer" while contributing minimal synth bass & celtic violin.

Unlike O'Connor, Fine Young Cannibals sampled the "Funky Drummer" but considerably sped up Stubblefield's drum part. Fun fact: Stubblefield's drumsticks have been placed in the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame.

Digable Planets creatively used the "Funky Drummer" beat by cutting the sample throughout the song. The group also sampled KC & The Sunshine Band's "Ain't Nothing Wrong" for the melodic horn section.

Pizzicato Five are widely credited for spearheading the Shibuya-kei movement of Tokyo in the 1990s. Shibuya-kei is known for its eclectic and energetic compositions that often pay homage to late 1960s English-language jazz and pop music.

MC Lyte also samples "More Peas" by The J.B.'s and "Dazz" by Brick off "Search 4 The Lyte".

Produced by Kanye West, "The Cool" also samples "Life on Mars" by Dexter Wansel

In 2011 Clyde Stubblefield performed "Fight The Power" on the Jimmy Fallon show alongside Chuck D, members of the Roots, & Eclectic Method.

Run DMC heavily sampled many artists throughout his song "Beats to teh Rhyme" including tracks from Public Enemy, Kurtis Blow, Dana Dane, previous DMC songs, and, of course, "The Funky Drummer" by James Brown.

Ice T has used the "Funky Drummer" in multiple tracks. The samples is prominent in "Funky Gripsta" off O.G. Original Gangster & Ice-T's collaboration with Ice Cube off the 1992 Trespass soundtrack

He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper is the second studio album by hip hop duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. Fun fact: It was the first double album in hip hop music, in its original vinyl incarnation

Public Enemy also sample "Break North" by Ultramagnetic MC's & "Funky Worm" by Ohio Players

Kookaburra Mix off the first track off INXS classic album "Kick".

Jackin' for Beats" began the popular trend of an MC rapping over the various instrumentals of popular beats, which rotate during the course of one song. The song and its sentiment is an excellent example of plunderphonics -- the idea of creating new music with a collage of older music.

Fun Fact: Bonham's famous drum performance was recorded by engineer Andy Johns by placing Bonham and a new Ludwig drumkit at the bottom of a stairwell at Headley Grange, the recording studio. Headley Grange is a former poorhouse in Headley, Hampshire, England, UK. It is best known as a recording and rehearsal venue in the 1960s and 1970s for bands such as Led Zeppelin, Bad Company, Fleetwood Mac, Genesis, Peter Frampton, the Pretty Things, Ian Dury and Clover.

Beastie Boys reach far back in the classic rock catologe sampling "Sweet Leaf" by Black Sabbath & The Clash's "I Fought the Law".

Bjork on the writing of "Army of Me", "... I felt that Debut had been such a polite, shy album - there was a side of me that was so shy and such a beginner, I was very flattered when everyone loved Debut but also a bit confused because it wasn't really me. Maybe "Army Of Me" was an attempt to balance it out".

Originally written by Neil Young off his album "After the Gold Rush". The song was supposedly written for Graham Nash after Nash's split from Joni Mitchell.

Chapterhouse sampling "When The Levee Breaks" off their 1991 album Whirlpool. The group also sampled P.S.K. (Park Side Killas) - What Does It Mean? by Schoolly D

The chant that is sampled is from the Taiwan aboriginal group Ami's "Jubilant Drinking Song" without the singers' permission of that moment. Kuo Ying-nan and Kuo Hsiu-chu, both Amis, were in a cultural exchange program in Paris in 1988 when their performance of the song was recorded by the Maison des Cultures du Monde and later distributed on CD. The producer of Enigma, Michael Cretu, later obtained the CD and proceeded to sample it.

"Man Next Door" aka "Quiet Place"/"I've Got to Get Away" is a song originally recorded by John Holt with his group The Paragons in 1968. Covered later by Massive Attack, the group use a sample of the drum riff from Led Zeppelin's cover of "When the Levee Breaks."

Neneh Cherry & The Thing featuring Michael Stipe from R.E.M. -- This song also features a sample from "The Pusher" by Steppenwolf

The Big Beat was written in 1980 by Billy Squier from his debut album The Tale of the Tape. While it never charted, the song has become a sampling staple in hip-hop music. As of 2013, the song has been sampled in nearly 200 recordings

Heavily sampling Billy Squier's "The Big Beat" -- "Fix Up, Look Sharp" is the second single by British rapper Dizzee Rascal and second from his debut album Boy in da Corner. The single became his second top forty hit and his first to peak inside the top twenty.

Like "Loser," this song was a collaboration with Carl Stephenson on Mellow Gold. Beck brought the song to his sessions with Karl, and the two turned it into a funky, rocking track that is easily one of the major recordings of all of Beck's early work. Beck later released a b-side take of the song called "Soul Suckin Jerk (Reject)"

"The six-second clip that spawned several entire subcultures." The Amen break is a 6 to 7 second (4 bar) drum solo performed by Gregory Cylvester "G. C." Coleman in the song "Amen, Brother" performed by the 1960s funk and soul outfit The Winstons.

Redefining the direction of hip hop, "Straight Outta Compton" as an album has been viewed as the pioneering record of gangsta rap. Using the "Amen Break" the group also samples Funkadelic, Wilson Pickett, The Gap Band, & more on this song.

"Poison" uses multiple drum sampless from "It's a New Day" by Skull Snaps (which later became well known as the beat to the track Clubbed to Death, which was used as the theme tune to The Matrix), "Amen Brother" by The Winstons, "Heavy Soul Slinger" by Bernard Purdie, and "Hang Down Your Head, Tom Dooley, Your Tie's Caught" by Incredible Bongo Band.

"Slip Inside this House" is a song originally released by psychedelic rock band The 13th Floor Elevators as the first track on their 1967 album Easter Everywhere. Primal Scream, heavily influenced by the early 90s acid house scene, reinvented the song for their 1991 cult classic, Screamadelica.