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Faculty of Fine Arts

Department of Music
Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Funk & Rap
FA/MUSI 1520 6.0
Fall/Winter 2007

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CLYDE STUBBLEFIELD
The 'Funky Drummer' from James Brown's legendary band of the early 1970's.
 
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As the 70's settled in James Brown defined the future of music, the future of groove and the future direction of black music with one single, solitary song of brilliance.

If you are looking for a definition of funk Get Up, I feel Like being a Sex Machine is the quintessential anthem. With a groove so infectious you had to swing it set the standard for danceability, rhythmic groove, lyrical content and artistic delivery for generations to come.

But the song that has struck the most fame is a little ad-lib number called out and conducted on the fly by James Brown that song is the legendary Funky Drummer. This song was the quintessential Brown number from the middle of the deconstructionist funk play book. It was live, infectious and well, shall we say, very funky.

The break in the middle of the song where James gives the drummer some [Clyde Stubblefield] is so great a superlative that it literally launched the hip-hop genre when the samplist of the 1980’s got hold of it. Sadly Clyde Stubblefield has not reaped the financial rewards that morally, if not legally, are due to him.

The Funky Drummer is the most sampled beat in history, making Clyde the most sampled drummer of all time. Unfortunately, this does not translate into enough dollars to afford him health insurance when he needed treatment for bladder cancer diagnosed in 2003. With almost $100,000 in medical bills, Clyde had to partly rely on the support of friends and fans to cover the costs of his medical bills.

Clyde is still active on the live music circuit in his hometown of Madison Wisconsin where his funk and blues bands can be heard weekly at the city's King Club.

Clyde Stubblefield
The Funky Drummer

LINKS: Wikipedia | SampleSpotters | Drummerworld | Profile | Nardimusic | King Club | YorkTube | MySpace | Jabo&Clyde

     
Here is a list of just some of the songs that has sampled 'The Funky Drummer'
1.2 Live Crew - Coolin'
2.808 State - Pacific 202
3.Above the Law - Murder Rap
4.Above the Law - Untouchables
5.Above the Law - What Cha Can Prove
6.A Tribe Called Quest - Seperate / Together
7.Awesome Dre - Frankly Speaking
8.Big Daddy Kane - Mortal Combat
9.Beastie Boys - Shadrach
10.Biz Markie - Spring Again
11.Black Rock & Ron - Stop the World
12.Breeze - Great Big Freak
13.BWP - A Different Category
14.Choice MC - Bad A-s B----h
15.Chubb Rock - Bump the Floor
16.Chubb Rock - Talkin' Loud, Ain't Sayin' Jack
17.Cash Money & Marvelous - Drawers
18.Compton's Most Wanted - Wanted
19.Compton's Most Wanted - The Final Chapter
20.Coldcut - Say Kids, What Time is It?
21.Convicts - I Like Boning
22.CPO - Flow to the Rhythm
23.Criminal Nation - I'm Rollin'
24.Criminal Nation - Insane
25.Criminal Nation - It's a Black Thing
26.Criminal Nation - The Right Crowd
27.De la Soul - Oodles of O's
28.Deep Forest - Deep Forest
29.Depeche Mode - My Joy
30.Derek B - Get Down
31.Derek B - Human Time Bomb
32.DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - Pump up the Bass
33.DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - Hip Hop Dancer's Theme
34.DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - Magnificent Jazzy Jeff
35.DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - 2 Damn Hype
36.DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince - Jazzy's Groove
37.DJ Mark 45 Kg ft Lakim Shabazz - When Wise Man Speaks
38.DJ Master T - Wind Me Up
39.DOC - Let the Bass Go
40.Domination - Back at it Again
41.Digable Planets - Where I'm From
42.Dr. Dre - Let Me Ride
43.Eazy-E - We Want Eazy
44.Eric B & Rakim - Relax with Pep
45.Eric B & Rakim - Lyrics of Fury
46.Enigma - Carly's Song
47.Father MC - Ain't it Funky
48.Freddie Foxx - F. F. is Here Fresh 4 - Wishing on a Star
49.Fine Young Cannibals - I'm Not the Man I Used to Be
50.Fresh 4 - Wishing on a Star
51.GangStarr - 2 Deep
52.Geto Boys - Read These Nikes
53.Geto Boys - Mind of a Lunatic
54.Goats - TV Cops
55.Gus Gus - Purple
56.Guy - I Like
57.Hard Knocks - A Blow to the Head
58.Heavy D - We Got Our Own Thang
59.Heavy D - Peaceful Journey
60.Hi-C - Take a Ride
61.HWA - Trick is a Trick
62.Ice Cube - Jackin' for Beats
63.Ice Cube - Endangered Species
64.Ice T - Original Gangster
65.Ice T - I Ain't New Ta This
66.Ice T - Radio Suckers
67.Jaz - The Originators
68.Kid 'N Play - Foreplay
69.Kid 'N Play - Slippin'
70.Kid Sensation - Emergency
71.King Sun - King Sun with the Sword
72.Kool Moe Dee - Bad, Bad, Bad
73.Kool Moe Dee - Knowledge is King
74.Kool Moe Dee - I'm Blowing Up
75.Kool G Rap - It's a Demo
76.Kool G Rap - The Butcher Shop
77.Korn & the Dust Brothers - Kick the P.A.
78.Kris Kross - Jump
79.Kris Kross - Lil' Boys in Da Hood
80.Kwame - The Rhythm
81.Lakim Shabazz - Black is Back
82.LL Cool J - Boomin' System
83.LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
84.LL Cool J - Nitro
85.LL Cool J - Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
86.LL Cool J - Fast Peg
87.Leaders of the New School - Teachers, Don't Teach…
88.Leaders of the New School - Sobb Story
89.Low Profile - Make Room for. . .
90.Maestro Fresh Wes - Let Your Backbone Slide
91.Mantronix - Fresh is the Word
92.Mantronix ft Wondress - Got to Have Your Love
93.Marky Mark - Good Vibrations
94.Masters at Work - Jus' a Lil' Dope
95.MC Lyte - Brooklyn
96.MC Shan - So Fresh
97.MC Smooth - Blow the Whistle
98.George Michael - Waiting for That Day
99.Kool G Rap - It's a Demo
100.Michie Mee - Jamaican Funk Canadian Style
101.MC Shan - So Def
102.Michel'le - No More Lies
103.Ministere Amer - Traitres
104.Mistress & DJ Madame E - Hypergroove
105.Mistress & DJ Madame E - Show 'em How We Play
106.Mellow Man Ace - River Cubano
107.Mellow Man Ace - Hypest from Cypress
108.MMG - Only the Strong Survive
109.Mobb Deep - Flavor for the Non-Believes
110.Nas - Get Down
111.Naughty by Nature - Ready for Dem
112.Naughty by Nature - Hot Potato
113.New Order - Ruined in a Day
114.Nikki D - Freak Accident
115.Nikki D - Gotta up the Ante for the Panties
116.Nine Inch Nails - Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)
117.No Face - Half
118.NWA - F--k tha Police
119.NWA - Quiet on tha Set
120.Sinead O'Connor - I Am Stretched on Your Grave
121.P-Funk All Stars - Dope Dogs
122.Paperboy - The Nine Yards
123.Paris - The Devil Made Me Do It
124.Paris - I Call Him Mad
125.Paris - On the Prowl
126.Pharcyde - Officer
127.Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Go with the Flow
128.Prince - Gangster Glam
129.Prince - Gett Off
130.Prince - My Name is Prince
131.Public Enemy - Bring the Noise
132.Public Enemy - Bring the Noise
133.Public Enemy - Terminator X to the Edge of Panic
134.Public Enemy - She Watch Channel Zero
135.Public Enemy - Rebel Without a Pause
136.Public Enemy - Fight the Power
137.Public Enemy - Hazy Shade of Criminal
138.Public Enemy - The Enemy Assault Vehicle Mixx
139.Pharcyde – Officer
140.Prince Johnny C - Kevey Kev is a Dancer with Soul
141.Prince Johnny C - Comin' to Get Ya
142.Queen - We Are the Champions
143.Redman - Rated R
144.Roxanne Shante - Have a Nice Day
145.Run-DMC - Back from Hell
146.Run-DMC - Word is Born
147.Run-DMC - Run's House
148.Run-DMC - Beats to the Rhyme
149.Salt-N-Pepa - Let the Rhythm Run
150.Scarface - Born Killer
151.South Central Cartel - Neighborhood Jacka
152.Sir Mix-A-Lot - No Holds Barred
153.Slayer & Atari Teenage Riot - No Remorse (I Wanna Die)
154.Slick Rick - The Moment I Feared
155.Smooth Ice - I'm Coming
156.Smooth Ice - Without a Pause
157.Sons of Bazerk - One Time for the Rebel
158.Stetsasonic - Sally
159.Stetsasonic - Speaking of a Girl Named Suzy
160.Stetsasonic - The Hip Hop Band
161.Stetsasonic - DBC Let the Music Play
162.Stop the Violence Movement - Self-Destruction
163.Style - Victim to the Vinyl
164.Sublime - Scarlet Begonias
165.Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud - Do the James
166.Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud - Let the Drummer Get
167.Sweet T - My Beat
168.Tim Dog - Goin Wild in the Penile
169.Tim Dog - Low Down N---a
170.TLC - Shock Dat Monkey
171.True Mathematics - For the Lover in You
172.Tung Twista - No Peace Sign
173.Tupac ft Richie Rich - Lie to Kick It
174.Ultramagnetic MC - Moe Love on the One & Two
175.Ultramagnetic MC - Give the Drummer Some
176.Vanilla Ice - Stop That Train
177.Wagon Christ - Filthy Drummer
178.WC & the Maad Circle - Ghetto Serenade
179.Allison Williams - Sleep Talk
180.Yomo & Maulkie - Mockingbird
181.YZ - Return of the Holy One
182.Z-Trip - Rockstar
183.Z-Trip - Rockstar 2
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