“They call me rude, some dude’s fiery attitude, claimin’ I boast, smoke, sometimes sing the blues” – Chuck D, Public EnemyRead more
James Brown’s “Funky Drummer” (really, drummer Clyde Stubblefield) has been sampled over 1,500 times by artists including Run DMC, Britney Spears, Madonna, Public Enemy, De La Soul, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Dr Dre, Sweet T and Jazzy Joyce, Ice T and George Michael, among others.Read more
The Meters’ masterful fifth album, 1974’s “Rejuvenation” was famously sampled by Public Enemy and Timbaland, and several songs were covered by The Grateful Dead (“Hey Pocky A-Way”) and Red Hot Chili Peppers (“Africa”).Read more
Progressive rap group Public Enemy used Isaac Hayes’ high-pitched piano riff from “Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic” as the foundation of their 1989 song “Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos” on the album ‘It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.’Read more
One of the most sampled albums of all time, Isaac Hayes’ album Hot Buttered Soul has been sampled by Public Enemy, Beyoncé, Notorious B.I.G., 2Pac, The Jackson Five, Ludacris, Cypress Hill & dozens of others.Read more
