8,000,000,000. Eddie Murphy—“Hot Tub!”
7,999,999,999. David Bowie and John Lennon—“Fame”
7,999,999,998. Son Of Bazerk featuring No Self Control and The Band- “The Band Gets Swivey on the Wheels”
7,999,999,997. Prince—“Housequake”
7,999,999,996. PWEI—“Not Now James, We’re Busy”
Was John Lennon on “Fame”? Also, I never really thought of it as a James Brownish thing—only inasmuch as all funk is.
it directly rips a james track—or maybe vice versa. i can’t remember exactly—he talks about it in his autobiog, which makes me thinks the rip was probably from james, rather than by him. i think the track is on Star Time.
b—Try listening to “Hot (I Need to be Loved Loved Loved Loved Loved)” sometime.
crosspost—and I believe this is one of those rare occassions where the imitator (Bowie/Lennon) did it first and the originator (JB) jacked the song that jacked his style.
7,999,999,995 Public Enemy “Rebel Without A Pause”
7,999,999,994. Tom Tom Club, “Genius of Love”
7,999,999,993 Wu Tang Clan “C.R.E.A.M.”
7,999,999,992 Joe McPhee “Nation Time”
7,999,999,991 the only interesting and listenable part of Fergie—“Fergalicious”
7 999 999 990—Eric B & Rakim: “I Know You Got Soul”
7 999 999 989—Nas: “Get Down”
7 999 999 988 Hank Ballard “Sexy Ways” (INFLUENCE)
7,999,999,987. Led Zeppelin, “The Crunge”
7,999,999,986. Dead Milkmen—“RC’s Mom”
7,999,999,985
Coldcut’s “The Payback Mix”. (A label-approved “megamix”.)
Best memory of this track: I was dancing at a filthy warehouse party back in 1995 (raves, they called them), and the DJ switched from a jungle set into downtempo with this track. You’d have thought Jesus himself had taken over the turntables.
“Hot (I Need to Be Loved, Loved, Loved)” ripped off “Fame,” not the other way around.
haha xpost, should’ve read more clearly.
7,999,999,984 “Jimmy’s Rap” from Dreamgirls. This was already a JB homage in 1981, when the musical was on Broadway, but having Eddie Murphy play the James Early role in the movie does not hurt the comparison on little bit.
7,999,999,993 Wu Tang Clan “C.R.E.A.M.”
This is actually a Stax and/or Isaac Hayes imitation/plagiarization/influence/sample/ripoff/etc. Which I guess would make it a secondhand cousin.
7,999,999,983 mystikal, “shake ya ass”
7,999,999,982 joe tex, “i got ya”
7,999,999,981 herman hitson “ain’t no other way”
7,999,999,980 the call-and-response on the Time’s “Wild and Loose”: “Fellas!” “Yeah!” “Where the party at?” “Right here under your shoes!” “Fellas!” “Yeah!” “What time is it?” “Time to get wild and loose!” “Look out!”
7,999,999,979 Phish’s sound-check cover of James Brown doing Hanson’s “MMMBop” (possibly the pinnacle of their career)
I should say “cover”.
7,999,999,978 Lexington, KY native Henry Earl, who, until his recent notoriety, was known around town as “James Brown”
quoth the man to me personally, circa 2001: “I know I’m not actually James Brown, I just admire the man. I respect him.”
7,999,999,977—Shaftman
7,999,999,976—Jon Spencer
7,999,999,975—Mrs. Doubtfire
7,999,999,974—beyoncé, ‘work it out’
eric b and rakim—paid in full
audio two—make it funky
7,999,999,971. The Jungle Brothers—“JBeez Comin’ Thru”
7,999,999,991 the only interesting and listenable part of Fergie—“Fergalicious”
Uh, firstly, HUGE slap in the face to Kraftwerk, and secondly, the sample of both James Brown and Kraftwerk are secondhand. That whole Fergie song is simply Afro-Rican’s Give it All You Got:
http://www.discogs.com/release/80132
Which is one of the all time greatest Miami Bass songs ever. That Fergie track even sample MD Rock’s cuts...
Prince—Sexy MF