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This is a collection of original songs that have been sampled many times for their amazing breakbeats. You’ll hear the samples in hip hop, pop, jungle, drum and bass, dance and a lot of other modern genres of music, but let’s not forget that they’re all amazing songs in their own right. Proper songs, played by proper musicians!

It’s by no means an exhaustive list. I hadn’t meant for it to be as long as it is, but my research unearthed classic after classic and I didn’t want to leave any of them out.

Notable by their absence are some all time greats. The Winston’s “Amen Brother” and Skull Snaps “It’s a new day” and The Honeydrippers “Impeach the president”. I’m sure there are many more. Let’s hope Spotify will eventually rectify this!

This playlist ought to appeal to anyone interested in making music by sampling. I hope you learn something listening to it. I did.

Incredible Bongo Band – Apache
Lyn Collins – Think (About It)
Kool & The Gang – N.T.
James Brown – Funky Drummer
Bobby Byrd – Hot Pants… I’m Coming, I’m Coming, I’m Coming
The Headhunters – God Make Me Funky
Commodores – The Assembly Line
The Bar-Kays – Holy Ghost
Bob James – Nautilus
Bobby Byrd – I Know You Got Soul
Jimmy McGriff – The Worm
Esther Williams – Last Night Changed It All
Bobby Bland – Ain’t No Love In The Heart Of The City - Single Version
Roy Ayers – The Boogie Back
Joe Tex – Papa Was Too
Wilson Pickett – Get Me Back On Time, Engine Number 9 - LP Version Part 1/Part2
James Brown – Funky President (People It’s Bad) (original Speed Master version)
ESG – UFO
James Brown – Get Up, Get Into It and Get Involved (Mono)
Bob James – Take Me To The Mardi Gras
Mountain – Long Red
Rufus Thomas – Do The Funky Penguin (Part 1)
Herman Kelly – Dance To The Drummer Beat
20th Century Steel Band – Heaven And Hell Is On Earth
James Brown – Cold Sweat - 1967 Album Version
Mahavishnu Orchestra – Planetary Citizen
Liquid Liquid – Cavern
The Brothers Johnson – Ain’t We Funkin’ Now
Babe Ruth – The Mexican
James Brown – The Payback
The Meters – Hand Clapping Song
Fred Wesley & The J.B.’s – Blow Your Head
Donald Byrd – Change (Makes You Wanna Hustle)
Grover Washington, Jr. – Mister Magic
Pleasure – Bouncy Lady
Marvin Gaye – “T” Plays It Cool
Tom Jones – Looking Out My Window (feat. James Taylor Quartet)
The Jimmy Castor Bunch – It’s Just Begun
The Blackbyrds – Rock Creek Park
KC & The Sunshine Band – I Get Lifted
Miami – Chicken Yellow
Bill Withers – Kissing My Love
All The People – Cramp Your Style
Barry White – I’m Gonna Love You Just a Little Bit More, Baby
The J.B.’s – The Grunt, Part 1 & 2
Gary Numan – Films
The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women
Solomon Burke – Get Out Of My Life Woman - LP Version
Kool & The Gang – Chocolate Buttermilk
The Emotions – Blind Alley
Lonnie Liston Smith;The Cosmic Echoes – Expansions
Southside Movement – I’ve Been Watching You
Black Heat – You Should’ve Listened
Lou Donaldson – Pot Belly
The Beginning Of The End – Funky Nassau Part 2
Young-Holt Unlimited – Wah Wah Man - LP Version
Young-Holt Unlimited – Rubber Lips - LP Version
Aretha Franklin – Rock Steady - LP Version
Atomic Rooster – The Rock
Banbarra – Shack Up
Bill Withers – Use Me
Black Heat – Zimba Ku - Remastered Album Version
Kool & The Gang – Breeze & Soul
Blowfly – Sesame Street
Cold Blood – Kissing My Love - LP Version
Cold Grits – It’s Your Thing - Single Version 2006 Remastered
Eddie Bo – The Hook and Sling (Full) (Vocal)
Herbie Hancock – Palm Grease
Ike & Tina Turner – Funky Mule
Isaac Hayes – Joy
Jack McDuff – Hunk O’Funk
KC & The Sunshine Band – Let It Go, Part Two
Kool & The Gang – Give It Up
Labi Siffre – The Vulture
The Lafayette Afro Rock Band – Hihache
Love – Doggone
Marva Whitney – Unwind Yourself
Incredible Bongo Band – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
The Monkees – Mary, Mary
Tower Of Power – Squib Cakes