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Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved

James Brown
Why it matters

The JB drum break — Clyde Stubblefield's foundational pattern — is hip-hop bedrock; Memphis producers stripped and slowed it for murkier effect.

Known uses
  • Public Enemy — 'Welcome to the Terrordome' (1990)
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Facts
Source artistJames Brown
Year1970
CategoryFunk
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