The "funky drummer" break is one of the most used sampled drum loops in hip-hop and drum and bass music, together with the amen break, which is more related to drum-and-bass.
The original song from which the break is sampled is James Brown's song "Funky Drummer" (recorded November 20, 1969 in Cincinnati, Ohio). The drums on the original song are played by Clyde Stubblefield, who was the drummer for Brown's band at that time.
FunkyDrummer.ogg 10-second sample of the drum break.
The following is an incomplete list of tracks that employ the funky drummer break.
- 2 Live Crew - "Coolin'"
- 808 State - "Pacific 202"
- A Tribe Called Quest - "Separate / Together"
- Beastie Boys - "Shadrach"
- Big Daddy Kane - "Mortal Combat"
- Biz Markie - "Spring Again"
- Coldcut - "Say Kids, What Time Is It?"
- De La Soul - "Oodles of O's"
- Dr. Dre - "Let Me Ride"
- Eric B. & Rakim - "Lyrics of Fury", "Relax With Pep"
- Gang Starr - "2 Deep"
- Geto Boys - "Read These Nikes", "Mind of a Lunatic"
- GusGus - "Purple"
- Heavy D - "Flexin'"
- Ice Cube - "Jackin' For Beats", "Endangered Species"
- Ice T - "Radio Suckers", "Original Gangster", "I Ain't New Ta This"
- Kid 'n Play - "Slippin'", "Foreplay"
- Kool G Rap - "It's a Demo"
- Kris Kross - "Jump", "Lil' Boys in Da Hood"
- LL Cool J - "Mama Said Knock You Out"
- Masters At Work - "Jus' a Lil' Dope"
- MC Frontalot - "Good Old Clyde"
- Mobb Deep - "Flavor For the Non-Believers"
- Nas - "Get Down"
- Naughty By Nature - "Hot Potato", "Ready For Dem"
- NWA - "Fuck tha Police", "Quiet on tha Set"
- Pete Rock & CL Smooth - "Go With the Flow"
- Pharcyde - "Officer"
- Prince - "Gett Off", "My Name is Prince"
- Public Enemy - "She Watch Channel Zero", "Bring the Noise", "Rebel Without a Pause", "Fight the Power"
- Redman - "Rated X"
- Run-DMC - "Beats to the Rhyme", "Back From Hell", "Word is Born", "Run's House"
- Salt-N-Pepa - "Let the Rhythm Run"
- Scarface (rapper) - "Born Killer"
- Sir Mix-A-Lot - "No Holds Barred"
- Slick Rick - "The Moment I Feared"
- TLC - "Shock Dat Monkey"
- Ultramagnetic MC's - "Give the Drummer Some"
- Vanilla Ice - "Stop That Train"
