DIFFERENT STROKES

Created on 01/03/2007
Latest update on 21/09/2023

Artist: Syl Johnson
Author: Johnny Cameron/John Zachary
Label: Twilight
Year: 1967

On lp Dresses Too Short and as a single too. Starts with a break, begging to be sampled, which is exactly what happened.

Covers:

1968:

Geno Washington

1987:

Boogie Down Productions [sample in Criminal Minded]

1988:

EPMD [sample in It's My Thang]

1989:

De La Soul [in The Magic Number]

1990:

Public Enemy [sample in Fear Of The Black Planet]

1997:

Michael Jackson [sample in Blood On The Dancefloor (Refugee Camp Mix)]

2005:

Bobby Hebb

2011:

Jay Z & Kanye West [in The Joy]

N.W.A., Wu-Tang Clan, De La Soul, 2Pac, Ice Cube and Public Enemy also used this break.

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