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Inyourdre4mz The lyrics of Impeach The President by the Honeydrippers are still relevant, just like the beats. If you check whosampled.com then you will find out that Impeach The President has been sampled more than 800 times… Rose Royce used to play with Motown artist Edwin Starr and consisted of former members of studio band The Undisputed Truth. They became famous for the Norman Whitfield-produced soundtrack to the Richard Pryor movie Car Was h. With its hand-clapping, funky intro, exciting vocals and the band's great performance, the title track became one of the biggest disco songs ever, leaping to #1 on the pop and soul charts. The hand claps at the beginning have been sampled many times by a variety of hip-hop and R&B artists. In 2004 a cover version by Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott, was released as the single for the Shark Tales soundtrack. It reached the Top 5 in the UK but only #63 in the States. Enjoy these funky vinyl grooves from the crates ! Next up is ...

Enjoy the 12th part of Boombox ! The opening track by Ronika is from her brand new album 'Lose my cool' and the following song by Khemistry, ‘I Can't Lose With The Stuff I Use’, is probably about doped athletes… ;-) Rose Royce used to play with Motown artist Edwin Starr and consisted of former members of studio band The Undisputed Truth. They became famous for the Norman Whitfield-produced soundtrack to the Richard Pryor movie 'Car Wash'. With its hand-clapping, funky intro, exciting vocals and the band's great performance, the title track became one of the biggest disco songs ever, leaping to #1 on the pop and soul charts. Fortunately, Rose Royce turned out to be neither a one-hit-wonder, nor just a disco band. The group's follow-up album, ‘Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom’, produced two Top Ten singles, ‘Do Your Dance’ and ‘Ooh Boy’. It also included ‘Wishing on a Star’, which for Rose Royce was a top-10 hit only in the UK. It became notable elsewhere throug...

Ohio Players Let's go to our job in the funk factory! The Ohio Players were formed in Detroit in 1959, but became most succesful in the mid-seventies, when they were influenced by Sly & the Familty Stone. Their 1974 Mercury debut, 'Skin Tight' launched the hit title track. Its follow-up, 'Fire', remains the Players' masterpiece. The album topped the charts and the super funky title cut reached top ten in the Netherlands. 1975's 'Honey', which featured perhaps the Players' most controversial and erotic cover, was another monster, generating the chart-topping masterpiece 'Love Rollercoaster' in addition to the hits 'Sweet Sticky Thing' and 'Fopp'. Their funk smash 'Who'd She Coo?' from 1976's 'Contradiction', was the Players' last number one R&B hit. 'O-H-I-O' from 1977's 'Angel', was their last major hit on any chart, and as the 1970s drew to a close, the band's...