Artist	Song
Michael Jackson	Workin' Day and Night
from Off the Wall (1983)
Prince	Sexy M.F.
from The Hits 2 (2007)
Public Enemy	Don't Believe the Hype
from Power to the People & the Beats - Public Enemy's Greatest Hits (2005)
Miles Davis	Black Satin
from On the Corner (Remastered) (1993)
Led Zeppelin	The Crunge
from Houses of the Holy (Remastered) (1973)
Run-DMC	Beats to the Rhyme
from Run-DMC: Greatest Hits (2002)
Fela Kuti	Fight to Finish
from Chop 'N' Quench (2011)
Rick James	Give It to Me Baby
from The Ultimate Collection (1997)
Beastie Boys	Shadrach
from Beastie Boys Anthology - The Sounds of Science (1999)
The Roots	Here I Come
from Game Theory (2006)
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	Your Thins Is A Drag
from Naturally (2006)
James Hunter	Riot In My Heart
from People Gonna Talk (2010)
Lee Fields & Sugarman & Co.	Stand Up
from Daptone Gold (2009)
Eric B. & Rakim	Paid In Full
from Paid In Full (2005)
Kool Moe Dee	How Ya Like Me Now
from Kool Moe Dee: Greatest Hits (2008)
Afrika Bambaataa	Zulu Nation Throwdown
from Looking for the Perfect Beat 1980 -1985 (2005)
Binky Griptite & The Mellomatics	The Stroll Pt. 1 (Bonus Track)
from Daptone Gold (2009)
The Soul Generals	Grandma's Funky Popcorn
from Ain't It Funky Now? Volume 1 (2009)
Sir Shina Peters & His International Stars	Yabis
from Nigeria 70 - Lagos Jump (2008)
Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens	What Is This
from Daptone Gold (2009)
The Who	I Don't Mind
from My Generation (Deluxe Edition) (2002)
The Jam	Absolute Beginners
from Snap (2006)
Return to Forever	Dayride
from No Mystery (1986)
Chuck Brown	We Need Some Money
from The Best of Chuck Brown (2005)
The Contortions	Designed to Kill
from NY No Wave (2003)

Comment:

Could funk and rap have existed without James Brown? Of course not. But as you'll discover, Mr. Dynamite's fingers set off explosions in everything from rock to jazz, from soul to Afro Beat. Public Enemy producers the Bomb Squad buried their arms elbow-deep in James' crates to grab samples for the hip-hop anthem "Don't Believe the Hype," including its track-defining horn-on-helium squeal. The Jackson 5's very first audition tape included a cover of Brown's "I Got the Feeling," and the master's shadow looms large and loud over Michael's "Workin' Day and Night," with its razor-crease horns and swivel-hip groove. And in a case of "what goes around comes around," Miles Davis — whose horn genius inspired the jazz-playing moonlighters in the J.B.'s — takes a lesson from the James Brown School of Funk in the bass-slappin', haunch-grindin' fusion of "Black Satin." From Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings to Led Zeppelin, from Fela Kuti to Prince, we've got the best of the next generation that studied, savored, and sampled soul's singular superstar.

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