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WEFUNK celebrates 550 shows with our special 2 hour tribute to "The Art of the Sample": from all-time classic hip hop loops, to the 12 essential funk drumbreaks, to 3+3 of the best chops from the Meters and Bob James' crates. Dig in as we take you back to the roots.
DJs & GUESTS DJ Static, Professor Groove / RECORDED January 30, 2009 / PLAYLIST MARKING andrewjack & tsangari / HOSTING daduke, Mike, PJ & Oliver. You can help too!
- wu-tang clan - uzi (pinky ring)
- talk (over j.j. johnson - parade strut)
- ahmad jamal - swahililand
- nas - street dreams
- linda clifford - never gonna stop
- beatnuts - on the 1+2
- pazant brothers - new orleans
- masta ace - me and the biz
- cymande - the message
- jurassic 5 - concrete schoolyard
- ike turner - getting nasty
- wu-tang clan - c.r.e.a.m.
- charmels - as long as i've got you
- keith murray - hot to def
- fat joe - da fat gangsta
- ohio players - pride and vanity
- yall so stupid - van full of pakistans (spearhead x. remix)
- k.m.d. - gasface refill
- pazant brothers - chick a boom
- beatnuts - watch out now
- enoch light & the light brigade - hijack
- beatnuts - off the books (instrumental)
- melvin van peebles - break that party
- buddy baker - sign song
- sly & the family stone - sing a simple song
- james brown - funky drummer, part 1 & 2
- james brown - funky drummer (bonus beat reprise)
- funk inc. - kool is back
- sly & the family stone - you can make it if you try
- melvin bliss - synthetic substitution
- manzel - midnight theme
- honey drippers - impeach the president
- kool & the gang - n.t.
- skull snaps - it's a new day
- kool & the gang - chocolate buttermilk
- incredible bongo band - apache
- winstons - amen, brother
- run-d.m.c. - beats to the rhyme
- camp lo - black nostaljack (kid capri remix)
- ghostface killah feat. cappadonna & raekwon - daytona 500
- del tha funkee homosapien - same ol' thing
- big daddy kane - long live the kane
- ultramagnetic m.c.'s - ease back
- n.w.a. - if it ain't ruff
- ben e. king - a star in the ghetto
- trammps - rubber band (mr. l. edit)
- talk (over game - hate it or love it instrumental)
- notorious b.i.g. - everyday struggle
Comments
Classic show! Great breaks.
swahililand, the stakes is high for real here!!!!!!
this set is a labor of devotion to the culture; it's amazing.
está nada, está suave
mto foda ta osso!!!!!
Show 550 takes the winning price for beeing your best show ever!!!
Respect and thank you so much.
Love from Copenhagen
wefunk so rock ! Big up from Lyon (France) Hip-Hop accross the world !
Peace
Tip O the cap on the web site. Tis absolutely stellar, my #1 funk source!
the best line... brasil!!!
this is seriously big time!!!!
one of the best sets I ever heard!
Huge props!
How the funk I missed this show first time around is a mystery... Untouchable stuff, yo. Brighton UK giving props 1nce again.
Yo you guys killed it!!! My favorite wefunk show ever!!! This is the music I live for !!!!!!! .....Well Done!
One of the illest shows I have heard! killer set, much appreciated putting this one together!
Auditivic-orgasm aaaawshiiit! thats my shit! og samples! *falling from the chair*
This is it. Great show. Made breakin feel like kindergarten today.
Sets of this nature are 'essential' Many thanx..
Yo WEFUNK most definitely one of my favorite shows! From start to finish nothing but the best beats. It's hard to comment on one track when all of them are pure gold. Keep it going WEFUNK and have a great time on tour.
..thiz one rocks my bodega...
Siguramente!!
For sure, this tracklist is a milestone!!
DIO MIA!!!! MI ELKORE KAJ MUZIKE GRATULAS VIN PRO TIU BONEGA LABORO.
MEU DEUS!!!! EU, CORDIALMENTE E MUZICALMENTE, PARABENIZO VOCÊS PELO EXCELENTE TRABALHO...
Keep up the fantastic work!!! one of the best shows yet!!!!l
yet another classic wefunk episode!
Keeping it real in my We Funk T-shirt here in Brighton, England! Thanks for another wicked show. Peace
Bushwick iz listenin'!
DOPE DOPE DOPE!!!!
One question...
Is Montreal some kind of a city?
Yes sir!
one of the best shows ever.
Just want to say,that I really love what you guys are doing! I can´t find any radiostation here in Germany which makes me dance like wefunk :) Your homepage is also amazing...just great to have every single track saved in the archive!
Keep on wefunking and best regards from Germany!
very nice set, i play very similar funky/hiphop, holdin' it down here in Portland, OR!!!
en vivo de tucuman , argentina ... you simply make us groovy
love dis sheet! - panzant brothers
Hi Guys, lots of love from Berlin!
Mixagens perfeitas, obrigado pelo otimo som! Perfect.
I think you might have missed a track between J5 - Concrete Jungle and Ike Turner - Getting Nasty. I'm pretty sure I heard Wu-Tang in there.
Loving the set. Thanks for continuing to rock the funk.
My search is now finished.Been looking for a fresh new station,listened to 550 and fell in love.Thank you from Newport,Wales.
"You think it's easy cause you see me shinin you dig...but you gonna have to work to get to this..."
Ill
Much love from Milwaukee - this set kept me rockin all ngith
One love to the bubble Crew, wefunk still represent ! keep going! what a showwwwww......
delicious one!
Ohmygod! Fabulous!! Love your show, greetings from Norway.
How do you do this? Seriously, how does someone attain this much musical knowledge? Anyway, you continue to amaze me
so ill USA represent baby!! we love y'all... you're the best. wu-tang is for the childrens
Thanks guys! I've been with you for over a decade. Stays fresh like Wonder Bread!
55 oh man!
550!!!!!!!big fan in Athens, GA
uh, long time listener, first time caller... hyuk hyuk. what we do in Cape Town is lug a little bluetooth dongle around and insisting on streaming wefunkradio on the sound system of whatever café we squat for another long day's editing. every new track a fresh grin...
Just found this site and now I can die happy. Well after i've listened back to 550 shows! I've told all my friends... Respect indeed. Many many thanks.
Show 550? The kcufing ish as always!
Big ups to you (Static & Groove) for playing the foundation piece for DnB/Jungle... The Winstons' "Amen, Brother". I bought my first turntables to rock the amen break!
Guys! Guys! I been into ya;; for the pasyt 5 yrs easliy..and i gotta say I am a JUNKIE!
From West Coast Coolin N Cali
Been playing your sets daily in my art supply shop ( Wet Paint Artist Supply ) in Tempe AZ for the past 4 years. Got a lot of "who is this?" when I was playing this one. Fresh as always.
love it love it. thanks!!
Congratulations on #550.
I just wanted to say that I started listening to WEFUNK about two months ago. And I literally can't go one day without discovering one new song. I'm pretty deep into this thing. Can't go back.
Thanks so much for everything you and the WEFUNK staff do in putting this together.
impeccable as always
SHoW Is CrAAAAAAAAAzzzZZzzY!!!!!!
LUV
very dope
great work homies..i love your music..the biggest greatz from hannover..germany,ruff uncut.peace