Digging These Horns

For all my Tribe fans, you'll smile when you hear this tune.

Billy Brooks - 40 Days and 40 Nights

Digging Curtis

What more can you say about Curtis Mayfield? This is one of the funkiest guitar rifts ever created.

Curtis Mayfield - Right on For The Darkness

Digging for Sylver

Check out this funky funky funky joint by the "Michael" of the Sylvers, young Foster Sylvers. I had to do a special dig and find the Soul Train version with Foster Sylvers and his 2 sisters, Patricia and Angela as his background singers/dancers.

Foster Sylvers - Misdemeanor (Live)

Digging for Greens

This is a funky jazz track from the one and only Grant Green. Lots of Tribe Called Quest stuff comes from him, so give him a deep listen one day. This song is a nice dig, and was used by a couple of people like Public Enemy.

Grant Green - Ain't It Funky Now

Funky White Month - Digs The Limit

In this week's Funky White Month entry, we bring you Bobby Caldwell. Most people have heard "What You Won't Do For Love" and some have heard Common sample "Open Your Eyes" for one of his hits, but in true DCD fashion we dug up a hidden gem that people might not know about. See if you can name the late 90s hit that used this one.

Bobby Caldwell - My Flame

Funky White Month - Digging The Mardi Gras

Now Peter Piper Picked Peppers... Run DMC made this sample famous with their classic Peter Piper, and it all came from the jazz great Bob James. What more can I say about this track, but just take a listen. Also, if you check below the video, you will see the scores of sample credits that hip hoppers have used over the years.

Bob James - Take Me To The Mardi Gras



Beastie Boyss Hold it Now, Hit It
Biz Markies Cool V's Tribute to Scratching
Black Rock & Rons You Can't Do Me None
Caron Wheelers Livin' in the Light
Chemical Brotherss Dig Your Own Hole
Dan the Automators Music to be Murdered By
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Princes Hip Hop Dancer's Theme
Ed O.G.s Feel Like a Nut
Eric B and Rakims Don't Sweat the Technique
Eric B and Rakims Eric B Made My Day
Eric B and Rakims The Punisher
Ghostface Killah ft Method Man, Raekwon & Superbs Flowers
Gina Thompsons The Things That You Do
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Fives Freelance
Gravediggazs Pass the Shovel
Heavy Ds Nuttin' But Love
Ice Cubes I Wanna Kill Sam
Kool G Rap & DJ Polos Deathwish
Kwames Itz Oh Kay
Kwames Ownlee Eue
LL Cool Js Rock the Bells
Mantronixs Get Stupid
Mantronixs King of the Beats
Miles Daviss Work It
Naughty by Natures Let the Ho's Go
Nightmares on Waxs Coming Down
Pete Rock & CL Smooths Lots of Lovin'
Pete Rock & CL Smooths The Sun Won't Come Out
PM Dawns Set Adrift on Memory Bliss
Poison Clans Action
Prince Johnny Cs Comin' to Get Ya
Public Enemys 1 Million Bottlebags
Run-DMCs Peter Piper
Slick Ricks The Moment I Feared
Succuss N Effects Real Deal
Terminator Xs Ain't Got Nuttin'
TKAs Maria
UBCs Harlem $2.50 Pyramid
World Class Wreckin' Crus Cabbage Patch
X-Ecutionerss Mad Flava

Funky White Month - Lowdown Digging

This Funky White Month dig comes from a brother by the name of Boz Scaggs. I can't consider this a dig because he sold like 5 million copies of this album and won a Grammy for this song... but since he's white and he's funky, I had to give him his props.

Boz Scaggs - Dirty Lowdown