Bob James - Nautilus

From the "One" LP, 1974.

[brandonantonio]

One Of The Most Sampled Instrumentals Besides Funky Drummer In Hip-Hop History....Real Talk!!!!

[rakim]

I’m an interview bob James said this was almost a throw away song. Just an extra tagged onto the album. Insane.

[mikegee]

This record was sampled a lot during the rap record era, but when you can remember going to a record store in 1978 to buy 2 copies of this for about $7.99 a piece just so you can cut it for your MCs while your jamming in a park with your equipment hooked up to a light pole, playing on 69.99 technic 210s, now your saying something. That was me!

[thepurrfectionist]

This music is relaxing. Driving at night or helping you sleep.

[jayhenry]

you know a composition is great when you can hear multiple samples outta one track

[mrmaxxx]

Bob James got one of the ultimate heaters with this classic, timeless, respect

[oRuTRa]

R.I.P. Idris Muhammad. That groove. That pocket.

[djgiovanninsane]

I just saw Maxwell's band play a piece of Nautilus in his Tiny Desk performance! Heard this years ago and still amazed at how awesome it is! 🔥🔥🔥

[ZappaVolante]

Legendary album. The strings make it sound so ahead of its time.

[JaSellS]

I need this beat to drop every time I walk into a room & grace it with my presence!

[jatnaveenleo]

GTA San Andreas, Master Sounds radio channel landed me here.

[mikegee]

You know you're getting old when you knew this record before it was sampled a million times and you had 2 copies, each with a magic marker line on the label right at the 3:30 mark and the 1980s hadn't even gotten here yet.

[AJProdz]

Hearing the intro put a smile on my face. All I can say Pete Rock

[JamilDavis]

The one person that disliked this couldn't figure out how to sample it for a beat. LoL!

[rakim]

The holy grail. The testicle. So many songs born of this one.

[mysticmoose]

this is the actual limit of how good music can be

[mrdaynes]

I always used to get drunk and this was the last song coming up on Bob James Hands Down vinyl. Last record of a sesh!

[times]

Eric B and Rakim’s “Follow the Leader”..derived from this jam.

[dynamicsamurai]

My god everytime I hear this, I always get the chills for how amazing this is. So differetn and unique.

[muntuthompson]

long live the great bob james brought so much joy to many but still uncelebrated