Around The World in ONE Legendary Hip Hop Sample

Today, we’re going to cover a lot of ground, by way of this song, “Genius of Love” by Tom Tom Club. I’ll go ahead and tell you everywhere that we’re going, but you’ll have to see how we get there. We’re gonna talk about Tom Tom Club, sure, but then also Zapp, Common, Paul Simon, J Dilla, ACDC, Grandmaster Flash, The Talking Heads, Kurtis Blow, Fela Kuti, and just when we can’t go any deeper, we’re gonna loop it back and around and connect the whole thing together.

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TOPICS COVERED
Tom Tom Club
Sample
Chris Frantz
Tina Weymouth
Genius of Love
Mariah Carey
Return of the Mack
Talking Heads
Grandmaster Flash
Remain in Light
Fela Kuti
Kurtis Blow
#musichistory #hiphop #talkingheads

[grantbacon]

Stop Making Sense is one of the best concert documentaries I’ve ever seen.

[Jacqueal]

De La and Redman had two of the best "Genius" flips I've ever heard.

[maxptah]

Don't apologize for constantly mentioning Dilla, ever!!!!

[Bronn]

The first two albums of Tom Tom Club are pretty good, a really interesting mix of funk, new wave and early hip hop. The album David Byrne made with Brian Eno was a great album too, really experimental.

But the ones that I think are essential in music history are Remain in Light and Stop Making Sense. Just two of the better albums (one a studio album, the other a live album) of the 20th century in any genre.

Keep in mind that Talking Heads were one of the main bands of late 70s/early 80s New York rock scene, in which punk and new wave were born, and a lot of this bands were in good terms with Hip Hop artists from that time. This guys were very open minded and their music reflexed that.

[RenR]

The first samples I remember are “It’s Nasty” by Grandmaster Flash & the furious 5 & “Genius Rap” by Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.

[stephenstrussvideo]

Nothing makes my Friday workday better like some new DTG

[TheBearAspirin]

I always thought Tina Weymouth was an overlooked genius. She and Chris are into creating the music while also being young parents living out of the spotlight. I admire them so much.

[oleg_samples]

The best samples bring generations together. A great example my friend 😎👍🏼

[charlescdt]

Tina W is a beast on the bass and needs more love. Good stuff as always.

[DeepSweetSoulful]

Fela's my fav artist all time, it's beautiful to see him continue to get the recognition of his genious creativity 50 years later 🙌

[moneymikz]

Me and Mariah go back like babies to pacifiers…

[ParaphraseAccolade]

This man continues to absolutely cook and I'm loving every minute of it

[deenraida]

My favorite song sampling Genius of Love is Redman's Brick City Mashin'! Eric Sermon did his thang🔥🔥🔥🔥 Btw, keep up the good work.💪🏾

[chuckaudio]

Its tough to put into words how much I love and learn from each Digging The Greats video! Its all good. Its what YouTube SHOULD be about.

[hmohngcheelee]

My man!!!! I was thinking about when your next video was gonna drop!

[fnjesusfreak]

And Public Enemy's "Leave This Off Your F'n Charts" seems to reference it... xD

[JonAllanson]

Another great video. Thanks so much for sharing these with us. Also, a question: have you thought of doing a video where you break down the books behind you? I know you've referenced the Dilla one a few times, which lead me to read it (it is a great as you said). And, I recognize the Questlove ones, and Check the Technique, I think. But I can't make out all of them. If they've earned a place on your shelf, it would be cool to have you promo them a bit so we can dive into them as well.

[reimourrpower]

Note: Zapp's "More Bounce" was originally written entirely by *Bootsy Collins* . Roger Troutman of Zapp added his vocals and guitar later then wrote the credit as written entirely Troutman with simply 'bass by Bootsy Collins'. Similar to how the credits on "Genius of Love" had David Byrne, Brian Eno and Talking Heads as opposed to Tina Weymouth & Chris Franz recieving proper individual credit. Tricky biz this music industry.

[nicklindsey]

Could you do a video on the song I can't wait by Nu Shooz? I play that song all the time on touchtunes at bars and everyone bops their head to it

[Itzamadhouse]

Describing David Byrne as Questlove for white people killed me. 😂😂😂