BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW?
Def Jam, the Mecca of hip-hop, created there sound off of Go-Go.
As early as 1970, Def Jam used samples from Go-Go artist such as:
“Rock The Bells”-L.L. COOL J (sample Trouble Funk -Saturday Night Live)
“Don’t Mean A Thang”- Mc Shan
“Hold It Now”-Beastie Boys (sample Trouble Funk -Straight Up Funk Go Go Style)
“My Mic Sounds Nice”- Salt N Pepa (sample Junkyard -The Word)
“Shake That Thang” -Salt N Pepa (sample Mass Extension -Happy Feet)
“We Wanna Party”- Dana Dane (uses go-go beat)
“Rollin Wit Kid n Play”- Kid N Play (sample Trouble Funk and Chuck Brown)
“Hot in Here”- Nelly (sample Chuck Brown -Bustin Loose)
“Hawaiian Sophie”- Jaz feat. Jay-Z (uses Go Go Beat)
“Is It Live” -Run N DMC (uses Go Go Beat)
“Bring That Beat Back”-Steady B (samples E.U. -Some One's Ringing that Door bell)
“Criminal Minded”- KRS ONE (samples Trouble Funk -Lets Get Small)
“If I ruled The World”- Kurtis Blow (samples Trouble Funk -Pump Me Up)
“Mo Bass”- UTFO (samples Chuck Brown -Stormy Monday)
“Get Ready” -Doug E Fresh (uses Rare Essence on remix)
“Pump Me Up”-Melle Mel (remake of Trouble Funk -Pump Me Up)
“Slave to the Rhythm” -Grace Jones (uses members from E.U.)
Although rap is successful in its own right, many producers use go-go to influence their music example:
Neptunes- “Drop It Likes It’s Hot”
Rich Harrison- “Crazy in Love”
Jay-z- “Do It Again” (chorus is copied from Rare Essence’s Overnight Scenario)
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