The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band were a Los Angeles funk group led by Charles Wright, and "Do Your Thing" (1968) is a loose, joyful funk workout that captures the sound of a band having a genuinely good time. The track grooves on a mid-tempo rhythm that's more West Coast mellow than East Coast gritty, with a warm, relaxed feel that reflected the band's LA origins.

The break found favor with hip-hop producers looking for something warmer and more laid-back than the harder East Coast funk breaks. Its mellow quality made it a natural fit for West Coast hip-hop and for the jazz-rap productions that emerged from the Native Tongues movement in the late 1980s and early 1990s.