FUNK
1970
126 BPM
Am
Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine
Features one of the most recognizable guitar riffs in funk and a break that became essential to hip-hop production
James Brown
"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine"
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Original Track
James Brown - "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" (1970)
The original track containing the legendary 6.0-second drum break
Break occurs at 0:00 - 0:06
The History
Features one of the most recognizable guitar riffs in funk and a break that became essential to hip-hop production.
Features one of the most instantly recognizable guitar riffs in all of funk music
The track marked James Brown's transition into the 1970s funk era
LL Cool J's 'Mama Said Knock You Out' brought it to mainstream hip-hop prominence
House of Pain's 'Jump Around' proved its crossover appeal beyond traditional hip-hop
The guitar riff has been sampled more than the drum break itself
Who Sampled It
Public Enemy
"Get Up, Stand Up"
Yo! Bum Rush the Show
1987
LL Cool J
"Mama Said Knock You Out"
Mama Said Knock You Out
1990
Digital Underground
"The Humpty Dance"
Sex Packets
1990
Cypress Hill
"Hand on the Pump"
Cypress Hill
1991
House of Pain
"Jump Around"
House of Pain
1992
💡 This breakbeat has been sampled 5 times in our database
Tags
james-brown
iconic guitar riff
funk foundation
crossover appeal
party anthem