2 Funky President (1974)
Sampled 143 Times
Number 4 on the R7B chart in 1974 Funky President (People It’s Bad) is about how hard times were, referring to President Gerald Ford. It has a simple but groovy beat which is why it has leant itself to more than 140 songs, most of which are hip hop. First sampled by Red Alert in Hip Hop on Wax (1984) it has graced the song beds of Grandmaster Flash, Salt-n-Pepa, DJ Jailbreak, Kid ‘N Play, Dr Dre, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Ice Cube, LL Cool J, Boys II Men, The Black Eyed Peas all the way up to Kane West in Live Fast, Die Young (2010).
