Introduction

Recordings that sampled "God Make Me Funky":

• Biz Markie on "Albee Square Mall" (Goin' Off, 1988)

• N.W.A on "Gangsta Gangsta" (Straight Outta Compton, 1988)

• DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince on "As We Go" (He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper, 1988)

• Eric B. & Rakim on "To the Listeners" and "Beats for the Listeners" (Follow The Leader, 1988)

• J. J. Fad on "Let's Get Hyped" (Supersonic, 1988)

• De La Soul on "Take It Off" (3 Feet High and Rising, 1989) and "Pease Porridge" ("De La Soul is Dead", 1991)

• N.W.A on "Sa Prize, Pt. 2" (100 Miles and Runnin' EP, 1990)

• N.W.A on "Approach to Danger" (Niggaz4Life, 1991)

• Prince and the New Power Generation on "To Whom It May Concern" (My Name Is Prince, 1992)

• Digable Planets on "Pacifics" (Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space), 1993) and "Dog It" (Blowout Comb, 1994)

• Usher on "U-Turn" (8701, 2001)

• Nas on "Hip Hop Is Dead feat. will.i.am" (Hip Hop Is Dead, 2006)

• DMX on "How's It Goin' Down" feat. Faith Evans (It's Dark and Hell Is Hot, 1998)

1 – The Basic Groove

a) Play the basic groove at 60 BPM for 5 minutes. 

b) Play the basic groove at 82 BPM for 5 minutes.

The actual song is 95 BPM 

2 – Basic Groove faster + Explanation of Figure A

Check out the video then listen to the song around 1:50 for the Figure.

a) Play 4 bars of the groove and then play Figure A using only the BD to accent the figure as in the video. 89 BPM

b) Play 4 bars of the groove and then play Figure A accenting the figure with the BD and a short HH opening on the “ah’s.” 89 BPM

c) Play 4 bars of the groove and then play Figure A accenting the figure however you want

1. Video yourself playing 4 bars of the basic groove and 4 bars of the Figure A with HH openings on the “ah’s”. Play 2 times through.

2. Play 4 bars of the groove and then play Figure A, accenting the figure however you want.