Editing Funky Drummer (section)

==Sampling==
[[File:Clyde-Stubblefield-june-24-2005.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Stubblefield pictured in 2005]]
"Funky Drummer" is one of the most widely [[Sampling (music)|sampled]] pieces of music.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Gordon|first=Jason|date=2006-12-26|title=James Brown: Most Sampled Man in the Biz|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/james-brown-most-sampled-man-in-the-biz-115798/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205085226/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/james-brown-most-sampled-man-in-the-biz-115798/|archive-date=5 February 2020|access-date=2020-02-05|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref> In 1986, the tracks "[[South Bronx (song)|South Bronx]]", "[[Eric B. Is President|Eric B. is President]]" and "[[It's a Demo]]" sampled Stubblefield's drum break, helping popularize sampling.<ref name=":8">{{Cite news|date=2016-06-25|title=Untangling the knotty world of hip-hop copyright|language=en-US|work=FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music.|url=http://www.factmag.com/2016/06/25/sampling-hip-hop-copyright/|url-status=live|access-date=2018-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014165059/http://www.factmag.com/2016/06/25/sampling-hip-hop-copyright/|archive-date=14 October 2018}}</ref> The drum break was sampled by [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] acts including [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]], [[N.W.A]], [[LL Cool J]], [[Run-DMC]], the [[Beastie Boys]], and the theme music to ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' on [[Cartoon Network]], as well as later pop musicians such as [[Ed Sheeran]] and [[George Michael]], notably done in [[Freedom! '90]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|date=2017-02-18|title=Clyde Stubblefield, James Brown's 'Funky Drummer,' Dead at 73|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/clyde-stubblefield-james-browns-funky-drummer-dead-at-73-124337/|access-date=2020-08-01|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref>

As Stubblefield did not receive a songwriter credit for "Funky Drummer", he received no [[royalties]] for the sampling.<ref name=":0" /> He told ''[[The New York Times]]'' in 2011: "It didn't bug me or disturb me, but I think it's disrespectful not to pay people for what they use."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sisario|first=Ben|date=2011-03-29|title=Living Legend Tries to Make a Living|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/arts/music/clyde-stubblefield-a-drummer-aims-for-royalties.html|access-date=2020-08-01|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Stubblefield capitalized on the name with his 1997 album ''Revenge of the Funky Drummer''.<ref>[http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=5231 James Brown, Clyde Stubblefield and the Madison Area Music Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517114130/http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=5231 |date=2014-05-17 }}. (2007, January 4). ''Isthmus''. Retrieved February 13, 2007.</ref>