Lyn Collins - Think

[tristanm5]

JAZZY NYC

[thehawk1964]

kamcoloradoWhat do you mean "It's in the genes ?

[JamiePolo1]

This song created hip hop, and a hell of alot of sampling.

[luxwutang]

alchemist was here

[thehawk1964]

The awesome creativity of Black genious just lie jazz and soul music.

[kamcolorado]

@thehawk1964 It's in the genes.

[Pr0x1mo]

This song will always remind me of Megus/Lego vs Cloud/Flipz

[SouthernUK]

It's *that* drum loop, but the original is a real nugget of northern soul as well. Thanks for sharing.

[oliverroy1992]

Is it legal to sample from a song so many times?

[TheEloeo]

@oliverroy1992 Yes.

[SwitchUpBroadcast]

anyone know if thats an alto or tennor sax? (or whatever sax)

[TommySaxOphoneBe]

@SwitchUpBroadcast

it's a tenor saxophone :)

[Bonchanoize]

1:24 Crookers sampled this in Sveglia

[DJRozwell]

Wow, I knew that It Takes Two sampled this, but I just realized that Styles of Beyond sampled it with Live Enough, too!

[SoulShizzle]

pure soul classic! the beat and her voice is still awesome!

[SoulShizzle]

pure soul classic! the beat and her voice is still awesome!

[bcaesar80]

good lawd this funky!

[JamiePolo1]

Olly Murs reached number 1 in the UK, ONLY because he sampled this.

[Peaserist]

i hate hearig that sample. but i love it.

so much.

[inphanta]

The song that produced "that sample". Great work! :)

[Hallo445]

james brown in the background?

[lIThorIl]

@Hallo445 Yep it's james brown doing backing vocals. The song was released on his label.

[onlyyourhighness]

This woman knew what she was taking about and damn she could sing!!! wow!!! So sad...her death didn’t get the publicity it should have. tsk tsk. She paved the way for so many artists! Her music will forever live in MY heart! I can still remember sneaking downstairs to see my parents and aunts and uncles dancing to her songs. Great memories!!

[65emkay]

hearing,feeling these notes is,to me, like being at home heard this one in some warehouse party in London 'round '86 and still keeps hittin, miss u fine lady

[cameronbailey]

Whoever disliked this song is jealous because they can't get a better sample for their song :) what a fantastic voice!!!

[KingRizlaa]

As always, the original beat kicks any samples ass.

[DjDedan]

@KingRizlaa i agree but the production on the rob base version is AMAZING.

[altronixvideo]

Over 260 tunes have sampled from this.

[aeryns]

This was the "Jam" back at UMASS-Amherst in the 70's

[aeryns]

This was the "Jam" back in college in the 70's

[mrmidwestebony]

When black people enjoyed each other and gave respect towards each other. It's was about the music and good times.

[NeoTStyle]

1:36 - 1:38

YESSSS

[MrTinusindahouse]

2:06 - 2:20 that is a very stupid game xD thumbs up if you know the game

[metro121000]

i SAW her on tour with James Brown, I think it was in the seventies.

She was a great performer.

[1961CDAVDABREEZER]

Yea my good o music days.

[didgeridog2]

Lyn Collins one off the best songs ever ........respect for your grandma from Holland

[cavstony]

nice

[honeydew46]

this was a classic jam.

[benpaulsenuk]

nearly every instance of the beats when there is no tune has been sampled at some point.

[marksoutof10]

@benpaulsenuk Yes, in just about every dance record made in the late 80s/early 90s! I could name several right now, but I won't bore you.

[huggeebear]

Immortal...

[koko1725]

@bjackson826 She will never be forgotten!!! "It takes Two" by Rob Base is this whole song!! Many people don't realize that but I posted in my FB account because I am a true believer to give credit of the original.

[dvlaries]

Your grandmom made a lot of people get up and dance and lip-synch her fine testifying on this record. She is not forgotten. I still have three copies of the original People 45 in my collection.

[finbarfudge]

fantastic voice......respect to your grandmother

[sapphireangels7]

Luv it!!! One of most favorite songs in the WORLD!!! : )

[fede018]

imagine how much money she made with only 2 seconds

[miznatacha]

@bjackson826: Your grandmother was a legend and brought so much pure, real music to the world. She also seemed to be such a good person. Thanks for sharing her with us. :)

[artman40]

It takes two to make a thing go right but it takes a whopping fifty two to make a thing go wrong.

[andisluksho]

Ir labs

[thefunkeyplanet]

Absolutely love this track. Fantastic.

[Jamal249999]

Rob Base And DJ EZ Rock - It Takes Two And Don't Sleep On It.

Roxanne Shante - Go On Girl

I Know There's More Rappers That Sample This.

[mssimmons118]

@Jamal249999 Cool C Glamorous Life

[missbabylemonade]

omg ..RESPECT !!!!! xi love her so much ....i practised singing to her records as a kid !!!! xoxoxoox god bless her .u and ur family xoxoxo lve miss Lemonade lamarr xxx australia xoxooxo

[Geardawg11]

Did someone say drum breaks?

1:24, 1:37, 2:04, 2:17, 2:23

[Sandovart]

grandmother of the drum n bass/ breakbeat loops

[bumchef1]

it takes two to make a thing go right, yea baby

[ilipsoussan]

most sampled song-break ever lol....

[bbcharls]

I Have this original single !!!

When I was a young man this disc was dancing in Sunset Disco,

Argentine, Buenos Aires, Olivos

Tengo el Simple original importado!!!

Cuando era Joven con 17 años bailaba estos temas en "Sunset Disco" Argentina, Buenos Aires Olivos.

[bbcharls]

I Have this original single !!!

When I was a young man this disc was dancing in Sunset Disco,

Argentine, Buenos Aires, Olivos

cuando era Joven con 17 años bailaba estos temas en "Sunset Disco" Argentina, Buenos Aires Olivos.

[ac1dman]

Came here looking for some funk, and realized where one of my favourite big beat and hip hop loops came from, including the infamous "wow... whoo!" in the background.

[MrAnn1958]

this is great love it

[Sundertje]

Nine people has some serious thinking to do...

[karlozdjok]

Delicious Song!!! DJOK...

[bjparker0207]

much love Ms collins

[BitOveRate]

hahah probably had to make a robot to do the tambourine playing guys got mad precision

[SteveShovlar]

Brilliant track!

[ListenToTheDanielle]

Song Of The Day. [The Soul of Hip Hip Series]

[remmurd62]

love this song!

[Pieldelagarto]

. .. yeah! Funk in my soul.

[SuntanHulk]

I wanna rock right now.

[crisgoar]

You must have listened to these beats somewhere else before.

[YMP1995]

rob base!

[n8clancy]

greatest song ever

[n8clancy]

greates song ever

[hyghiaumtym]

1:24 - 1:26 THE most famous sample EVER.

[Fraxtil]

@hyghiaumtym The Think break is pretty popular, but I can guarantee you the Amen break is more widely known.

[Ravmen90]

@hyghiaumtym It's not a sample noob :D ! It's a loop!

[hyghiaumtym]

@Ravmen90 .....that was SAMPLED and used in countless hip hop songs xD

[SomethingRules]

@hyghiaumtym i'd say the amen beats it

[DjDedan]

@SomethingRules amen may be the most sampled, but the woo-yeah beat is more known... imo

[blazorblazorblazor67]

@hyghiaumtym it actually is the intro of a videogame called action 52 for the NES

[Jannto]

@hyghiaumtym Actually that would be the amen but who cares I like this one way more anyway

[nickwol12753]

@hyghiaumtym that's the amen break but this is also a legend!!

[RainerKlinglschmidt]

@hyghiaumtym

as well as 1:37

[metaled16]

@hyghiaumtym Apart from the Amen

[nando5561]

1:23

[bjackson826]

this was my grandmother, i miss her so much, i appreciate you guys for showing love and support. her music lives on

R.I.P grandma

[Cream794]

@bjackson826

That is soooo Awesome! Your grandmother is probably singing in Heaven!

[kingOD182]

@bjackson826 how much dick do you think your grandma got being a pop star?

[PaulDA2000]

@kingOD182 - I read your disgusting remark about Miss Collins, you fucking asshole. If you said that near me I would cut off your dick and shove it down your throat you fucking walking piece of inhuman shit.

[Thefunksoulbro]

@bjackson826 You had a very soulful grannie love.

[Tyster360]

@bjackson826 If that was my grandma that would be creepy hearing a voice so young.

[hilgi2003]

@bjackson826 RIP to your Grandma, she made some great music!

[mrmoore1970]

@bjackson826 her music is legendary!!!

[1koops]

@bjackson826 R.I.P AN MAXIMUN RESPECT TO A TRUE LEGEND!!! XX

[isistemptress67]

@bjackson826 Your grandmother took care of business! She is one of the GREATS!

[chief69oner]

@bjackson826

she keeps the Bboys rockin on the floor ..you should be proud to come from her lineage....

[mrambler20010]

@bjackson826  That's cool as heck Much Love

[frankyfierce1]

@bjackson826 your grandmother will forever be in hearts of music incline people that know the history. she is still here her impact could never be match... ever... respect

[lyric520]

@bjackson826 PRAYERS OUT TO YOU,WHAT A WONDERFUL GRANDMA YOU HAD..I LOVED HER AND HER MUSIC, BE BLESSED....MUCH LOVE.

[debgirl12000]

@bjackson826 >God bless! Your grandmother made my growing up years wonderful in the 70's! I had so many house party's and went to so many in NYC and this song was the jam! I would practice my dance moves on this! I saw your grandmother at the Apollo and she was the bomb! Her voice was incredible! We would hear this from the windows up in the Bronx when I would go there to visit my aunties! God bless Lyn Collins! She was an incredible talent and woman! Every rapper has sampled this song!

[jwh1999]

@bjackson826 And we all appreciate her contribution to the art of hip hop

[fatshoolaces]

@bjackson826 she da bomb ! NEVER forgot, and regularly blowin up my speakers : ) . . . BIG love.

[designeranoraks]

@bjackson826 Well, we all thank your Grandmother for being so beautiful and so talented. Gods gift.

[vegunited06]

ace & action - letter to the better

kid n play - do this my way

are some others.

to be fair you're wasting your time trying to find who sample 'think' because there must be over 300 or so

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[Jimster666]

this was produced by james brown, just in case you didn't know :)

thanks for the upload!

[snowdjagha]

@Jimster666 smells like him!

[HIHNickel]

proly the most sampled song ever =p ..thumbs up, big up

[kingrob29]

The Real Roxanne made good use of this sample.

[timbalandj]

@kingrob29 i have to agree with you.. backin the day when "roxanne's on a role was released it didn't click but years later it was like wow she ripped it right' even Shante did it justice twice on "go on girl" the 87 and 88 mix and "my groove get's better" off her "bad sister' album

[theaznlvr]

@kingrob29

ummm dude no she didnt marley marl did

[toxicbong666]

Awesome!

Sampled by kero one in "give thanks"

[owsh123]

The original and the best. Wasn't Lyn billed as The Female Preacher ?? I think I remember the Detroit deejays calling her Lyn "The Female Preacher" Collins.

[nando5561]

i love the hey whoo at 1:25

[QunDeev08]

THANK YOU posting this....THIS was the JOINT back in tha DAY!!!!

[chiliwilly39]

It don't get no betta than this!!!

[darrylhaynes]

rest in peace my soul sister....

[lcolby11]

THIS WAS MY JAM BACK IN DA DAY

[areyuwithme]

@lcolby11 Every time a car rolled down the street in NYC, this jam was on.....loud too!

[DarkShroom]

this has one of the best breaks in it of all time! :)

[wedge4hire]

A milestone record. I remember "Rerun" doin' the PopLock to this slice at a club in West Los Angeles. Yeah, the late Fred Berry! RIP Rerun!!

[speeches]

what a great tune man... heyyyyy ! let the spanish kid get some space and do it! ja ja ja... awesome tune.. big up from miami, fl !

[grosskopf2]

I'm not that young becuase toayds people barely know who he was. I know exactly who he was but lost track of who he produced or helped. For example I only found out a couple years ago that Bootsy Collins played for him before Funkadelic/Parliament, Bootsy Rubber Band.

[Escobar197]

why the picture at 2:09?

[Aiden057]

This song is also, of course, based on -- the virtually identical to -- the middle break of "get on the good foot." This is such a great song and hearing the woo! Yeah! once is completely sufficient :-)

[grosskopf2]

Is that James Brown in the background? If it is that would explain this beat.

[ladymakini]

@grosskopf2 of course that's JAMES BROWN you are probably very young,MS.lynn WAS A JAMES BROWN singer .

[lordkoos]

@grosskopf2

It's a James Brown production, his band, and he's probably playing organ on the cut.

[WhatsAYak]

@lordkoos - He also supplies the famous "Yeah! Wooo!" shout.

[Popstarr23]

This is one of the funkiest female led grooves !

[drlove1972]

Janet Jackson sampled this for "Alright" from the Rhythm Nation album

[broccolihart1]

CLASSIC

[soundseeker63]

Geez this song must have donated parts of its self to hundreds of house/dance/breakbeat songs in the 80s and 90s. That beat is just class!

[KnightStealth]

whoooo, yeah!

[first40]

One of james brown's divas doing her thang. her powerful voice, combined with the JB band ,have no choice but to dance. you can hear james in the backgroud having a great ttime ( woot yeah, you bad Hank)

[MrDlist]

AWWWWWWW.....I'm drunk and really needed to hear this, will love you till I'm sober and be all embarrassed about it tomorrow. Original kicks the shit out of the numerous sampled versions. Cheers for postin

[iPRODUCE3675]

considered sampled...comin soon

[alejogastelum]

1:25 pure mothafunkin' magic!

[huey76]

"It Takes Two" - Rob Base & DJ E Z Rock

[DollaTwo]

Ive heard this before 0:34 Can someone tell me who it is that sampled this

[rockjohnson80]

@DollaTwo It was Cool C or Steady B I think. A female rapper used it too. This entire song has been used by rappers.

[SIRnonsense123321]

@DollaTwo Dr,dre For snoops first album

[Blkserpent1]

Attitude up the yin yang. Even country western singers are trying to incorporate this into their acts. JB was a genius. In fact she's not even related to William (Bootsy) Collins, or Phelps (Catfish) Collins.

[TheJoyce624]

GROWING UP I WOULD STAND ON MY MOTHERS LITTLE TABLE AND PLAY AND SING THIS SONG ALL DAY LONG. THE BEST. I LOVE THIS SONG. YES MY SISTER, REST IN PEACE. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU. U WERE THE BEST.

[JeffK1980]

I heard this song on a Philadelphia station. I love this song alot. This song was recorded back in 1972.

FACT : Lyn is not related to Phil Collins.

[ThaCrateMayne]

@JeffK1980 haha thanks for droppin knowledge with that fact, will surely come in handy come next trivial pursuit night

[tonycomtec]

Nice anthem

[MarkieG100]

Dedicated To LeBron James....lol

[MrMonte04]

RIP Lyn Collins.. this was grown folks music

[jakexdk]

"Its The Love Giant here in Master Sounds"

[blackyeoman]

I heard about five hip hop samples from this one record.

[ma2183]

Woo! Yeah!

[JAA2090]

We would do the penguin to this it was real funky.Rob Base had to pay big to because he sampled this with out permission.R.I.P.

[dazamaru]

required listening for all young black females.

[MrDSmooth56]

Former rapper Rob Base sampled from 1:25 to 1:34, I loved Lyn Collins,R.I.P.

[Blkserpent1]

Attitude, and more attitude. That's where it came from. I saw the CMA's, and guess what? Even the country singers are using it now

[damfkingdon1]

the most sampled song in hiphop, well used to be

[musiqgem]

@damfkingdon1 I would say number 3 behind Funky Drummer & Impeach The President!

[karey26]

you bad!

you got to use what you got to get what you want

it takes two to make a thing go right, it takes two to make it outta sight

Alright!!

[tronque]

My respect to the tambourine player!

[AlisTaiRS94]

@tronque Haha =D

[grijsje]

@tronque

You are so right...

[kingrob29]

@tronque Don't forget the horns.

[elijahlucian]

@tronque hahaha the tamborine guy in our band would die. hahahaha

[Jon124]

YA'BADMAN!

[AprilStevensSunny]

When i was a teenager I used to play the transistor radio in the bathroom while I was taking a shower. When this song came on I would start singing and shouting with Lyn until my Dad would bang on the door and tell me to knock it off. It echoed so good in the shower. Lyn was way cool.

[Bopsable]

Priceless - made me laugh!

[Bopsable]

AprilStevensSunny - shower post that is.

[samuyel1]

whoaaaaaa I LOVE IT UUUUU

[HarrisonDG]

oh shit its THAT song?

[ggblueam]

Does anybody remember a rap group that sampled this song in a skateboard video in the mid-late '80s? I think it was a west coast trio with 2 black rappers and 1 latino DJ. They used to play it on MTV in the afternoons with Dr. Dre and Ed Lover. I appreciate your help!!!

[blamewhat19]

@ggblueam It was "Gold Digger" by EPMD. They are Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith. Dj Skratch (one of the best ever) was their DJ at the time. All three are black and from NY. There are no skate boards in the video as far as I can see.

@blamewhat19 Thank you for answering my question. But the group definitiely was not EPMD. In