ohio players: ecstasy

[PumaDown]

Listening to this is ecstasy to my ears!!!

[fonnan2]

need this as my ringtone........

[fonnan2]

so old skool.makes u wanna shake ur head and and smile... 

[YOUNGE104]

jay z ft biggie smalls Brooklyn's Finest i aint even know they used this song till now

[VoodooChile271]

Hey ol heads! I love yall and the game yall have given to my generation (1983)....but there was a lyrical clash of the titans on this record sample. Jay-Z Big Smalls nigga shit yo draws!

[Dnice9737]

Ain't nothin wrong with the younger generation having to discover the samples of a current song.....its how i became a fan of Ohio Players

[bgord969]

YALL YOUNG FOLK DONT KNOW NOTHING BOUT DIS!!!!

[MsPaulette49]

I remember my ex, and I doing the bump on this song. What wonderful memories.

[50honeybaby]

LOVE THIS SONG AND ITS SEXYYYYYYYYYYYY  AS HELL

[dubya504]

This song should have been longer!!! This is old school from way back in the day!!!!!!

[KAVIARDREAMZ]

3 people are deprived of ecstasy!

[1010usmc]

oooooohhhhhh yessssssssssssssssss real music brother, thanks for the post. I

waited years just to hear this great music. I am in a another world now.

[Rowdameis]

too gangster

[sauceka]

This is smokin'... thanks for posting it.

[ricnros]

This song should have been longer. Long live the Funk!!!

[stinsonv]

Not only did they have the best album cover art, along with Bootsy, the Ohio Players define funk AND musicianship. They're just as bad today as they were in the 70s

[jeannie20001]

I love the OHIO PLAYERS real music and real musician and I got it all on vinyl drink some gin and juice or pop a few cans of beer sit or lay back and enjoy. Thank GOD for the vinyl and you tube I love looking at the concerts it takes me back to yester years when thing was funky and everyone was pretty happy.

[Vincent50]

Let me tell ya! This song is the sound track of my teenage life. I still have this 45 record of t his song and "Walts First Trip" from back in the day. My friends and myself, we partied off this song. Yes, even then a little smoke helped us enjoy the records even more. We were 16 and 17 then but we had fun. No killing and acting stpid like today. All we wanted was FOOD! Ha, ha, ha.....when I hear these songs I just go back to the days of fun. LOVE IT!

[DaveWollenberg]

The Players hit #31 in Billboard, 11-10-73. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx!

[redblackandgreen]

if a jam ever needed a long ass drawn out disco version remix its this one right here

[nclghtning]

Hear this song eveyday. I use it as the ringtone for my fiance.

[topchop819]

Jay-z And Biggie Smalls

[ACLA551C]

my ears just got raped

[ACLA551C]

aural ecstasy

[ACLA551C]

aural ectasy

[GunitForLyfe]

meh i just like the instrumental

[xtabol1]

WE DNT HEAR GOOD MUSIC LIKE THIS BECAUSE THERE ARE NO MAINSTREAM BANDS WITH 15 PIECES LIKE OHIO CAMEO THE JBS ETC USED TO DO IT..TO MUCH COMPUTER BS

[johnnybvo]

You don't hear grooves like this on the radio anymore.

[johnbiggs]

I can't get this song out of my head, this is such a stone-cold groove.

[fefeloved1]

not long enough!!

[djbunnynodummy23]

classic shit!!!!!!!!!!!

[phade2blaq]

Great song from a bunch of great musicians and song writers !

[Cdls628]

Gotta love that Jay sampled this because I learn more music

[JTBLACKMAN43]

I mean the jump off song give the long one to the sisters.

[JTBLACKMAN43]

The jump up song old school the Ohio Players

[ropermusic]

who sampled this bassline????

[blubiz5]

@ropermusic

This was sampled by JayZ Brooklyn's Finest with Biggie. Hot track

[blubiz5]

@ropermusic

This was sampled by Jay Z on Brooklyn's Finest. Duo with Biggie Smalls

[ropermusic]

@blubiz5 thank you.. it was sounding so familiar!!

[amd77j]

The essence of funk. Possibly the greatest funk tune of all-time. Heck, we used to make DJ mix that one so that it lasted about 9 or 10 minutes. LOL. This and "Funky Worm" always turned the party out.

[meljr]

Two minutes, 31 seconds is too short. I have to play it at least 3 times to get my fill of the funk.

[jideasmusic]

Jay Z and Biggie Smalls make you shit your drawers! Great song. Both of them.

[oldgee1976]

What da funk is he saying bout his baby? lolol.

[RidikulousMr]

WOW WOW WOW!!!

[yoshluv7]

My mom had this on a 45!!! Damn, it sounds even better now!!!!!

[lionqueen728]

MY ALL TIME FAVORITE SONG ANY!!!!! WOW BRINGS BACK MEMORIES!!!!!!!!

[MrRocky0408]

for REAL the OHIO players is it..... the 70's pure and uncut!!!!

[pumpkinj2004]

Now this is REAL music! I looked everywhere trying to find this song. I thought it was by Sly & the Family Stone at first

[djblade05]

These cats were one of my favorite bands of all time.. They're in my top 5...! Classic greatness...

[yutube221]

ooooooo ooo speechless, o you know how it feel so goood in the deep

[Fatjoey2]

Oh man, this is MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!, These instruments are making LOVE.

[lahism7]

lovin u is ecstacy to me and i'll.............

[cowboyincbuck]

this is one of da funkiest jams ever by da Players!

[btlayt]

@cowboyincbuck my girl had to go get candles and incense...just toooo funky!!!

[ludasimmons]

suweet!!!!!!

[TheHawaii54]

This is music you can understand, what a classic. Takes me back to the 70s!!!!!

[STARBABIE4468]

Owww!! :-D

[MrEastsideLBC]

Brooklyns Finest Jay-Z featuring Biggie!

[getyoasshome]

@MrEastsideLBC yessirrrrr!

[stillwaters722]

just some stankin azz funk...

[ldwh2os]

Who has got the nerve to dislike this??????

[Jaycool10]

Soul stirring music

[phoneke]

The bass has such a catchy bounce and then the piano, organ, and vocals just send it to church! Funky!

[RonHitson]

@FlowerDrumS0ng The person that voted DISLIKE must be a Soulja Boy fan. The have to be.

[MsGreenmickey]

This is the JAM! We had an ol' school cabaret and when this came on, crowd went off!!

[RonHitson]

@Bighands.....you are correct. Good ears.

[RonHitson]

Can anyone name the 2 rappers that sampled this track and did a song?

[bighands1992]

@RonHitson jay z and biggie smalls. who make you shit your draws

[zQween45]

@RonHitson Not two but I can name one - Jay Z

[jab103076]

@RonHitson The other is A Tribe Called Quest, "What's the Scenario" remix



[BAYBEKDL]

@FlowerDrumS0ng Somebody gotta be a pure asshole not to like this song this is one of they're best songs

[bitlowtothebone]

Ohio rocked Los Angeles !!!How i know ,because i'm born and raised In LA and i was there.Much props to Ohio.

[eddielewis44]

GROWN ASS FOLKS MUSIC!!!!!

[GIJAYNE2419]

@eddielewis44 IKTR!!! lol!!!

[cacemphaton]

incredibly uderrated song

[zQween45]

Cant even get children to play the freakin piano. They dont even get it anymore.

[aleecat75]

This is on my top 10 records of all time list. A perfect track!!!

[ludasimmons20071]

Sweet!!!!! and Classic. I wish it were at least 6 mins long with a slow hard breakdown. any1 feel me?

a song that requires no dancing, just a sway

[zQween45]

@ludasimmons20071 Yup!, lol, I replay this like 5 times! lol

[anUHkins]

@ludasimmons20071 yeah exactly. I listen to this song on repeat forever....wish it had some kind of crazy 15 minute version or something.

[kiddfunknyc]

@anUHkins 30 minutes would do for me!!!!!

[ludasimmons20071]

Sweet!!!!! and Classic. I wish it were at least 6 mins long with a slow hard breakdown. any1 feel me?

[sir404]

this is so hard in da cadillac.. only thing that pisses me off is thats its 2 minutes long

[drebaby54]

Possibly the shortest and best Ohio Playerd dics ever!!

[ssbbw00]

man im telling u they dont make em like this no more!!!

[reliableNference]

o hell yes!

[zQween45]

Old Skool Rules! Period.

[wwesuperstar1234]

Isn't it awesome that something as funky as this can be turned into something as gangsta as Brooklyn's Finest? Music is amazing.

[Dave0fcleveland]

@wwesuperstar1234

its beautiful, and more beautiful that we FOUND IT OVER A DECADE LATER!

[ralphslim]

Thank God for our History. Lets start with James Brown and then Sly and the family Stone who all gave Birth to Funk and it stank so good

The Ohio Players, Mandrill, WAR, Tower Power,Earth Wind and Fire, The Average Whit Band,Con funk Shun, Pleasure, Cameo,The Dazz Band, The Bar Kays,Brick

Thank You all for the Music called FUNK

[s4ujxm]

@ralphslim How could you omit Parliament Funkadelic in your mentions. That is like Blasphemy!

[ralphslim]

@s4ujxm You are so right my Bad .James Brown had some P-funkers at one time

[chessdrummer]

@ralphslim You know your music!!!

[ludasimmons20071]

@chessdrummer pardon my grammer, but ain't this as funky as it can get?!?!

[bitlowtothebone]

@ludasimmons20071 No shit !!!!!!

[capostatus937]

Brooklyn's Finest

[lewywil]

Give Me That Ecstasy!!!

[dkapone]

I give this jam a 9. It would of gotten a 10 if it was 3 minutes longer. This shit is too funky to be so short!! I have to rewind it at least three times to get my funk fix.

[zQween45]

@dkapone Hell to the yeat on that! I rewind it too!! I thought I was the only one hooked.

[DudeRoss72]

This Shit!! Is So Hot It Don't Make No Damn Sense This Is Pure Soul Funk At It's Finest!! They Can't Do It Like This No More.  Bigge & Jay-Z Should Be Ashamed For Sampling And Disrespecting This Classic Jam!! Thanks To Red Alert For Rocking It Or I would Have Never Had The Privilege Of Hearing This Classic Cut!!

[maceo28]

All gangsters to the floor!! True funk classic...hard ass gangbangers boppin'(steppin') together...afros swaying....butter laid...we was serious!!! Chicago south side up in here!!!

[Putnegre]

Brooklyn's Finest ;)

[skarrhart]

OHIO STAND UP!!

[delisababy]

Heard on HBO's season finale of "Treme"!!!!! Episode entitled, "I'll Fly Away"

[mcmillionproject]

As Real.... As Real....Can get!

[gahan101]

Jay-Z & Biggie "Brooklyn's Finest" !

[Nina513]

Do yall hear those instruments? Do you hear him singing out?

I mean this is real music, TRUE FUNK!!!!

Ohio, stand up! This is how Ohio gets down!

[zQween45]

@Nina513 YESSSSS AWW!!! Real music Real freakin instraments!!!!

[skarrhart]

@Nina513 OHIO IN THE BUILDING 419

[yutube221]

@Nina513 Y.E.S.

[jeannie20001]

@Nina513 Yes you right I hear the music the instruments this is truly real funk not like the stuff they have now and the music now is not music it's bland about bad things some of it is.

[hapzap13]

One of the greatest funk and soul bands peroid. Thanks for the post.

[MegaCooked]

Saw them live when they used to wear the white sheet gear on-stage! Amazing horns on this cut!

[lowendfella]

I loved too watch my cousins "BOP" off this jam. That's how I began my journey into steppin'

[opwbb74]

ummm ok something a little different that i didn't know from this year but ahhh okay then.

[funkzilla1001]

to jaccolantern, check your history rodger troutman wasn't the first to auto tune, it was bo diddley in the 40s and 50s. plus even though rodger troutman used auto tune, he does sing. it does't take disipline or study to work a drum machine. todays talent pool can't compare to the older cats of funk.

[freein2339]

@funkzilla1001 I heard that...Sampling and talk shit in a mic has nothing to do with talent...

[djutku44]

@funkzilla1001 roger troutman didnt use auto tune, he used a talkbox,

where you sing and play the notes you wanna sing... t pain just

sings and auto tune corrects it and makes is sound like we know

[jhj013389]

Skeet - The first time I saw The Ohio Players I was in my late teens. They played in DC at The Warner Theater around 1973. The show was so funky me and my boy paid to see the second show and had to walk home afterwards because the buses stopped running. We walked approx 12 miles but it was worth it.

[somerzeze]

I remember hearing this on the radio when I was very young and I swear back then all the groups/bands at this time made funky cuts .HOW THE FUCK THEY THINK OF SHIT THAT THIS. This band , MANDRILL,KOOL AND THE GANG,WAR began to push us into another DIMENSION. THIS cut was different then and it still is.

[DaveOfCleveland]

nice!

[groundfxdude]

Oh, and by the way, JUNIE was SEVENTEEN when this LP was released. Freaking Prodigy!! JUNIE!!!

[groundfxdude]

So DEEPLY Funky! Check out the progression of the instrumentals from the beginning to the end, adding in more and more and more. With JUNIE on the keys, organ, moogs, and more; plus that sweet simple bass-line, and the incredible wah-wah guitar riff... This Joint is SICK!!!!!!!!!

[DaveWollenberg]

hit #12 soul, #31 pop in Billboard. God bless!

[BXspecial]

Lord! I find it so hard at times that "WE" can't just sit & enjoy the geniuses of the music & the times...forget I will not debate with you or pscyho analyze many of your thoughts, but "true funk" was the truth!!! Every aspect of the instrumentation to the slightly "go to church" vocals that makes this cut so so dominant & classic,,, then u have go way back & remember what you were in to back in '72. I was watching my older brother gettin ready to go out & I wanted to be just like him..I'm 11

[jaccolantern]

mind2blow i can see where your comin from when you say this song has real singing and real instruments, but dont get it twisted. Roger troutman was the first musician to use auto-tune as his main instrument, and he made classic tracks with the auto-tune. So you cant talk down on auto-tune just because you dont like todays music. if you didnt notice the year is2010, musical instruments can vary from auto-tune to beat machines, etc. you have to be open minded when it comes to music

[PECWPM]

True things have changed. There are a few rare ones who can actually entertain and inspire. But moreover todays most popular music is pathetically artificial and superficial. It rarely gets to the heart of a person. It encourages more so the materialism that many people thrive off to feel like something. It is sad. This was just real music - people truly being creative. Todays most popular music just doesn't compare - music expresses what one feels. They aint feeling much????

[coreydb2]

who's the name of the lady on the cover? she's on a few of their albums

[vibe333]

mmmm hit me hard....yea that's the stuff

[cbazz68]

These dudes were way too funky. I love it

[CRAZYREALNYCDC]

I'M 16 BUT I MESS WITH THAT REAL MUSIC!

[CRAZYREALNYCDC]

CLASSIC RESPECT TO THE 1970's DECADE!

[oldschoolbx1970]

@CRAZYREALNYCDC No doubt.

[mind2blow]

This song is fire! Real instruments, real singing no auto-tune. Imagine that!

This was also sampled in 1990 by 415.

[jaccolantern]

this song is a classic, it inspired jay z's "brooklyns finest" which was on his debut album, REASONABLE DOUBT

[bigrod8975]

This song has one funky ass melody.

[raalasko]

LAWD!! How could so much funk be packed in such a short song?!? Just makes your face "prune-up"!! THIS is 9 cans of shaving powder!!

[mayena]

Wrong album cover. This is from album with the same name Ecstasy (1973), Pleasure was originally released in 1972.

[ministryofsumthing]

bangin! luv this joint

[Aplustradomus]

oh yes...

[MrAdamian]

This is the cut!!!