Tyrone Thomas and The Whole Darn Family: Seven Minutes Of Funk (1977 version)

Break-beats-sampling-hip-hop-young-people know this one as the beat used on Jay-Z & Foxy Brown's "Ain't No N***a" and it's also been used by Q-Tip, Faith Evans, EPMD and many more.
Here's from a rare interview with Urban NYC, a must read on http://urbannyc.wordpress.com/2007/12/13/catching-up-with-tyrone-thomas/
"Though Thomas wrote and arranged the now classic break-beat, he lost the rights to most of the royalties.
'I had 100 percent of the publishing taken away from me, and I had 50 percent of the writers taken away from me by a manager I trusted to handle the paperwork'. said Thomas. But Thomas isn't bitter. He said he's honored that his song has become one of the most sampled in hip hop history. 'I'm thrilled, I'm happy, I'm elated', he said. 'I wanted to reach out to Jay Z to see if maybe he wanted to hear some of my other stuff, you know,' said Thomas. 'It never happened, but hey, I'm still living, Jay Z is still living, we might still get together'."

"Thomas hails from Richmond, VA, where he started singing in his first group at the age of 10, opening shows for most of the big soul acts of the 60s. He taught himself to play the drums, and performed with various artists including Patti Labelle, before founding his own band."

Tyrone Thomas has a web site:
http://www.freewebs.com/butahbeats/

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[Tableteria]

Very cool! Thanks Miss Flyy, for helping to keep the funk alive! You might consider adding New Yorking - i don't think anybody else has put it out there yet. Check the musician credits. . . .

[missfunkyflyy]

@Tableteria I agree with you on the quality of the original, compared to the overdubbed versions. Both are good, but the original wins. But it just goes to show, you can't keep a good song down. :) I will put "New Yorkin'" on my channel (it's a great song!) and update the text with the musicians' credits as well. I know you were on there, can't hide from me. (Just kidding). Again, thanks for opening my eyes and ears to the original recording!

[Tableteria]

You should use the original album cover, which features the original members of WDF. This re-release has an awful bubble-sounding percussion overlaid on the original track. BTW, bassist Woudy Hughes created Seven Minutes' distinctive bassline

Giz

[missfunkyflyy]

@Tableteria Hey there! I didn't know this was a re-release. I found this LP back in 1984 or something and back then nobody knew what it was, I bought it because it looked funky and it is. :) Thank you so much for the info on the conga overdubs, I will buy the original LP or the CD, if it's out on CD!

[missfunkyflyy]

@missfunkyflyy I have checked it out and saw that it is not available on CD, but it will be out on a re-issued LP in February 2011. I will buy it, again, thanks for the information.

[missfunkyflyy]

@Tableteria Thank you, Giz, I have now purchased the *original* LP (it's readily available as a reissue). I will add the non-overdubbed version of this song, and "Ain't Nothing But Something To Do", a.s.ap.p

[joe6805]

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