Renegades of Funk
Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force’s 1983 recording of “Renegades of Funk” is the earliest release on file. Afrika Bambaataa shares the writing credit with Arthur Baker, John Miller and John Robie. Also recorded by Rage Against the Machine (released 2000) and Breakdown (released 2003), among 15 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. Ice Cube’s “You Can Do It” (2009) carries this song’s writers on its credit.
Before Cube built "You Can Do It" on it, "Renegades of Funk" was a 1983 record by these folks, and Rage Against the Machine later cut it too. One song, three very different hands on it, so start with this one.
Credited writers: Afrika Bambaataa, Arthur Baker, John Miller and John Robie.
Earliest release on file: this one, 1983.
Ice Cube’s “You Can Do It” (2009) carries this song’s writers on its credit, the mark of a cleared sample or an interpolation.
- Rage Against the Machine2000
- Breakdown2003
15 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.
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