Survival of the Fittest (The Headhunters album)
Survival of the Fittest is the debut album by the jazz/funk quintet The Headhunters. The album was released by Arista Records in 1975. The album features the stand out track "God Make Me Funky", which has been sampled numerous times by prominent rappers. It was re-issued on compact disc by BMG France in 2001, which was digitally remastered from the original master tapes in 24-bit by Jean-Pierre Chalbos.
| Survival of the Fittest | ||||
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| Released | 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
| Studio | Wally Heider Studios (San Francisco, California) | |||
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| Label | Arista | |||
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| The Headhunters chronology | ||||
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Track listing
All songs by Bennie Maupin, Bill Summers, Paul Jackson, Mike Clark and Blackbird McKnight.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "God Make Me Funky" (feat The Pointer Sisters) | 9:35 |
| 2. | "Mugic" | 3:31 |
| 3. | "Here and Now" | 7:07 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 4. | "Daffy's Dance" | 6:05 |
| 5. | "Rima" | 8:14 |
| 6. | "If You've Got It, You'll Get It" | 6:26 |
Personnel
- Blackbyrd McKnight - electric guitar, vocals
- Bennie Maupin - saxophones, vocals, saxello, clarinets, flutes, lyricon, piano
- Paul Jackson - bass guitar, vocals
- Mike Clark - drums, vocals
- Bill Summers - percussion, vocals
- Joyce Jackson - alto flute
- Zak Diouf, Baba Duru Oshun and Harvey Mason, Sr. - percussion
Samples and covers
- Recordings where "God Make Me Funky" was sampled[1]
- Biz Markie on "Albee Square Mall" (Goin' Off, 1988)
- N.W.A on "Gangsta Gangsta" (Straight Outta Compton, 1988)
- DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince on "As We Go" (He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper, 1988)
- Eric B. & Rakim on "To the Listeners" and "Beats for the Listeners" (Follow The Leader, 1988)
- J. J. Fad on "Let's Get Hyped" (Supersonic, 1988)
- De La Soul on "Take It Off" (3 Feet High and Rising, 1989) and "Pease Porridge" ("De La Soul is Dead", 1991)
- N.W.A on "Sa Prize, Pt. 2" (100 Miles and Runnin' EP, 1990)
- N.W.A on "Approach to Danger" (Niggaz4Life, 1991)
- Prince and the New Power Generation on "To Whom It May Concern" (My Name Is Prince, 1992)
- Digable Planets on "Pacifics" (Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space), 1993) and "Dog It" (Blowout Comb, 1994)
- Usher on "U-Turn" (8701, 2001)
- Nas on "Hip Hop Is Dead feat. will.i.am" (Hip Hop Is Dead, 2006)
- DMX on "How's It Goin' Down" feat. Faith Evans (It's Dark and Hell Is Hot, 1998)
- Other tracks of the album sampled by others
- "If You've Got It, You'll Get It" was sampled by Mellow Man Ace on "Talkapella" (Escape from Havana, 1989)
- "If You've Got It, You'll Get It" was sampled by Boogie Down Productions on "Ruff Ruff" (Sex and Violence, 1992)
- "Mugic" was sampled by O.S.T.R. on "Outrostan" (Outro)" (Jazz, dwa, trzy, 2011)
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