"For the Funk Of It" by Brotha Lynch Hung

Ive always felt that listening to Brotha Lynch Hung was funny, because he tends to be gratuitously gross and "hardcore" with his lyrics, and people often call his type of rap "Crackhead Rap" because of the rawness of it.

I cant claim to be very knowledgable of his whole catalog, but I do have a couple albums and there are some gems on them. My favorite has always been this tune, which features some fantastic samples. And Ive always felt that even though the song is almost ten (!) minutes, it has never felt too long to me. Im not sure why, but it could have something to do with the sweet sample from the great Grover Washington Jr. song "Knucklehead", off of his "Feel So Good" album, which if you are even somewhat knowledgeable of 90's rap, you will see is the source for many rap samples upon even the first listen. Here is the song, "Knucklehead", and since I am full of useless information, it just so happens to be the song which plays over the end credits of the surprisingly watchable John Singleton directed film "Four Brothers"



And here is the Funkadelic song where the "For the Funk of it" part came from, "One Nation Under a Groove", from the album of the same name:



And for just a little bit of an autobiographical touch, the source for where I first gained an interest in Funkadelic, The song "Bop Gun" by Ice Cube, which also samples or sort of recreates the chorus of "One Nation Under a Groove". Its gonna be one sad day when George Clinton kicks the bucket, man.