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The Beastie Boys used a sample from the Incredible Bongo Band version of "Apache" in their live version of "Root Down" – most notably the version that appears on the Tibetan Freedom Concert live album. It was also used in the original version of "Can I Get Witcha" by The Notorious B.I.G.
The Incredible Bongo Band, also known as Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band, was a project started in 1972 by Michael Viner, a record artist manager and executive at MGM Records, producer, MGM Records executive and Curb Records founder Mike Curb and arranger Perry Botkin Jr. [1] [2] Viner was called on to supplement the soundtrack to the B-film The Thing With Two Heads. [3]
In the late 1970s, hip hop artists started sampling the Incredible Bongo Band recording, with the percussion breakdown from "Apache" appearing in songs by DJ Kool Herc, L.L. Cool J and Nas, as well as Moby. Among the artists he signed at MGM Records was Debby Boone, who would have a hit in 1977 with "You Light Up My Life". [3]
"Hip Hop Is Dead" contains samples of "Apache" performed by the Incredible Bongo Band, and their cover version of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", originally performed by Iron Butterfly. Nas previously used the same sample on " Thief's Theme ".
"Do It Like a G.O." contains a sample of "Superfly" by Curtis Mayfield, "Scorpio" by Dennis Coffey, and "Apache" from The Incredible Bongo Band. "Gangster of Love" contains a sample of "The Joker" by Steve Miller Band. "Talkin Loud Ain't Saying Nothin" contains a sample of "Skin Tight" by Ohio Players and "Talkin' Loud & Sayin' Nothing" by ...
"Apache" by Incredible Bongo Band "Who Gon Stop Me" "I Can't Stop" by Flux Pavilion "Murder to Excellence" "LA LA LA" by The Indiggo Twins "Celie Shaves Mr./Scarification" by Quincy Jones "Why I Love You" "I Love You So" by Cassius "Primetime" "Action" by Orange Krush "The Joy" "The Makings of You (Live)" by Curtis Mayfield
Bongo Rock is the debut studio album by Incredible Bongo Band, released in 1973. [2] It peaked at number 197 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart. [ 3 ] It includes the band's version of the Jerry Lordan -written song " Apache ".
"Made You Look" is the first single from Nas' 2002 album, God's Son. Built around several samples lifted from the Incredible Bongo Band's "Apache", the single was important in establishing Nas' direction following his battle with Jay-Z and the Stillmatic album in its reliance on intricate lyricism and an old-school aesthetic.