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The instrumental version of "Five Minutes of Funk" was used as the theme music of the WNYC TV show Video Music Box, [9] an influential early hip hop music video show. The album is out of print. On May 17, 2011, a deluxe version of Escape was released on CD with nine bonus tracks.
"Five Minutes of Funk" September 12, 2006 2006 Everybody Hates Chris (TV series), episode "Everybody Hates Rejection" "Five Minutes of Funk" October 1, 2006 2006 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (video game) "Freaks Come Out at Night" October 31, 2006 2006 Blood Diamond "From tha Streetz" December 8, 2006 2007 Illegal Tender "Friends"
Hutchins believed that the Fender Jazz Bass was part of Whodini's signature sound, and used it on "Five Minutes of Funk". [2] Escape 's lyrics are generally egocentric, but also explored the difficulty of city life ("Escape (I Need a Break)"), failed romance ("Friends") and New York's party lifestyle ("Freaks Come Out at Night").
Lawrence Smith (June 11, 1952 – December 19, 2014) was a pioneering American musician and hip hop record producer.He is best known for his co-productions (with Russell Simmons) of Run-DMC's Run-D.M.C. (1984) and King of Rock (1985) and his solo production of Whodini's Escape (1984) and Back in Black (1986).
The music video sees Jalil Hutchins wearing a feather earring, which he said was a replacement for a wig and "the closest thing I could get that was part funk, part freak." [1] The video features appearances from UTFO and Run-DMC, who are seen leaving a tour bus in Baltimore, [4] and future rapper Jermaine Dupri, then a dancer for Whodini. [5]
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213 sampled it in their debut song "Friends" from member Nate Dogg's 1998 album G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony sampled it in their song "Friends" (renamed to "How Many of Us Have Them" on some releases) on their 1997 album The Art of War. Kendrick Lamar sampled the song in "wacced out murals," the first track of his 2024 ...
The Dow's losses amount to roughly 3%, or more than 1,500 points, in the past nine trading sessions. The index has fallen from a record close of 45,014 on Dec. 4 to 43,499 as of Tuesday's close.