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I am not so sure anyone could take the claim of sampling king away from Big Audio Dynamite (founded by Mick Jones of the Clash), the album Megatop Phoenix released in 1989 is a tour de force of sampling and uses parts of Music, Poetry, Movies, Plays, you name it, it has actually everything but the kitchen sink...Oh I take that back...I think there is a kitchen sink in there somewhere. And yes on the song "James Brown" Mick Jones does a rap segment...

Overview - It was produced by Mick Jones and Bill Price. It was recorded and mixed by Bill Price at Konk Studios North London, assisted by George Holt and Fintan McDonald. It was compiled at Air Studios in the West End assisted by Andy Strange and mastered by Jacko at Tape One. The cover was designed by Bullitt and Big Audio Dynamite. Photos were by Dan Donovan assisted by Mark Bromfield. In 1990 Mick Jones formed Big Audio Dynamite II with totally different members. The phoenix in the title is a reference to a near-death experience of Jones, who had nearly died of pneumonia before recording the album but successfully recovered.

Track listingSide one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Start" Big Audio Dynamite 0:14
2. "Rewind" Big Audio Dynamite 4:35
3. "All Mink & No Manners" Big Audio Dynamite 0:41
4. "Union, Jack" Jones/Letts/Williams 6:04
5. "Contact" Jones/Donovan 4:42
6. "Dragon Town" Jones/Letts/Roberts/Williams 4:46
7. "Baby, Don't Apologise" Jones/Letts 4:51
8. "Is Yours Working Yet?" Big Audio Dynamite 1:03
9. "Around the Girl in 80 Ways" Jones/Letts 3:30

Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
10. "James Brown" Jones/Letts 5:08
11. "Everybody Needs a Holiday" Jones/Letts 5:33
12. "Mick's a Hippie Burning" Big Audio Dynamite 2:31
13. "House Arrest" Jones/Letts/Roberts/Donovan 3:59
14. "The Green Lady" Jones/Letts/Roberts 3:43
15. "London Bridge" Jones/Letts/Roberts 3:50
16. "Stalag 123" Jones/Letts/Roberts 3:11
17. "End" Big Audio Dynamite 0:34

Samples - The album makes copious use of sampling from various musical and other sources. Many of the tracks listed are created mainly from samples. Some of the samples are identified with their source below.

"Start" - Opening moments of Powell and Pressburger's A Matter of Life and Death
"Union, Jack" - Rule Britannia, Charlie Watt's drum opening from The Rolling Stones Honky Tonk Woman, Richard II and "You wouldn't know Karl Marx from a toffee apple" - from the film Britannia Hospital
"Contact" - Brief use of the main riff from "I Can't Explain" by The Who
"Dragon Town" - George Formby from "Mr Wu's a window cleaner now"
"Is Yours Working Yet?" - Alfred Hitchcock
"Around the Girl in 80 Ways" - Right Said Fred, by Bernard Cribbins
"James Brown" - "Living in America" by James Brown
"Micks a Hippie Burning" - Digging a hole, again by Bernard Cribbins and Withnail and I
"London Bridge" - London Pride by Noel Coward.
"Stalag 123" - The Great Escape Theme Music
"End" - Listen With Mother
According to The NME review of 2/9/1989 there are also samples of Arthur Scargill and BAD interviews.

Personnel
Mick Jones - vocals, guitar, producer
Don Letts - sound effects, vocals
Greg Roberts - drums, vocals
Leo 'E-Zee-Kill' Williams - bass, vocals
Dan Donovan - keyboards, photography, vocals
Flea - sound effects
Bill Price - producer, engineer, mixing
George Holt - assistant engineer, mixing assistant
Andy Strange - compilation assistant

I think not Plook, listen to some Ted Kooshian ,Standard Orbit Quartet, perhaps Tal Wilkenfeld, maybe the new release from Bobby Hutcherson, Or Airto,there is Alias Smith& Lane, now scramble for the google search to see who these musicians are. By the way you musical midget you asked an idiotic question if I was into R&B, well Keefe Hartley was the premier drummer for John Mayall for years ain't that R&B enough for you? No it is time for you to give the rap a break and listen to some new music.

I think Bravo and Lumpy should listen to what they want to.

I consider rap as one tenth of one percent of the world of music, i am willing to forgo the pain, if you think rap broadens ones horizons to such a large extent then why spend so much time on this forum go get jiggy wit it on some rap forum, also you are confusing r&b with soul, lets have an example of your taste in big band.

I think Bravo and Lumpy should listen to what they want to.

I agree with this of course, but if you'd been following the history of this conversation, you'd know this is not something that anyone was trying to force on Bravo, and Lumpy added himself to the mix. So, they're both willing participants.

Well I can't think of anything to add. I know and like some rap, but I can't imagine everybody having my taste.

I consider rap as one tenth of one percent of the world of music, i am willing to forgo the pain, if you think rap broadens ones horizons to such a large extent then why spend so much time on this forum go get jiggy wit it on some rap forum, also you are confusing r&b with soul, lets have an example of your taste in big band.

No need being a dick about, it doesn't fit you well...Disco Rocks some of Zappas biggest hits came off that...some of the funnest times I had were being a long haired surfer stud and going to the Disco, pulled some fish out of those waters...

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Did you say some ao FZ's biggest hits were disco? So do you still surf? How about sail? When I am not hunting I am flying hulls.

Bobby Brown was a huge Disco song and was especially loved at the Gay Disco's.