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It's Funky Enough
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Wikipedia article
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| type = single
| artist = The D.O.C.
| album = No One Can Do It Better
| released = June 16, 1989
| recorded = 1989
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| length = 4:27
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| writer = Tracy Curry
| producer = Dr. Dre
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| next_title = The D.O.C. & The Doctor
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"'It's Funky Enough'" is the debut single by American rapper, The D.O.C., featured as the first track on his 1989 debut album 'No One Can Do It Better'. It spent 18 weeks on the US Top Rap Songs chart, including four at #1. A video shot in black and white was made to promote the song.
Background
The song was produced by Dr. Dre. It samples "Misdemeanor" by Foster Sylvers. The song has appeared on many video games such as 'Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas', 'True Crime: Streets of LA', and 'Madden 2005'. Its line "Y'all ready for this?" has been sampled on many rap tracks.
Samples and covers
Most notably, "Y'all ready for this?" has been made globally famous as a sample in the song "Get Ready for This" by the early 1990s dance group 2 Unlimited. That song is arguably the most played opening song for arena-based sporting events.
The quote "stop him in his tracks, show him that I am Ruthless" was sampled by Eazy-E for the chorus of his diss song against Dr. Dre, "Real Muthaphuckkin' G's" in 1993.
"It's Funky Enough" was sampled again by Eazy-E in his song "Creep N Crawl", which appears on his 1995 posthumous album 'Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton'.
The line "when I am flowing" is sampled by Seattle rapper Kid Sensation in the song "Flowin'", which appears on the 1990 album Rollin' With Number One.
Track listing
;'US 12" Vinyl Single'
'A side'
#"It's Funky Enough" (LP version) - 4:29
#"It's Funky Enough" (instrumental) - 4:22
#"It's Funky Enough" (a cappella) - 0:44
'B side'
#"No One Can Do It Better" (LP version)- 4:50
#"No One Can Do It Better" (instrumental) - 4:50
#"No One Can Do It Better" (a cappella) - 1:12
Charts
References
Category:1989 singles
Category:American hip hop songs
Category:G-funk songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Dr. Dre
Category:Songs written by The D.O.C.
Category:Music videos directed by Tamra Davis
Category:1989 songs
Category:Ruthless Records singles
Category:Atlantic Records singles
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