Bob James - Take Me To The Mardi Gras (audio)

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Bob James is back with his most eclectic album yet, “Jazz Hands” - out September 15th 2023. For more information, visit: bio.to/BobJamesJazzHandsFB
‘Take Me To The Mardi Gras’ is a gem from Bob James’ second album ‘Two’. The album is widely regarded as a jazz-funk classic (along with One, Three and BJ4). Released in 1975, the album charted at number two on the US Jazz Album Charts. The track, written by Paul Simon, emerged as an essential hip-hop breakbeat and has become of the most widely used samples of all-time, appearing in:
Run-DMC's Peter Piper,
Chemical Brothers's Dig Your Own Hole
Beastie Boys's Hold it Now, Hit It
Biz Markie's Cool V's Tribute to Scratching
Ghostface Killah ft Method Man, Raekwon & Superb's Flowers
Massive Attack's Unfinished Sympathy
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince's Hip Hop Dancer's Theme
PM Dawn's Set Adrift on Memory Bliss
Public Enemy's 1 Million Bottlebags
Salt 'N' Pepa's Expression
Eric B and Rakim's Don't Sweat the Technique
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five's Freelance
LL Cool J's Rock the Bells
Heavy D's Nuttin' But Love
Ice Cube's I Wanna Kill Sam
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo's Deathwish
Kwame's Itz Oh Kay
2 Live Crew's Megamixx II
Mantronix's Get Stupid
Naughty by Nature's Let the Ho's Go
Nightmares on Wax's Coming Down
Pete Rock & CL Smooth's Lots of Lovin'
Slick Rick's The Moment I Feared Succuss
Terminator X's Ain't Got Nuttin'
World Class Wreckin' Cru's Cabbage Patch
Gravediggaz's Pass the Shovel
This track was featured in the 2018 Matthew Mcconaughey film “White Boy Rick”.
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@G33KST4R 3 жыл бұрын

"Guess you guys didn't like that, but your kids are gonna love it." - Bob James

@shanesedwilliams 3 жыл бұрын

Bob James most assuredly rocks!

@jpay37 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha...clever!

@digitalrazorbladez 3 жыл бұрын

right! he Marty Mcfly'd this shit

@davecoalwood9487 3 жыл бұрын

Nice one Grumpy. 😁👍

@greedokenobi3855 3 жыл бұрын

Great comment! This is heavy!

@Breakbeats92.5 3 жыл бұрын

There are fans of Bob James that have absolutely NO IDEA that his music is one of the pillars of Hip Hop.

@sergiorivera4973 3 жыл бұрын

I was a d.j back in the 80s. Played, scratched to this and that, but you're absolutely correct about it being one big hit for Run D.M.C. Hearing this just gives goosebumps. So good.

@dirtlevel 3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, they probably don’t even care

@tartgreenapple 3 жыл бұрын

Bob James was not even aware during the time he was being sampled in the 80's.

@grawakendream8980 3 жыл бұрын

nah i think they all know by now

@obriantucker2256 3 жыл бұрын

"NO" jazz is one of the pillars of Hiphop

@Niners4Lyphe 11 ай бұрын

I'm almost 58 and just discovering where Run DMc got the sample

@davidrp1561 3 ай бұрын

51 here and just found out!🤦🏻‍♂️

@tbird77 4 жыл бұрын

Bob James is from the future....

@theoriginalbrooklyn9566 4 жыл бұрын

❤✌🏿😷

@SIELband 4 жыл бұрын

true! theyve been doing it since 70s...? nothing is new just recycled! but all good at least the new ones keep doing it... brilliant minds

@valeriofyrajmusic8964 3 жыл бұрын

He is the feature

@aldub3848 3 жыл бұрын

From out of THIS world

@angelfigueroa6539 Ай бұрын

Word

@FAMCHAMP Жыл бұрын

_Bob's like King Midas as I was told_ _Everything that he touch turns to gold..._

@3sidesinasquare 11 ай бұрын

Not only is this song one of the most sampled songs in history and arguably changed the trajectory of modern music indefinitely, it is also a truly beautiful arrangement that hits an emotional resonance that I can't quite describe in words. There's something bittersweet about the way the strings play off of Bob's luscious rhodes piano work. It just all works together so well. It's a masterpiece through and through.

@MyDogSteppedOnaBeee 10 ай бұрын

Nautilus song I think more than this

@primeminister66 8 ай бұрын

@@MyDogSteppedOnaBeee Nautilus is Super ILL

@Wonderhussy 10 ай бұрын

This is just so f*cking sick!!!! I could listen to this all day, no joke! Don't know how it stumbled into my feed...but I'm addicted to Bob James now. What a boss!

@LoRiderish 3 жыл бұрын

Before RunDMC, DJs in NYC parks gave this so song so much love... the beginning of Hip Hop was the break beat. Great memories!

@Wally-H Жыл бұрын

Flash loved mixing this and was much copied. Didn't he do it in Wild Style? That kicked a lot of stuff off.

@myrickmcrae2904 9 ай бұрын

Bob James needs to be acknowledged by Hip Hop. Hands down his music helped influence a number producers and gave birth to a plethora of songs…

@toddbeasley3709 7 ай бұрын

He does ! Those royalties he gets from rappers, are acknowledgement enough

@rezilla1 2 ай бұрын

with respect, i do think this has happened.

@almightyshux303 Ай бұрын

LOL ur a bit late to the program

@rodeliot Ай бұрын

He has been, numerous ,times, he has toured with hip hop DJs and groups.

@arempy5836 3 жыл бұрын

The intro is legendary but this is a jam in its own right.

@omostim2385 3 жыл бұрын

Had no idea that break that I’ve heard a million times was a Bob James sample. Cant wait to play this on the way to New Orleans for Mardi Gras some day when the world is normal again

@clarkclarke 3 жыл бұрын

I always look up jacket notes.... that's why I used to love CD and albums ..to read all this stuff

@jayceeo673 4 жыл бұрын

"Not bad meaning bad, but bad meaning good!"

@rickram4 3 жыл бұрын

hahahaha, I yelled that as well LOL

@norakat 3 жыл бұрын

That is

@BK2dafullist Ай бұрын

One of the greatest NYC break beats ever, those first 30 seconds! Years before Peter Piper

@lionrockr 8 ай бұрын

So many samples in one song.

@gabrielguerra2935 Ай бұрын

i love that it starts super menacing and them suddenly gets cute

@jasonseaton466 4 жыл бұрын

God damn that DJ made my day

@MrBenHaynes 4 жыл бұрын

Not lyin' y'all, he's the best I know!

@dr.rhythm2886 3 жыл бұрын

Not bad meaning but bad meaning Good!

@arushilovesmusic 3 жыл бұрын

Which DJ? DJ Kool Herc?

@jasonseaton466 3 жыл бұрын

@aarushisingh jam master Jay

@whyyoulidl 2 жыл бұрын

Guess what - last night, a day DJ saved my life from a broken heart!

@antoinecampbell7473 Жыл бұрын

Bob James is one of the backbones of hip-hop.

@zekefister8294 3 ай бұрын

Raise hands those who knew Bob James as a jazz fusion artist and not as some godfather of hip-hop! 🙌🏻 🙌🏻 🙌🏻

@fiskodrools5769 2 ай бұрын

I was born in 74 and Daddy had Bob on the turntable almost constantly. I didn't discovere hip-hop until 1983 and my attraction to it was, the parties were just cut up jazz-fusion, soul, disco and even some rock. Samples didn't happen until later and THATS when I was sold.

@kareemsupremet.v.5189 4 жыл бұрын

My shell toe Adidas just started dancing for no reason.

@DjNRaider 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha 😂

@jayebogar 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@patrickvincent2477 3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@sirjer73 3 жыл бұрын

And yo Black Fedora Brim!!!!

@kareemsupremet.v.5189 3 жыл бұрын

@@sirjer73 nah ...just da shell toes dude!

@mgmx2099 Жыл бұрын

Been a Bob James fan for almost 40 years and didn't know it.

@diepiriye 2 ай бұрын

Not just Run DMC, but this song has been sampled nearly 500 times! And yes, I'm 48 and JUST now discovering it. My aunt playing Bob James in one room and the kids playing Hip-Hop in another! LOL!

@KentGoSuzuki 4 жыл бұрын

You know this intro even though you don’t

@jackadiamond8614 4 жыл бұрын

Intro used by Timbaland in Work It by Missy Elliot

@mrmustard-mp6ij 4 жыл бұрын

You know 2:00 as well =)

@RhFacter 3 жыл бұрын

Run DMC - Peter Piper

@winkywinky4134 3 жыл бұрын

@StylistecS 3 жыл бұрын

Jacka Diamond also Gina Thompson the things you do

@giselleperez7339 4 жыл бұрын

"Now, Dr. Sues and Mother Goose both did their thing..." Run DMC "Peter Piper" 1986!

@user-ce5re6so8v 8 ай бұрын

Breakbeat and Rockin the bells❤🎉

@anthonyakiwumi1974 2 ай бұрын

Hallmarked my childhood as a kid growing up in West Africa in the 70's. Saturday mornings without fail, my old man would put tge "soundz" on and we'd all be playing air instruments to this and many other Bob James tracks. A legend!

@Nori897 2 жыл бұрын

The lack of lyrics made it more universal. Will take everyone to heaven.

@NJbakintheday 3 жыл бұрын

Protect this man at all cost! Thank you, Bob... for all the great music through the years and your contribution to hip hop. I bought a copy of Double Vision back in the 80s and have been a huge fan ever since.

@4jsandag211 2 жыл бұрын

If there was an album to get, double vision has to be one of the best...

@KarzenX 3 жыл бұрын

One thing I can say about the sampling era of the 80’s is that it almost always brought/brings me back to incredible music. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽♥️

@eddiewilliams8673 5 жыл бұрын

The immortal music of the incredible Bob James: MAESTRO.

@craigstrachan 8 ай бұрын

Remember this from Run DMC Peter Piper and so many other hip hop classics . Good to know where it comes from . Gotta give this its due .

@50--11 3 жыл бұрын

This song made the world better. Thank you!

@CobainsRemains Күн бұрын

Ah! So that's how it all started. Sick ❤

@oskamadison 8 күн бұрын

Once you get past the break, the song itself is dope! Some fly shit I want to hear when I’m on a cruise or some shit…

@florenloreng 5 жыл бұрын

This song makes me happy.

@brennocalderan2201 3 жыл бұрын

1975 is my favorite 70s year when it comes to music.

@calebproductions5970 3 жыл бұрын

The middle of the 70s. It was great.i was there.

@Vendzor 2 жыл бұрын

@@calebproductions5970 The heart of the '70s, when it wasn't too close to the '60s or '80s. It was just pure '70s goodness. What a time to be alive!

@onemorescout Жыл бұрын

I’ve listened to hip-hop my whole life and I just now discovered this large part of the genre’s foundation, that and UFO of course.

@tomfoolery342 3 жыл бұрын

How am I JUST now realizing that Bob James was so prolific in Hip Hop sampled music. He's "The Reluctant Hip-Hop Legend"!!

@Mr_DPZ 2 жыл бұрын

He's come around to embrace it as of late.

@illuminatigbeats1397 2 жыл бұрын

@@Mr_DPZ a whole lot now. he even started sampling his own music so he could partake in the art. he was so curious as to how we take small parts and convert it into whole songs of a different genre. if more older artist did this we’d have a musical renaissance. sharing old music with the youngins. using new techniques by the youngins

@Freewarrior2 Жыл бұрын

@@illuminatigbeats1397 and many detractors of sampling wouldn't know that some songs are sampled until you tell them where the sample is. Some are hard to identify because it blends so well. I'm not mentioning this song because it's so identifiable.

@virenparmar919 4 жыл бұрын

Bob, The ‘Culture’ thanks you....

@chrisv73 Жыл бұрын

This is REAL music!! 👍👍

@vincentthomas9817 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Grand Master Flash for introducing me and the whole hip hop community on Take Me To the Mardi Gras in WYLD Style years before RUNDMC. You made it a DJ break that Jay and all the other DJs would cut. You were the first to do it. No disrespect to Jay, Jeff , Scratch. I love you all.

@redimade 3 жыл бұрын

And wow.. massive attacks unfinished sympathy used samples from this.m one of my all time favez

@DirtyHarryCallahan44Magnum 2 жыл бұрын

Kool G Rap Death Wish

@vanndiesel1 4 жыл бұрын

Grew up on Bob James🔥👍✌️

@ezsmith3765 28 күн бұрын

you ain’t not

@chilldaddy3663 3 жыл бұрын

Ah the days in the Bronx in the 70’s

@zshakur 2 жыл бұрын

I gotta say it...In the pantheon of Hip Hop samples, there's James Brown then Bob James....Shout out to ALL the brilliant beat makers that recognized their genius and gave us so many Hip Hop classics to rock to. Timeless music all around!

@primeminister66 4 ай бұрын

James Brown….Parliament/Funkadelic

@kalelc1996 4 жыл бұрын

That wah-wah & chorus pedal used on the Fender Rhodes is LEGENDARY!!!!

@jaylouis8227 4 жыл бұрын

"Now Little Bo Peep cold lost her sheep. And Rip Van Winkle fell the hell asleep!"

@greghampton5214 3 жыл бұрын

I listened to Run DMC song so much, it sounds like Bob James took this and mixed Peter Piper in it!

@ekesa07632 3 ай бұрын

The fact that I first heard the intro used here at the end of Missy Elliot’s “work it”. Wonderful discovery I say. Thanks Missy 😀

@kab9706 3 ай бұрын

Same, I love appreciating the older music that inspired the new music

@ezsmith3765 28 күн бұрын

I first heard it on RUN DMC’s “Peter Piper”

@kabe138 28 күн бұрын

Biz markie , just a friend , so many samples from this song..

@tommysmalls2198 3 жыл бұрын

Needle dropping this on the 1200’s the most revered break beat in the history of park jams NYC💯🔥

@facekickr 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob James, Paul Simon and Run DMC! Love this song!

@jrjefferson01 4 ай бұрын

Man ....all hail Bob James. His contribution to hiphop really needs to be acknowledged. After hearing the samples in all the hip-hop classics I got into Jazz. And to him I thank him

@watewashi 4 жыл бұрын

cute... . middle aged fusion guy created such a cute song... . unbelievable!

@jazzfunkyman6962 5 жыл бұрын

The most sampled song from the great Bob James in Hip-hop history,thanks

@larrybass370 5 жыл бұрын

Nautilus is up there too

@forcedtohaveahandle 5 жыл бұрын

@@larrybass370 Shook Ones Part II by Mobb Deep too

@wachutalmbout6985 5 жыл бұрын

Google the amen beat

@NullCreativityMusic 4 жыл бұрын

@@wachutalmbout6985 Amen!!

@MoMo-gk8xt 4 жыл бұрын

Keni Burke "keep rising to the top*

@user-py4zl4fd4o 9 ай бұрын

This song makes me want to go to Mardi Gras.

@slikkrikk9487 Жыл бұрын

The beginning of hip hop! New York City stand up 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

@Pauloienczak 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to all DJs who's since the 70's bangin the breaks of this classic, bringing this gem to my generation!

@channel1859 3 жыл бұрын

If "the Most Sampled Track in The 80's" was a track...this was it!!!

@Wally-H Жыл бұрын

Nope

@dmqdagreat 3 жыл бұрын

So many dope tracks were sampled of this joint. Salute to you Mr. James

@rafierafie Жыл бұрын

This is incredible! I can see why it was sampled. It has such a smooth groove and flow to it. Pay Bob and give him the credit he deserves for his work!

@MelodicalJazzyphile723 Жыл бұрын

Wooooow! I had NO! idea that the spectacular Bob James was responsible for contributing diversified sounds that help catapult the Hip-Hop culture. That's peace! Yes indeed

@chrisnorwood8525 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Peter Piper RUN DMC and so many others cut this up and made hits Salute to you Bob James

@bronxkies 2 ай бұрын

Such timeless music. Bob James is one of the greats.

@catboyzee Жыл бұрын

Great music is truly timeless, regardless of genre. Respect to the musical genius of Bob James and those early Hip Hop DJs, MCs, and producers for hearing and expanding on Mr. James artistic vision.

@THECLARENCES 8 ай бұрын

Bob James for the win! xoxo The Clarences

@benlauden445 2 жыл бұрын

This man is responsible for so much!!! And so few poeple know it!!!

@osiris460131 2 ай бұрын

Was introduced to this by now deceased sister over 40 years ago and it is still a pleasure.

@p.o.p.presents 4 ай бұрын

L.L. Cool J Rock the bells would've been perfect to this. The opening.

@usbreaksnyc 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Bob James for all ur music. I have every thing U made + what u produced....almost.

@jewelreynolds6612 3 жыл бұрын

This is soooo cool. Two art forms formed from this mastery!

@Marcorod4Videos 9 ай бұрын

Could have also been the opening theme song to a 70’s sitcom

@JerGer918 4 ай бұрын

Interestingly, Bob James did create the "Taxi" theme song

@geoffreyludwig5438 2 жыл бұрын

I can recognize the cowbells portion at 1:44. I remember it being used in some hip-hop record from 1990, or earlier.

@robfromvan 11 ай бұрын

Most likely Run DMC Raising Hell album, but a bunch of other stuff too

@jmarks73-STL 10 ай бұрын

The sample you're talking about KIND of sounds like Run DMC, "It's Tricky", but not quite. BUT this part right after that part IS in "It's Tricky" 1:59

@robfromvan 10 ай бұрын

@@jmarks73-STL oh yeah haha yes it’s from It’s Tricky, yeah I just couldn’t remember what song it’s from.

@junqone 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks and Love to You, Bob James!

@somedude626 3 жыл бұрын

Just hearing about Bob James..appreciate the man thank you sir

@esjel9804 Жыл бұрын

This has always been my number one favorite sample. That bell clave pattern adds so much and has greatly influenced my drum programming.

@mjmatteo 3 жыл бұрын

The intro had me, hypnotically, pulling a flattened cardboard box outta a dumpster: suddenly I’m up rockin and spinning on my back!

@Mr.mister.J 4 жыл бұрын

Bob has considerable and intimidating skill.

@williamchappell9858 Жыл бұрын

So many rappers including Run DMC have sampled this song Mr James should be filthy stinking rich of this sample

@craigdavis5407 2 жыл бұрын

No disrespect to the Legendary Mr. Bob James but R.I.P. to D.J. Jam Master Jay!!!!❤❤❤🌹🌹🌹💎💎💎🙏🙏🙏🎹🎹🎹🎵🎵🎵🎧🎧🎧🥁🥁🥁💯💯💯

@aldub3848 3 жыл бұрын

This guy is literally a genius!!! Imagine a world where we care less about a persons skin tone but their achievements in the evolution of society. This is one of the most influential people of hip hop. Before computer generated beats and all that, here is a gold mine of samples in one groove. Give this man and other legends their flowers while they are amongst us!! Groove on!!!

@whyyoulidl 3 жыл бұрын

Without this, there's no "Peter Piper picks peppers and Run raps rhymes..."

@darrellmorris8999 2 жыл бұрын

.....there are other songs that could've been sampled for "Peter Piper"... Bob James is nice with Mardi Gras, Nautilus .. others...but, based on the creativity of Hip Hop, breakbeats, etc...the artists' sample choices are innumerable, like the stars in the sky

@misterwallce9532 2 жыл бұрын

Or LL cool j rock the 🔔's

@mikeoverbaugh4686 2 жыл бұрын

@@darrellmorris8999 not as funky though

@mollynash1896 2 жыл бұрын

Humpty Dumpty fell down that’s his hard times

@AriesA1i 2 жыл бұрын

Run DMC & Gina Thompson brought me here 🔥🔥🔥

@andrear.berndt9504 4 жыл бұрын

Makes me feel good. Great music!

@theoriginalbrooklyn9566 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Bob James ❤😷

@robinceuleers5595 Жыл бұрын

I'm listening to this, when I'm walking in the city and going shopping!

@williamchappell9858 Жыл бұрын

I remember Bob as a part of the group Fourplay

@ahmedbelton8139 3 жыл бұрын

The 70S best decade for music HANDS DOWN.

@josephbertie2584 4 жыл бұрын

Such an amazing track.

@seanmayoaguirre1316 4 жыл бұрын

Literally Perfect ❤️

@njrra5033 Жыл бұрын

Bob James is a legend GODBLESS HIM 🙏🏼 been listening to his music since I was 12 amazing composer

@ezsmith3765 28 күн бұрын

This is as awesome as the time I accidentally discovered Jimi Hendrix with Curtis Knight “Happy Birthday” Sampled on “Jimmy James” by the B.Boys

@sherylsimmons8111 10 ай бұрын

I never new that Run DMC sampled this. Lovely music! ❤😊

@clarencejones834 2 жыл бұрын

Even till this day. Classic.. great job 💯

@majorbasil 3 жыл бұрын

The famous break used in the Wildstyle film, where the legendary Grandmaster Flash was mixing on a kitchen with Fab 5 Freddy watching!

@speakertreatz 3 жыл бұрын

Bob James and Paul Simon between them create one of the core foundations of hip-hop. Who says middle aged white guys have no funk?

@HanifBarnwell 2 жыл бұрын

Paul Simon is Hip Hop (also gave Biz Markie & BDK prominence) in addition recall his two diss songs about Bob Dylan “The Boxer” & “A Simple Desultory Philippic”

@TroySan1985 2 жыл бұрын

Black people?

@clarapatraca514 2 жыл бұрын

Me encanta esta música la escuché hace 46 años y me sigue gustando música fina y agradable