Ashley's Roachclip

"Ashley's Roachclip"
Instrumental by the Soul Searchers
from the album Salt of the Earth
Released1974
GenreFunk[1][2]
Length5:36
LabelSussex
Composer(s)Lloyd Pinchback
Producer(s)Carroll Hynson, Joe Tate

"Ashley's Roachclip" is an instrumental by funk group the Soul Searchers from the 1974 album Salt of the Earth on Sussex Records.[3] A portion of the track from 3:30 to 3:50 contains a widely recognized drum break performed by Kenneth Scoggins, that has been sampled countless times in songs across several genres.[4][5]

Among the most popular songs that have sampled the drum break are "Paid in Full" by Eric B. & Rakim, "Hey Young World" by Slick Rick, "Run's House" by Run-DMC,[6] "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" by P.M. Dawn,[7] "Girl You Know It's True" by Milli Vanilli[8] and "Unbelievable" by EMF.[7]

Personnel

  • Bass guitar - John Euwell
  • Congas, bongos - Lino Druitt
  • Drums - Kenneth Scoggins
  • Flute, saxophone - Lloyd Pinchback
  • Guitar - Chuck Brown
  • Organ - Bennie Braxton
  • Percussion - Donald Tillery, John Buchanan, Kenneth Scoggins, Lino Druitt, Lloyd Pinchback
  • Trombone, piano, synthesizer - John Buchanan
  • Trumpet - Donald Tillery

Sampling in music culture

A list of the samples is available on WhoSampled:[9]

Drum break
Other elements

Ashley Roachclip was a character on Cheech & Chong's 1972 album Big Bambu called Rebuttal: Speaker Ashley Roachclip.

References

  1. ^ Molanphy, Chris (May 20, 2021). "Blame It on the Feign Edition". Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia (Podcast). Slate. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  2. ^ Breihan, Tom (December 27, 2021). "The Number Ones: P.M. Dawn's "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss". Stereogum. Retrieved July 6, 2024. ..."Ashley's Roachclip," the same once-obscure 1974 funk instrumental that had already emerged from the rap world...
  3. ^ Thompson, Dave (2001). "Part Four: The New School". Funk: Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion (1st ed.). San Francisco: BackBeat Books. pp. 297–299. ISBN 0-87930-629-7 – via Google Books.
    - "Soul Searchers: Salt of the Earth". Discogs. 1974. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Ashley's Roachclip". Who Sampled. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
    - Nnamdi, Kojo (February 14, 2014). "From Go-Go's Heyday to Today: One Musician's Love Affair With D.C. Music". The Kojo Nnamdi Show. WAMU. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Ashley's Roachclip". 23 August 2010.
  6. ^ "BBC - Craig Charles' 5 Genius Hip Hop Samples". BBC.
  7. ^ a b "The Number Ones: P.M. Dawn's "Set Adrift On Memory Bliss"". December 27, 2021.
  8. ^ "The Number Ones: Milli Vanilli's "Baby Don't Forget My Number"". July 26, 2021.
  9. ^ "Songs that Sampled Ashley's Roachclip by The Soul Searchers". WhoSampled.


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