THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER

645-Armand van Helden-The Funk Phenomena.

1996-Number 38 single.

Best Bit-At .0.15. It’s the point where the sampled vocals of the Rapper Redman become slightly, but adictivally repetitive.

Armand van Helden was born on February 16th, 1970, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, he is a record producer, songwriter, remixer, and DJ, in the musical genre of Electronic Dance Music.’To date Armand van Helden has released eight studio Albums, the first being ‘Old School Junkies,’ which is the Album that contains this song, released in 1996, and the latest being 2016’s ‘Extra Dimensional.’ Helden has also released 10 compilation Albums, two remix Albums, eight DJ mix Albums, 19 extended plays, and 62 singles. He is also a prolific producer of remixes for dozens of other artists, including The Rolling Stones, Blondie, Janet Jackson, and Wu Tang Clan. In the UK he has had three Number 1 singles, in 1996 it was his remix of the Tori Amos song ‘Professional Widow’ which made that song a chart topper, and in 2009, he was the co-writer, and producer of the Dizzee Rascal song ‘Bonkers.’ (see also best songs 138) He also co-wrote with Duane Harden the 1999 Number 1 single ‘You Don’t Know Me.’

‘The Funk Phenomena’ samples three other songs. The repeated line ‘The Funk Phenomena’ is the voice of the American Rapper Redman, sampled from 1995 Billboard Number 13 hit ‘How High,’ by Method Man & Redman. The other two samples are from the 1970’s American R&B group ‘Creative Source,’ with their version of the Bill Withers song ‘Who Is He (And What Is He to You?’) and also, the most prominent sample from the 1993 song ‘Don’t Throw My Love Around,’ by Cooly’s Hot Box.

‘The Funk Phenomena.’