Lyn Collins — Think (About It)
Think (About It) · 1972
Label: People Records · Genre: Funk / Deep Funk · Country: USA · From: Abilene, TX, North America
James Brown produced Lyn Collins' debut album in 1972 on his own People Records imprint. Collins had a voice that could out-shout Brown himself — raw, percussive, fully committed to the pocket. The title track Think (About It) contains what may be the single most sampled drum break in hip-hop history: a rolling snare pattern that drove everything from early Public Enemy to Fatboy Slim. Collins herself remained largely uncredited despite being encoded in thousands of records she never received royalties for.
Did you know: Think (About It) was recorded in a single session in 1972, produced by James Brown. Collins had worked as one of Brown’s backup singers for years before he handed her this track. When the break in Think became one of the most sampled moments in hip-hop history — used by Wu-Tang Clan, Jay-Z, and hundreds of others — she received no royalties because the samples predated modern licensing frameworks.
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