Ashley's Roachclip

"Ashley's Roachclip" is an instrumental song by funk group The Soul Searchers from their 1974 album Salt of the Earth on Sussex Records.^[1] A portion of the song from 3:30-3:50 contains a widely recognized drum break that has been sampled countless times in songs across several genres.^[2]

Songs that sample "Ashley's Roachclip"

• 2 Live Crew - "Ghetto Bass II"
• 3rd Bass - "Oval Office"
• Antoinette - "Unfinished Business"
• Antoinette - "Watch the Gangstress Boogie"
• Black Rock & Ron - "Out of My Head"
• Color Me Badd - "Choose"
• The Conscious Daughters - "Princess of Poetry"
• Chapterhouse - "Falling Down"
• C-Block - So Strung Out
• Cutty Ranks - "The Stopper"
• Duran Duran - "Come Undone"
• DJ Mark the 45 King - "Roach Clip"
• Eazy-E - "Gimme That Nutt"
• EMF - "Unbelievable"
• Eric B and Rakim - "I Know You Got Soul"
• Eric B and Rakim - "Paid in Full"
• Fear of a Black Planet - "I'm Just a Human"
• Frost - "Family Affair"
• Get the Fist Movement - "Get the Fist"
• Geto Boys - "Scarface"
• The Go! Team - "Ladyflash" (samples flute solo, not drum break)
• Ice Cube - "Jackin' for Beats"
• Insane Poetry - "Angel of Death"
• Kris Kross - "Methods of Dropping Mental"
• LL Cool J - "Jack the Ripper"
• Masters at Work - "Jus' a Lil' Dope"
• Mekon - "Phatty's Lunch Box"
• Milli Vanilli - "All or Nothing"
• Milli Vanilli - "Blame it on the Rain"
• Milli Vanilli - "Baby, don't forget my number"
• Milli Vanilli - "Girl You Know It's True"
• Moby - "First Cool Hive"
• Nice & Smooth - "Down the Line"
• PM Dawn - "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"
• Raw Fusion - "Hang Time"
• Run-DMC - "Run's House"
• S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. - "It's Gonna Be a Lovely Day"
• Scarface - "Mr. Scarface Pt 3 - The Final Chapter - He's Dead"
• Style - "Just a Little Something"
• Sweet T - "I Got the Feelin"
• The Grouch - "Too Much On It"
• Twin Hype - "Nothin' Could Save Ya"
• Lloyd feat. Lil Wayne - "Girls Around The World"

Personnel

• Bass - 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

References

External links

• "Ashley's Roachclip" on YouTube