"[O]ne of the foundational sample sources of West Coast hip-hop, typifying the G-Funk sound popularized in the early '90s, 'Funky Worm' has been sampled by N.W.A., Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Redman, De La Soul, Kendrick Lamar, Nipsey Hussle, Beastie Boys, DMX and countless more. — Complex Mag
🎧 "Love Rollercoaster" got all the love, but "Sweet Sticky Thing" was/is my favorite track on the "Honey" LP by #OhioPlayers.
The AM soul station in New Bern (NC) played the song first time I heard it, and I remember the DJ joking about the album cover—"Don't let your Mama see it!" kinda thing. I bought the 8-track.
It was "make out with Frank in the back seat at the end of Ghost Road" music that Fall, my senior year of HS,1975.
🎧 Checked the #Billboard charts for top songs this week 50 years ago, May 27, 1973. I was 15, finishing my sophomore year in HS.
"Tie A Yellow Ribbon" and McCartney's "My Love" topped the chart, but further down at #15—#OhioPlayers' "Funky Worm" had been on the radio for months. It went #1 on the #Soul chart.