The Eddie Floyd Chain

How a 1966 Stax deep cut became the spine of three decades of hip-hop — traced in order.

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Tracklist

1. Knock on Wood — Eddie Floyd

Transcript

The chain begins

Eddie Floyd wrote Knock on Wood in 1966. Everything in this chain starts with that horn stab and that kick pattern.

First flip

By the late 80s the break was in crates. By the 2000s it was in charts again under different titles.