Why Bruno Mars' '24K Magic' Makes You Dance

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[@alexnurse3498]

It's pretty surreal, hearing "Fuck tha Police" right next to the "Powerpuff Girls" theme. But that only proves his point, doesn't it...

[@HxH2011DRA]

Alex Nurse LOL true

[@uneek35]

Fuck the Powerpuff Busting fiends at the crime scene! Goin in on man 'cause he's green!

[@-thediamondclaw-2100]

cringe fest

[@veeas11]

runs the world, gets killed by the millions several times throughout the 19th and 20th century

[@bigstunna2049]

Alex Nurse yes I lost my shit when I saw Powerpuff girls

[@Mad.E]

You could do a video about how to recognize the genre when listening to any given song...

[@Jolgeable]

One thing I know is that there's not a formula for recognize a genre for all kind of music. Here in Brazil some popular music critics do this mistake, they analyze samba using parameters usually used for some american music and it does'n fit well many times. X) (sorry for my bad english)

[@Mad.E]

Hey, yeah I know exactly what you mean. What I was asking for would be an oversimplyfied 'formula'. Just something to help you talk about music, give you some vocabulary. So that you could say things like 'This song seems to have some country elements in it eventhough it's a typical soul song.' or that you could vaguely define your own taste in music.

[@Jolgeable]

That would be cool!

[@NoahDitlefsen]

MadE like number 69

[@milabou4076]

PLEASE!

[@tamago2474]

That intro was very good. Came back to this video just to see it again.

[@tamago2474]

Came back for the intro again. I forgot I even left this comment lmao.

[@communityEsc]

mood

[@tamago2474]

Oh my god I can't believe it happened again lmao

[@DuhAverageJoe]

The first time I heard 24K Magic, I immediate thought of Zapp & Roger. I was hooked right from the vocoder intro.

[@FredeGredde]

DuhAverageJoe. Technically its not a vocoder, but a talkbox.

[@DuhAverageJoe]

FredeGredde you're right. Just looked it up and it was listed as a talkbox.

[@beaubergeron6369]

As a designer, I always really appreciate how great and tasteful your graphics are. Well done sir!

[@JimmyKurz]

I couldn't agree more, so great every video!

[@bobbithchiz9746]

That's all you got out of the video?!?

[@darkbluebossa]

I agree too. The content is great and the visuals improve it even more.

[@daniellau7883]

hated 24k at first, now it's one of my favourite songs so far in 2017..somehow it grew on me!

[@StephySon]

Daniel Lau isn't it weird when a song u initially hate grows on u until u bump it XD

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Thank God that 2017 is only 3 months old so far...

[@jadaross3975]

Daniel Lau me too 😂 it plays so much on the radio

[@garrettnobles8956]

Hated it at first to! And then second...and then third...lost count but still hate it.

[@thegirllikesmovies7389]

Daniel Lau me too I really tried to keep hating it too....but I played it about 30 times the other day sooo.......I fucking failed.

[@mindtonic3315]

I would say that another reason that this song makes us want to dance is the "call and return" interplay between the the vocal melody and the bass synth riff in the chorus. Something that blues and early rock were all about- vocal melody is played, then guitar or horns return with a slightly altered variation( a return). This makes the music feel more like a conversation, or a party. Its predictable, because you're waiting for the bass to have its 'say', but the melodies differ so it makes it fun, makes you want to jump in.

[@MostlyPennyCat]

Call & Response? Sam and Dave. (Who were the direct inspiration for The Blues Brothers)

[@kaysha]

How one man can change a whole pan of music is amazing

[@chuckvernonsmith]

Some of the samples referenced and misgiven to Clyde Stubblefield (who is amazing), were actually from Gregory C. Coleman's drum work for the amen break. Just wanted to throw this out here to give credit where it's due.

[@Asummersdaydreamer14]

As someone who cannot pick up on the differences of all samples, thanks for the correction. If you don't mind telling, how could you tell the difference?

[@moselaw2]

Asummersdaydreamer14 He's just saying that the drum beat wasn't created by Clyde Stubblefield, it was created by Gregory Coleman, however that specific drum solo might be more popular for samples seeing as its higher quality than the actual Amen Break

[@henryhill92]

Those sample examples were actually from the studio version of Funky Drummer (that most famously appears on the 'In The Jungle Groove' compilation), not the live performance in the video or the Amen break. Not sure where you guys and the Nerdwriter are getting these misconceptions from, its clearly audible and available on WhoSampled.com. The Powerpuff Girls theme is commonly wrongly attributed to Amen Brother, but its definitely Funk Drummer sped up.

[@XAProducti0ns]

yeah, I heard that too.

[@SwiMasalaDosa]

I didn't take it to mean people sampled the live recording, but sampled the "beat" i.e. the Amen break

[@bookaboy2000]

*cocaine is a helluva drug huehuehue*

[@lucapeyrefitte6899]

Sam Holliday I'm Rick James b*tch

[@anemoiaphotographic5799]

If you haven't seen the whole interview I seriously recommend you watch it, it's one helluva ride :P

[@HarrowerJX]

The moment this song was released i was Dj at a club and the place went nuts

[@tertulioustert478]

HarrowerJ90X808 they released it?

[@undrtakr900]

gimd Ng He's talking about when Bruno Mars released the "24K Magic" song.

[@thetillerwiller4696]

HarrowerJ90X808 they obviously never heard of Michael jackson

[@MasDouc]

No you weren't.

[@lancevanceGTA]

@Bhargav Chavda you should stfu!

[@KerriAnn2277]

I always said Bruno Mars is this generations funk of yesterday. earth Wind and Fire, James Brown, George Clinton...

[@MCernoble]

SpringTrapLord you always said that? He used to make love dongnd

[@potmblcch3763]

Springtrsplord.......you are just as lost and full of it as the narrator of this video..........the breakdown he's doing is straight bullshyt.........JAMES V BROWN MADE HIS OWN MUSIC.......and Bruno Mars is doing pop-induced, pop-defined, and pop-valued knock-offs of real music......by real artists........I'm not gating on him......I give him credit as an ENTERTAINER........but by no means does he deserve to be placed anywhere near the godfather or the king or any of the REAL FUNKATEERS............just because young white America loves him does not validate him as a MUSIC CREATOR........PERIOD............I say again.....you are lost and full of it

[@benjaveragua682]

@@potmblcch3763 Bro relax, first of all, Bruno Makes his own music, second, he always says that he have 3 idols 1. Michael Jackson 2. Elvis Presley and 3. James Brown, clearly you can tell the influences and his is not copying music, if you can see what he do in live shows you can tell that he make some new funk, I'm not saying that he is better than the olds one, never, but he is make some good music for the pop right now, remember that pop changes everytime, in the 40' was jazz, in 1700 was bach, so what's the problem with bruno bringing back funk to pop music?

[@potmblcch3763]

@@benjaveragua682 @POЇИTMДИ BLДCКCHДЇИ Bro relax, first of all, Bruno Makes his own music, AND YOU NEED TO ASK YOURSELF: IS THAT MUSIC YOU CLAIM HES MAKING......IS ORIGINAL ???? second, he always says that he have 3 idols 1. Michael Jackson 2. Elvis Presley and 3. James Brown, SO WHAT ...... clearly you can tell the influences and his is not copying music, BS.....IT IS COPYING.....ITS STRAIGHT UP COPYING .... THERES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THATS ORIGINAL THAT HES PRESENTING... INSTEAD OF CREATING FRESH MUSIC......HES PERFORMING ON COMMERCIALIZED MODIFIED MUSIC....NO DIFFERENT THAN JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE TRYING TO BE AND OUT-DO USHER.... AND GET IT STRAIGHT.....UPTOWN FUNK IS NOT FUNK......ITS STRAIGHT UP POP NOW.....DONT GET IT TWISTED.... I GIVE CREDIT WHERE ITS DUE......THE MAN IS A GREAT PERFORMER......AND HE COULD BE 10 TIMES BIGGER IF HE WERENT BOXED IN TO RE-PRESENTING A SERIES OF STYLES THATS NOT HIS.... if you can see what he do in live shows you can tell that he make some new funk, IVE SEEN SEVERAL OF HIS LIVE SHOWS.......AND THERES NOTHING NEW OR FUNKY THAT HES REVEALED..... I THINK U NEED TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK ON BLACK ENTERTAINERS.......SERIOUSLY.....U HAVE A HELLUVA LOT TO LEARN..... I'm not saying that he is better than the olds one, never, U BETTER NOT SAY IT..... but he is make some good music for the pop right now, AND THAT IS ALL HE WILL EVER BE ......ANOTHER POP ARTIST RIPPING OFF BLACK CULTURE FOR WHITE CROWDS...... PUTTING HIM IN LINE WITH A LONG LIST OF OTHERS WHO DONE THE SAME THING... PAT BOONE , ELVIS PRESLEY , MICHAEL BOLTON, ANDY SHEERAN.......AND COUNTLESS OTHERS... YOU REALLY DONT KNOW THE HISTORY HERE..... remember that pop changes everytime, in the 40' was jazz, in 1700 was bach, so what's the problem with bruno bringing back funk to pop music? HE CANT BRING BACK FUNK WHEN HE HAS YET TO DO ANY REAL FUNK...... HERES A QUESTION THAT U NEED TO THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATE.... WHY DID THEY LABEL MICHAEL JACKSON .....AS THE KING OF POP....WHEN HIS MUSIC WAS CLEARLY R&B ?? HERES ANOTHER ONE.... WHY DID THEY PLACE MICHAEL JACKSON & PRINCE IN THE SAME CATEGORY....WHEN BOTH ARE CLEARLY DIFFERENT IN EVERY WAY?? YOU ARE WAY TOO CAUGHT UP IN THE DOMINANT NARRATIVE TO KNOW THE TRUE ANSWERS......LET ALONE THE DIFFERENCE...

[@shawnmatt9422]

i don't understand how you're an expert at every fucking field of expertise ever

[@HxH2011DRA]

shawn matt Research my good man

[@masonbaack]

shawn matt Hours of research and a carefully written script can make it seem that way

[@Xarkom89]

shawn matt Pick a topic and research it. How else do you learn?

[@davidb5205]

He's not. If you pay attention, you can tell when he knows his stuff and when he's bullshitting. It's hit or miss for me. Very often, he takes some mundane or painfully obvious feature and then tries to elevate it into something that it is not, using poor/weak evidence.

[@spanishman3272]

shawn matt he hires other people to do the scripts

[@brooklynphillips9514]

He's so damn good, I love jamming to that entire album!

[@ProlificPops]

I appreciate the type of pop music Bruno Mars is tryna bring back. Something funky that you can *actually* dance and groove to and not do a single stupid dance move like the recent one's from our generation like the "Whip" "Nae-Nae" or "Hit Dem Folks."

[@davidb5205]

Yes, because older generations NEVER had stupid dances like "The Sprinkler", "The Twist", "The Chicken", "The Mashed Potato", "The YMCA", "The Robot", or "The Running Man"

[@ProlificPops]

David Boucard​​ Which are all super popular dances moves still known till this day even by this generation. The Whip and Nae-Nae will never be as legendary as those moves. And some of those dances moves actually took rhythm and dance skills to pull off by the way. Literally anyone can pull off the Whip, Nae-Nae, and the Hit Dem Folks because of how dumbed down dancing has become.

[@clammerify]

it's not him you dumbass - all the songs were written by 4 or 5 producers spoon fed to mars for PERFORMANCE. No surprise that you don't realize that. You are a mars fan after all.

[@ProlificPops]

clamjuice​​​​ Who the fuck said I'm a Mars fan? I just appreciate what he's doing with his music now, cuz I hated his old music. Stop talking out of your ass when you don't even know the facts, idiot. And where's your proof that Mars didn't write this song anyway cuz I know that Mars is a pretty experienced songwriter?

[@clammerify]

wow you are a fucking idiot my dude - 24k (95%) of it was written by Philip Lawrence and Christopher "Brody" Brown. again HE as HIMSELF is not doing anything with music HE DOESN'T WRITE THE MUSIC so the correct statement here would be I AM HAPPY WHAT HIS PRODUCERS are doing with music and bringing the style back. He is just a likable image and a medium to bring the music out of the studio. Stop being a brain dead sheep and calling out people on lack of facts because of your own stupidity.

[@funkypanda]

You've got me hooked.. I can confirm that funk is #1. thank YOU for this video. ~Panda

[@phillipa224]

bro.. you reach right into my brain and answer questions and inject knowledge... really amazing. Bass player approved.

[@kingofwakanda6899]

I was in the minority of people who actually didn't really enjoy Uptown Funk, but this song is fantastic. It's funky, it's fun, and I think it's pretty badass. 👌🏾

[@jnyerere]

The first time I heard 24k magic, I immediately thought George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic. Funny thing is that I actually don't really like the recorded version of 24k Magic, but I absolutely love the live performances of the song. "Versace on the Floor" is a better recorded song imo. And "Calling All My Lovelies" is an extremely underrated song.

[@michaelluciano1980]

Small, nitpicky thing. NWA's Fuck Tha Police is NOT sampled from Cold Sweat, but from Funky Drummer and that Powerpuff Girls frantic drum and bass loop is from The Winstons - Amen Brother also known as the " Amen Break " Amen Break is definitely the top contender for most tracks sampled. Thousands upon Thousands of Drum and Bass tracks

[@Ch3f_B01_RD]

Michael Luciano THANK YOU, I was just about to make this exact comment.

[@Ben-vj3vr]

I thought the Amen break was the most sampled beat in music...

[@BrandonRamirez2501]

Ben B. It is. Homeboy didn't do his homework.

[@polalion]

Yeah powerpuff girls was definitely amen break

[@PauLtus_B]

Woops I just accidentally copied your comment. It has been samples well over 2200 times, officially.

[@PauLtus_B]

Funnily I think where the "funky rhythm" has really evolved and is still evolving is neurofunk, which of course is somewhat bound to the Amen break with a lot of ties to Drum and Bass.

[@jemmapellemma8185]

Amen and Funky Drummer beats might be duking it out as most sampled for the rest of eternity. Underground and pirate style recordings make actually counting these uses almost impossible. Also, these, and any other breaks, can be manipulated to the point where they are for the most part unrecognizable, but definitely still "sampled".

[@Carboncluster]

That intro edit was a nice touch ;)

[@julietannan5642]

Like his fashion sense, Bruno's music takes you through the 50's, 60's 70's, 80's, 90's and through the 2000'nds. He always pays homage to those that came before him. His music is never boring and this is why I love him. Thank you so much. Your video is educational and very Informative. Well done 👏 👏

[@fajarsetiawan8665]

Watching how much funk is appreciated in this video and especially by referring 24K Magic makes me cry

[@EdoardoGuido]

I love how you can deconstruct and analyze almost every type of media. Everytime it's learning time! Thank you, really. Keep it up!

[@bfreakin]

Thanks for breaking it down for us. 24k is an infectious song. It's been stuck in my head for days.

[@paranoidandroid00]

You couldn't believe how much I love this channel not only for the content but the actual art work of each video is gold: the editing, the visuals, the cadance of his voice, the tone... I enjoy it like music. But what I love the most about it is: once the video finish, take a look bellow of the tittle to see that there's at least 1 million of minds as nerds as mine. My friends and people around me doesn't understand how hard it is to be this way, being courios about topics that nobody cares, no one to really talk in months some times. 0.15% of the world's population seems pretty lonely, but at least not lonely at all. Thanks.

[@protopoe]

The most sampled beat in music was the drum solo from James Brown's single "Funky Drummer," which was also played by Clyde Stubblefield.

[@SpamSundays]

This was so much funk to watch

[@CardsNHorns04]

24K likes for Nerdwriter. Perfect!

[@jsymmes]

Just paused the video to say "FANTASTIC EDITING!!!" Your skill is really coming along. Such a pleasure to watch. Thanks for what you do. A big inspiration for myself and a great way to learn.

[@Crampsam]

I’m so glad there’s this growing nostalgia for groups like Cameo, Zapp and The Gap Band. Criminally underrated artists

[@8RIGHTS]

I hate that 24k is over played. but I love his whole album because of the funk in every song. I'm all for everyone jumping on the funk train. cause funk is the shit!

[@mrgrimrjs]

and that's why funk is my favorite genre

[@MarcAnthem]

funk is often overlooked when it comes to study and dissection. its really great to see someone like you break it down and explain why funk just has that *groove*

[@Alexcarr321]

I'm always to quick to write off pop music, but videos like this demonstrate the depth of creativity that can exist below the surface. Well done!

[@lexdimond1]

Great essay! I love how you always credit the masters. I could listen to you speak about music all day!

[@kingkong22100]

24k had became my fav BM´s song. Good video

[@markr7083]

that voice box was the coolest thing i ever ever heard in my life

[@AaronStarks]

This is easily my most favorite video of yours! You toned down the "my opinions are facts" energy of some of your videos and let your reverence of the subject shine through more. I loved it. Thank you.

[@diningwithvanity7431]

Awesome video I've always said the reason I love Bruno mars music so much is because it brings me back to old skool music 🎶👍🏽

[@hole1stdrillpresschannel]

Now ev´ry time I dance, I will think about WHY I´m dancing...

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[@RemoteTactical]

This video gave me ear-gasms. Love your narrations and topics you go over! PLUS Bruno ... I'm dead :D

[@mihai08]

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[@uliloves4929]

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[@user-ne5ei1zm9m]

I really appreciate how you do adds -- very considerate for us and illustrates your care and precision with the channel.

[@PogieJoe]

This is brilliant. I adore this song and I love that you gave so many black artists their due.

[@bornjusticerule5764]

#RESPECT thank you for this breakdown and acknowledgement of the mastery that is James Brown and Clyde Stubblefield. awesome edits in this video too. keep up the great shares.

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[@februaryaffairs]

Hi! I just really wanted to thank you for educating people. The passion you put into your videos makes it even more enjoyable. I swear, every time I need to release some tension or I feel empty (you know those days when the drama queen gets serious), I watch your videos and feel so inspired that I jump up and go do stuff. I also learn a lot from how you construct discourse - oooh, it's a candy form my brain. Also new words (I'm not an English speaker)! Your mind is braintaking! Heh.

[@surviswa]

Is the gold play button 24K, though?

[@nellisandreas]

surviswa no, it isn't even gold

[@Huskie]

surviswa it's plated in gold, probably 24k. Someone put it into an electron microscope and was able to determine the elemental makeup of it.

[@LissettePadilla1]

surviswa 24k gold plated :)

[@TheJenSolo]

Lissette Padilla Gold-playted

[@magpie405]

surviswa slow clap to you, sir

[@eleanor5675]

That isn't the most sampled beat, the Amen Break is. Most of the examples you showed of sampling it actually sampled the Amen Break.

[@sicfilms]

He seems to have confused the sample he showed at 1:55 with the Amen, which was used to make all of the examples he gave.

[@shivavuyani]

I Love the way you edit man from pro to pro i love how you craft your video essays. really your hard work doesn't fall on dead eyes. its worth the one week wait cause you put so much care into it. Keep working hard.

[@spikeID4]

I..... love..... this video!!!!! Yo you editing and research is out of this world

[@karthikms]

Do LEGION please.

[@vaibhavgupta20]

Karthik Acharya how is it? I watched first episode got bored.

[@karthikms]

Vaibhav Gupta It's very psychedelic and a tad scary. I love it.

[@maximusflatulence1067]

Karthik Acharya yees

[@pr4nnn0y]

Such a brilliant show.

[@lahnnabell11]

Great analysis of a great song! In am not a huge Bruno Mars fan, but I cannot help myself with this song. You hit on all the reasons why.

[@ellisdee542]

1967.... best year in music. Sooooooo much psychedelic goodness!

[@Esbenssloth]

Congratz with the play button! You deserve it so much. Your content is some of the absolute best here on KZbin imo. I never skip a single nerdwriter video! Keep it coming :-)

[@treverp4938]

I'm a metal guy but I love funk and James brown

[@cavewerk]

Great video as always. Just a note, the intro to 24k gold is talkbox, not vocoder.

[@DipayanBhui]

You are like my favourite KZbinr. I am very positive that there should be a video on you. The way you use your words, your content, everything is just awesome. Congratulations on the play button. You have a long way to go.

[@MrNovades]

Thank you for making your videos. I just found you through Reddit and I am stupidly excited to see your videos each week! Your voice, persona, storytelling, and graphics are fucking phenomenal dude. Thank you!!!

[@YouJustGotAnimated]

Lmao, why do so many people hate Bruno and if they do, why did they come to this vide? What did the guy do?

[@Roobster100]

Hamlettell Ripped off old funk and r&b, and made it palatable for radio and meaningless.

[@YouJustGotAnimated]

Roobster100 What did he specifically rip off??? I know he has a lot of influences from old funk and R&B, but that doesn't make his music bad, nor does it warrant the kind of hate that some of the people in this comment section are producing.

[@TheBlackswanwhite]

hes lame unoriginal product of machine who sacrifaiced his mother for fame and money

[@JVIPER88]

It's a bunch of music snobs who hate anyone and anything that's popular. They've been playing that game forever. It's tired.

[@elogic7796]

marko mandic What a sad troll

[@TheRulerRoderickSutton]

zapp and roger...yes...

[@BrunosSquirrel]

You make everything so interesting. Your videos are amazing. You could literally talk about anything, and I would just soak it all up.

[@pm0913]

I grew up with all of this! And Bruno Mars pays tribute/acknowledges the inspiration behind his music. Mostly in interviews. He doesn't scream it from the rooftops but he never misses a beat to give credit when credit is due

[@stephanvanderwoerd4405]

sick video dude

[@thecolorneil]

I'm so glad you didn't spend any time on the lyrics. The instrumentals are beautiful. The lyrics are the new standard pop gibberish.

[@bronxkies]

Neil Martin good point. The lyrics are a little silly but Bruno's beautiful.

[@kristinaamuan7577]

there have been alot of songs in the 20th century that had gibberish lyrics

[@brettlooney44]

Holy cow, one million! Glad to see that you're getting KZbin respect for such a well developed show. Keep 'em comin', Nerdwriter.👊🏽

[@placidpup9064]

A great insight of how history repeats itself. I love the idea that we are going to get more and more 90's inspired art to come soon after all this stuff that appears to be in part inspired by the 80s. Congrats on the golden play button Evan! Keep bringing us the 24k Gold!

[@ethanwalhood3863]

I bet u won't see this comment but need writer if u see this START A PODCAST. It would be so good.

[@sxnchay]

Oh one can only imagine how good it'd be!

[@pussylord1095]

Who is need writer?

[@myopicaminataraffael1716]

Pussy Lord nerdwriter

[@Telsion]

Myopic ah, that's neat

[@whaddup5417]

No. Don't. It's saturated with enough "thinkers" and would get instantly blended into the mix of white noise. Here, it's expanding a medium in a good way. If anything, stay the course, and do an occasional video that your core audience wouldn't like as much, but the larger one would.

[@YangSunWoo]

It's weird watching this right after arguing with a white nationalist about how African Americans never contributed to modern music.

[@Ccb780]

YangSunWoo lmao no matter what him or anyone is listening to it almost definitely has a influence that links back to people of African descent. Jazz, rock, EDM, really so many modern music come with roots tied to African Americans or people of African descent like Jamaicans​ it's actually pretty insane

[@vanquish421]

YangSunWoo Why even argue with someone who denies facts?

[@Moscato_Moscato]

Yep...rock and roll is literally cultural appropriation

[@edahiguajardo9015]

Even country has blues incluences, so you are totally right, black people have the music in their souls, latin rythms also owe a lot to african music, like salsa.

[@mutee333]

African Americans never contributed to modern music? They are responsible for Blues, Jazz, Rock n Roll, Funk, Hip Hop....all of the flavors of a modern Pop song.

[@jalensatcher8919]

This was uploaded on my birthday to one of my favorite songs this year, while talking about songs I love, too. Nice birthday present.

[@TheMapa888]

Yo, your range on topics is amazing and the vids are alway so thorough. Please never stop man.

[@gatinha]

actually, besides dr. dre, all the songs you showed arent sampled from james brown, they are actually from winston's - amen brother. Which BTW is sampled til this day in drum and bass, dubstep, trap, and many many other genres.

[@AoOniTV]

Always learn something from u Nerdwriter

[@siwahna2]

I love you work SO FREAKING MUCH. The time and dedication you take in each video is very much appreciated

[@kylejnorris]

Congrats on 1 million subscribers! You've earned it! Thanks for creating amazing, entertaining, and educating content!

[@mikedispenzavideo]

is it so player? or Soap layer? Nerdwriter we need you to tackle the hard questions here.

[@wertor666]

The problem is '24K Magic' don't make me dance. But funk music do.

[@SophiaKnightWarrior]

I was at an event last semester at BU (fellow Terrier what's up?! lol) and someone else was doing the playlist. As soon as the 24k Magic beat dropped we all broke into dance at the same time, but when I asked who knew what the song was no one knew! It truly is as infectious as you say.

[@Brunocmartins22]

Man.... Thank you very very much for the work you put on this (and on most of your videos). Your research is amazing. Awesome, awesome, awesome!

[@HACKA33]

You so totally forgot "The Message - Grandmaster Flash". Listen and tell me.

[@natwixterthan18]

I've been dancing since the video started

[@duncanconnell9222]

Dude the quality of your videos just blows my mind! Love your stuff so much, wishing you only the best!

[@LiLoBoi28]

Thank you! You are seriously one of the only ones I can think of, who truly understands music - especially FUNK! That's my genre, besides neo soul and rnb, but I just think you did such a great job of doing your homework in making this video and educating others who maybe didn't know the history of what is now sampled heavily now a days. I grew up listening to all the artists you mentioned in this video so I love that you explained it perfectly.

[@javiers5599]

let me ride and f*** that police share the same sample as the powerpuff girls theme Let that sink in

[@Standaman100]

They don't, half of this is completely wrong

[@stevendunn2501]

I literally think music originating from/within the Black American experience deserves to be taught in every school. Like, you CAN'T talk about music of the past two centuries and NOT talk about how it was influenced by the Black American experience.

[@cajagato]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for taking funk seriously and giving it the level or respect it deserves. Bless you.

[@debblok6324]

Grats on the play button!! you earned it. thank you for exploding my mind with video essays!

[@ChannelX24]

You should do a video on the film "Boyhood".

[@Nathankinamorh]

That was such a Feat. Agreed. If anything just out of respect for the time dedication. Personally I thought it turned out kinda meh, but I bought it out of respect for the craft.

[@ChannelX24]

I found it very emotionally powerful. Not while watching but soon after when you start to think about it more and more it really hits you hard. Amazing movie and would definitely be an awesome Nerdwriter video!

[@arryks]

ChannelX24 hey did you know it tOOK 12 YEARS TO MAKE

[@ChannelX24]

The memes are strong with this one.

[@ivanpetrovic6417]

OH MY GOD,it took 12 years??? it must be a great movie then

[@LentilsOverkill]

Honestly, the drums in 24k Magic aren't that syncopated...but the bass is.

[@DiscoHank]

WHich is from late '70s, early '80s funk, which had to share the same space as disco. P Funk, The Gap Band, Prince, all of their drumbeats are usually relatively simple but powerful and loud, while the instruments on top carry the syncopation.

[@AlejandroAcosta-jc6wz]

every end of your videos gives me the chills men. great work keep it up!

[@sauravaryal5060]

Wow!!! Great analysis!! Especially Loved the part where you painted Bruno Mars as being a vessel and 24K Magic being a time machine...

[@a_riv2722]

do something on Redbone by childish gambino

[@Chief]

What is that Clyde Stubblefield interview from?

[@jemmapellemma8185]

I too would like to know this.

[@jemmapellemma8185]

Jayden Richards, link to prove it?

[@Chief]

Yes, please. I wanna sample it for a song haha

[@jemmapellemma8185]

ikr =)

[@somedood6621]

Me too haha

[@Fralmunk]

I ADORE when you analyze music, so fun to watch. Will never tire of your work :D

[@DziewczynaZKsiegarni]

Amazing video as always, but those about music seem to fascinate me the most, I'm literally gasping when you discover all those connections and inspirations.