Sampling

Along with "Funky [bad word]  and "Funky President", "Think (About It)" is one of the most frequently sampled James Brown-produced recordings, having been used on tracks by dozens of hip hop, [bad word] and bass, and Baltimore club artists. The song appeared on the sixteenth volume of the Ultimate Breaks and [bad word] series in 1986, shortly before the release of the E-mu SP-1200 sampler in 1987. This resulted in "Think" being sampled heavily in the ensuing years. Both the song's main rhythmic groove and a vocal passage known as the Woo! Yeah! break have been used as samples.

Perhaps the first song to sample "Think" was "Go On Girl" by Roxanne Shante in 1987 (produced by Marley Marl). few months later the same 4-bar loop of "Woo! Yeah!" appeared as the basis for Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock's "It Takes Two". In 1988, DJ Slick Rick used it at the end of "Children's Story" and Janet Jackson sampled the song in her 1990 hit "Alright". Much later, Fatman Scoop sampled "Think" for his own version of "It Takes Two". Other recordings that sample the song include Lil' Romeo's "2Way [dub]," Dizzee Rascal's  [bad word] ole (Old Skool)"," De La Soul's "Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge)", EPMD's "Gold Digger", Dream Warriors' "Face in the Basin", Chubb Rock's "Ya Bad Chubbs" and The Real Roxanne's "Roxanne's On Roll." At least one jazz musician has sampled the song, Vinnie Colaiuta, 1994, in the opening track of his self titled album. Today's song "I Got the Feeling" samples a vocal from the song. Mariah Carey's remix of "Heartbreaker" featuring Da Brat and Missy Eliott sampled the song and Snoop Dogg's "Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None)" on Carey's album, Rainbow in 1999, and from Snoop's 1993 classic influential debut album Doggystyle.