Get Down (Samples: the Boss) — who wrote it?

no ISWCRecorded by Nas and others✓ No disputed shares

Also registered as: GET DOWN SAMPLES THE BOSS

Get Down (Samples: the Boss) was written by James Brown, Nasir Jones, Fred Wesley, Charles Bobbit. US mechanical royalties are collected by Songs of Universal, INC. (45%), Chappell & Co. (10%).

Nas

Writers

credited writers

Publishers & admins

2 collecting groups

Linked recordings

178

matched to this work

Share registered

55%

partial

Unclaimed

45%

may be uncollected

⚠ 45% of this song is unclaimed at The MLC

Mechanical royalties on 178 recordings may be going uncollected. We find who’s missing and help recover it.

Who collects the mechanical royalties

US mechanical shares as registered at The MLC · each writer’s chain: writer → publisher → administrator.

Songs of Universal, INC. 45%Songs of Universal, INC. · 45%

Chappell & Co. 10%Chappell & Co. · 10%

Unregistered · 45%

Songs of Universal, INC. 45% Chappell & Co. 10% Unregistered 45%

- Songs of Universal, INC.
  Songs of Universal, INC.
  45%
- Chappell & Co.
  Chappell & Co. · Admin
  10%
James BrownUnclaimed
IPI 00004345815 · Composer
No publisher collecting
Nasir JonesUnclaimed
IPI 00335978422 · Composer
No publisher collecting
Fred WesleyUnclaimed
IPI 00062466968 · Composer
No publisher collecting
Charles BobbitUnclaimed
Composer
No publisher collecting

Writer / Publisher / Administrator	IPI	Collected by	Role	Share
▸Writer not listed	—		—	55%
Songs of Universal, INC.	00353271280	Songs of Universal, INC.		45%
Chappell & Co.	00005876870	Chappell & Co.	Admin	10%
James Brown	00004345815	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Nasir Jones	00335978422	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Fred Wesley	00062466968	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed
Charles Bobbit	—	No publisher collecting	Composer	Unclaimed

This song is leaving royalties on the table

Unclaimed shares or a missing ISWC mean mechanical royalties go uncollected. We help get it corrected at The MLC.