What does The Powerpuff Girls theme sample?

Sugar, spice, everything nice and a sped-up James Brown drum break.

The Powerpuff Girls theme · Cartoon Network, 1998

Where it came from

Samples Funky Drummer (James Brown, 1970). The opening theme uses a sped-up sample of Stubblefield's break. Source: Wikipedia: The Powerpuff Girls, Wikipedia: Funky Drummer, Treble

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