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Tracklisting & More Information
First played at South Bronx block parties, community halls and park jams in the 1970s and 80s, spun endlessly by the first three major hip-hop DJs - Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa – and found in the record crates of any DJ of note ever since.
Seminal funk and soul tracks such as Dennis Coffey’s ‘Scorpio’, The Jimmy Castor Bunch’s ‘It’s Just Begun’, James Brown’s ‘Get on the Good Foot’, The Mohawks’ ‘Champ’ sit side-by-side here with the ground-breaking classic electro of Afrika Bambaataa’s ‘Planet Rock, and Arthur Baker’s own definitive ‘Breakers Revenge.’
Breakdancing has come a long way from its New York roots to its respected position as an art form today where, for the first time ever, it is to be featured in the Olympics held in Paris this August 2024.
The ‘breakbeat’ remains at the very heart of hip-hop, the mercurial funk, soul and disco tracks, always 100% guaranteed to get B-Boys, B-Girls and Breakdancers moving at any block party, with the percussive breakdown of each track the pinnacle soundtrack to any dance/battle between Breakdancers of any note.
Similarly these tracks have been sampled many 1000s of times over by every hip-hop artist and producer of note. KRS-ONE, Marley Marl, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Public Enemy, Eric B, The Fugees, Outkast, Mos Def, Main Source, Jungle Brothers, LL Cool J, De La Soul and, well, everyone!
Side One
1. Dennis Coffey and The Detroit Guitar Band - Scorpio
2. The Jimmy Castor Bunch - It's Just Begun
3. B.T. Express - Energy Level
4. James Brown - Get On The Good Foot
5. Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock
Side Two
1. Manu Dibango - Soul Makossa
2. Esther Williams - Last Night Changed It All
3. The Mohawks - The Champ
4. Herman Kelly & Life - Dance To The Drummer's Beat
5. Spanky Wilson - Sunshine of Your Love
Side Three
1. James Brown - Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
2. Candido - Soulwanco
3. Arthur Baker - Breaker's Revenge
4. Manu Dibango - The Panther
Side Four
1. Abaco Dream - Life and Death in G & A
2. The Jackson
3. Mongo Santamaria - Cloud Nine
4. Edwin Starr - I Just Wanna Do My Thing
5. Badder Than Evil - Hot Wheels
DOUBLE LP
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