More Old Skool Hip Hop and Funk rarities on one album, filling up those tracks that you

just can't find anymore or have to pay loads for. Selected by Junk from the Second To None

B-Boy Crew, these are tracks that have been big on the breaking scene past and present.

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Side 1 1) 'Don't Fess' - Shaquan This one comes courtesy Dr.Skunkenstein. This was a track I had on a Mike Allen tape back in 1985, and had wanted ever since but did not know what it was called or who it was by, I always thought it was by T La Rock because it quotes D.J. Louie Lou. I got some e mails suggesting I put 'Don't Fess' on B-Boy Anthems but I did'nt know what this tune was until I got a CD through the post and there it was ,the tune I was after for ages. This sums up all that is wicked about '85 Hip Hop/Electro. 2) 'Keep On Dancing' (Instrumental) - Alvin Cash Fast and funky with a b-boy break, this was also done by The Commordores but this version is my favorite , always a good breaking track with that un- mistakable horn tune. 3) 'Holy Ghost' - Bar Kays This one comes courtesy of Prone ,ruff and funky with a long bongo break, great for double deck action. The break has been in loads of Hip Hop but is still hard to get hold of. 4) 'Amen Brother' - The Winstons What more can I say one of the best and most sampled breaks ever, the drum break sounds good at almost any pitch and is a producer's dream , it's easy to loop and will make any track sound better. This has been sampled in every genre of modern music from Drum And Bass, Hardcore ,Hip Hop ,etc right the way to advert jingles, if the band got £1 for every record with this loop in it they would be rather well off. This track appeared on the Ultimate Breaks And Beats but they slowed down the break, I've kept it at it's natural speed and the rest of the tune is really funky and wicked for breaking. 5) Amen Brother Bonus Beats This one I looped up just for all you turntablists out there. The break has been slowed down a bit and looped over a few times with a bit of the music in it as well. Comes with a nice wide groove for easy needle location.	Side 2 1) 'New York Breakdown' - CSL And The Boys Next Door This one comes courtesy of Sakura, another elusive track from the same Mike Allen tape , a rap all about New York , wicked old skool style with 808 beats and warm synth bassline. A style of Hip Hop unique to the mid eighties. 2) 'Feel The Force' - G Force Was on Electro One ,that was the first I heard of it , the big synth intro always blew me away, fast electro style with classy old skool rap and analogue bassline. This got played at Battle Of The Year 1996 about 20 times and sounded wicked on every play. 3) 'I Get Hype' - Trouble '88 Funky Hip Hop ,of U.K. origin I believe .Came out originally on Tim Westwood's Justice label but now is very rare . This track is very motivating , utilising the Give It Up And Turn It Loose break by James Brown and snippets of the horn from It's Just Begun with some wicked scratching by a mystery D.J. in-between a fast U.S. style rap. 4) 'Break Beat Stabs And Other Bits These are put on there for my own use really, but all you scratch D.J. s might find these useful for a bit of practise , these are the start bass drums or stabs from all the breaks that I'm using on future tracks ,the reason they're on here is so that I can scratch them and sample them into tracks I'm making, often it's not possible to scratch the originals as there is not a clean start to the stab/bass drum.
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