Description
Compiled by legendary producer Arthur Baker, ‘Breakers Revenge’ is a near-definitive collection of original Funk, Soul, Latin, Disco, and Electro classic tracks from 1970-1984.
These tracks, a combination of classics and obscurities, have all since become legendary to Breakdancers everywhere. 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 ‘Breaker’s 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! Compiler Arthur Baker played a pivotal role in hip-hop history when in 1982 he produced Afrika Bambaataa’s seminal ‘Planet Rock’.
Tracklist:
A1 Dennis Coffey And The Detroit Guitar Band– Scorpio
A2 The Jimmy Castor Bunch– It's Just Begun
A3 B.T. Express– Energy Level
A4 James Brown– Get On The Good Foot
A5 Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force– Planet Rock
B1 Manu Dibango– Soul Makossa
B2 Esther Williams– Last Night Changed It All
B3 The Mohawks– The Champ
B4 Herman Kelly & Life– Dance To The Drummer's Beat
B5 Spanky Wilson– Sunshine Of Your Love
C1 James Brown– Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
C2 Candido– Soulwanco
C3 Arthur Baker– Breaker's Revenge
C4 Manu Dibango– The Panther
D1 Abaco Dream– Life And Death In G & A
D2 The Jackson 5– Dancing Machine
D3 Mongo Santamaria– Cloud Nine
D4 Edwin Starr– I Just Wanna Do My Thing
D5 Badder Than Evil– Hot Wheels The Chase
