Various Artists - Super Breaks [CD Jewel Case]

Cat. no: CDBGPD126
Format: CD Jewel Case
Barcode: 029667216920
Release Date: 13 Nov 2026
Genre: Soul/R&B

A WELCOME RETURN TO THE ACE CATALOGUE THIS NOVEMBER * Traces the DNA of hip-hop sampling back to DJ Kool Herc's discovery of the 'break' at Bronx block parties * Explains how the arrival of the Akai sampler in the mid-80s let a new generation of DJs build entire tracks from breaks, reviving the culture * BGP's frst dedicated breaks compilation, compiled by Dean Rudland (also behind Blue Note's Blue Breaks series) * Rounds up breaks sampled by artists from Gang Starr and Mary J Blige to De La Soul and Will Smith * Includes Camille Yarbrough's Take Yo' Praise, the source of Fatboy Slim's Praise You

Tracks: Intro - Soul Children / Ike's Mood Pt 1 - Isaac Hayes / Light My Fire - Jackie Wilson / Different Strokes - Syl Johnson / Thinking Single - The Counts / Blind Alley - The Emotions / Take Yo' Praise - Camille Yarbrough / What A Man - Linda Lyndell / Tramp - Lowell Fulsom / Smokey Joe's La La - The Googie Rene Combo / EVA - Jean Jacques Perrey / Rock Creek Park - The Blackbyrds / Gotta Learn How To Dance - The Fatback Band / Bouncy Lady - Pleasure / Drowning In The Sea Of Love - Joe Simon / Walk Tall - Cannonball Adderley / Burning Spear - S.O.U.L. / Tramp - The Otis and Carla Band / Chick A Boom - The Pazant Bros / Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms) - The Detroit Emeralds