2023 may be behind us, but #HIPHOP50 has some months still to run! In celebration of the genre’s 50th year, we’ve teamed up with London based ‘Classic Material’ to present a chronologically themed series of mixtapes celebrating the history of recorded Rap music, mixed by Chris Read. Alongside the Hip Hop series, this companion Breaks series takes our re-cap of Rap History a level deeper, this time reconstructing the classics of the Hip Hop canon from their constituent sample material. Arranged chronologically of course, this tenth volume pieces together popular Hip Hop tunes from the year of 1995, utilising only the Funk, Soul & Jazz tracks from which they were originally constructed – over 80 breaks in the mix! Artwork pays homage to Paul Winley’s iconic ‘Super Disco Brakes’ compilation series.

Tracklist:

1. Jazzy Jay feat Russell Simmons - Cold Chillin in the Spot [Extract] (Sampled by Sam Sever - Words of Wisdom (They Don't Know))
2. Black Moon - Who Got the Props [Extract] (Sampled by Crooklyn Dodgers - Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers)
3. Gang Starr - The Place Where We Dwell [Extract] (Sampled by Crooklyn Dodgers - Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers)
4. Young Holt Unlimited - Strangers in the Night (Sampled by Crooklyn Dodgers - Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers)
5. Isaac Hayes - One Woman (Sampled by Group Home - Supa Star)
6. The Honey Drippers  - Impeach the President [Loop] (Sampled by Group Home - Supa Star)
7. Cameo - Hanging Downtown (Sampled by Group Home - Supa Star)
8. Gang Starr - Words from the Nutcracker [Extract] (Sampled by Group Home - Supa Star)
9. Gil Scott Heron & Brian Jackson - We Almost Lost Detroit [Extract] (Sampled by Grand Puba - Keep On)
10. Big Daddy Kane feat Biz Markie - Just Rhymin' With Biz [Extract] (Sampled by Grand Puba - Keep On)
11. Maynard Ferguson - Mister Mellow (Sampled by Show & AG - Next Level (Nytime Remix))
12. Showbiz & AG - Silence of the Lambs (Remix) [Extract] (Sampled by Show & AG - Next Level (Nytime Remix))
13. Norman Connors feat Michael Henderson - You Are My Starship (Sampled by Mobb Deep - Trife Life)
14. Roy Ayers - You Send Me (Sampled by Pharcyde - The Hustle)
15. Michael Jackson - Ain't No Sunshine [Loop] (Sampled by Tesz - Ain't No Sunshine)
16. Ann Sexton - I'm His Wife (You're Just a Friend) (Sampled by GZA - Living in the World Today)
17. Donald Byrd & 125the St NYC's - I Feel Like Loving You Today (Sampled by Group Home - 2 Thousand)
18. Ann Peebles - Troubles, Heartaches & Sadness (Sampled by GZA feat Method Man - Shadowboxin')
19. Kool & The Gang - You Don't Have to Change (Sampled by Masta Ace Incorporated - U Can't Find Me)
20. Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Everybody Loves the Sunshine (Sampled by Masta Ace Incorporated - Turn It Up)
21. Grandwizard Theodore & The Fantastic Five - Fantastic Freaks at the Dixie (Sampled by Masta Ace Incorporated - Turn It Up)
22. Patrice Rushen - Where is the Love (Sampled by Mobb Deep - Temperature's Rising)
23. Average White Band - School Boy Crush (Sampled by Bushwhacks - Caught Up In the Game)
24. Hubert Laws - What a Night (Sampled by Bushwhacks - Caught Up In the Game)
25. Minnie Riperton - Memory Lane (Sampled by Junior Mafia feat Notorious BIG - Player's Anthem (Clark Kent Remix))
26. Willie Mitchell - Groovin' (Sampled by GZA feat RZA - Liquid Swords)
27. Lyn Collins - Put It On the Line (Sampled by LL Cool J - I Shot Ya)
28. David Porter - I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over (Sampled by Notorious BIG feat Puff Daddy - Who Shot Ya?)
29. Les McCann - Benjamin (Sampled by Mobb Deep feat Raekwon, Ghostface & Big Noyd - Right Back at You)
30. The Daly Wilson Big Band - Dirty Feet (Sampled by Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Pt II)
31. Quincy Jones - Kitty With the Bent Frame (Sampled by Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Pt II)

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#HIPHOP50: Classic Material The Breaks #10 (1995) mixed by Chris Read

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