{"product_id":"various-arthur-baker-presents-breaker-s-revenge-original-b-boy-and-b-girl-breakdance-classics-1970-84","title":"VARIOUS - Arthur Baker presents Breaker’s Revenge (Original B-Boy and B-Girl Breakdance Classics 1970-84)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e2LP - Black Vinyl housed in a deluxe gatefold double vinyl, with two bespoke inner sleeves and download code.   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompiled by legendary producer \u003cstrong\u003eArthur Baker\u003c\/strong\u003e, ‘\u003cem\u003eBreakers Revenge\u003c\/em\u003e’ is a near-definitive collection of original Funk, Soul, Latin, Disco and Electro classic tracks from 1970-1984.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese 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 - \u003cstrong\u003eKool Herc\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eGrandmaster Flash\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eAfrika Bambaataa\u003c\/strong\u003e – and found in the record crates of any DJ of note ever since.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeminal funk and soul tracks such as \u003cstrong\u003eDennis Coffey\u003c\/strong\u003e’s ‘\u003cem\u003eScorpio\u003c\/em\u003e’, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Jimmy Castor Bunch\u003c\/strong\u003e’s ‘\u003cem\u003eIt’s Just Begun\u003c\/em\u003e’, \u003cstrong\u003eJames Brown\u003c\/strong\u003e’s ‘\u003cem\u003eGet on the Good Foot\u003c\/em\u003e’, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Mohawks\u003c\/strong\u003e’ ‘\u003cem\u003eChamp\u003c\/em\u003e’ sit side-by-side here with the ground-breaking classic electro of \u003cstrong\u003eAfrika Bambaataa\u003c\/strong\u003e’s ‘\u003cem\u003ePlanet Rock\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eArthur Baker\u003c\/strong\u003e’s own definitive ‘\u003cem\u003eBreakers Revenge\u003c\/em\u003e.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBreakdancing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ‘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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimilarly 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!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompiler Arthur Baker played a pivotal role in hip-hop history when in 1982 he produced Afrika Bambaataa’s seminal ‘\u003cem\u003ePlanet Rock\u003c\/em\u003e’ (as featured here), introducing electronic instruments into hip-hop for the first time ever and in the process created electro. After ‘\u003cem\u003ePlanet Rock\u003c\/em\u003e’, Arthur Baker went on to remix or produce every major artist of note – from New Order to the Rolling Stones, Al Green to the Pet Shop Boys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cstrong\u003eSoul Jazz Records\u003c\/strong\u003e vinyl release is presented as a deluxe gatefold double vinyl, with two bespoke inner sleeves and download code, the double CD comes in digi-case includes full notes and booklet. Both formats come complete with introduction by Arthur Baker, extensive sleevenotes, including track-by-track breakdown. by hip-hop historian JayQuan, and striking images from photographer Sophie Bramly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What I truly loved about early Hip-Hop was that the music thrown down by ‘Bam, Grandmaster Flash, Jazzy Jay and Kool DJ Herc was genre-less, multi-cultural, music from all ends of the world. 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