Arthur Baker presents Breaker’s Revenge – Original B-Boy and B-Girl Breakdance Classics 1970-84 (2xLP)

Arthur Baker presents Breaker’s Revenge – Original B-Boy and B-Girl Breakdance Classics 1970-84 (2xLP)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,

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