Classic Material: The Breaks of 1991

Mixcloud chart positions: Breaks chart #1 / Funk chart #2 / Old School Hip Hop chart #2 / Hip Hop chart #3 / Soul chart #3

A continuation of sorts from the Diary and Classic Material mix series, ‘The Breaks of …’ revisits the chronological theme of those mixes, this time reconstructing classic Hip Hop from the year in question utilising only the original sample material, this time rebuilding popular Hip Hop cuts from 1991 by the likes of Main Source, A Tribe Called Quest, Ice Cube, CMW, Scarface and Del the Funky Homosapien from their Funk, Soul, Rock & Jazz constituent sample sources. This mix forms part of the Classic Material x Wax Poetics mixtape series in celebration of #HIPHOP50. Artwork pays homage to Paul Winley’s iconic Super Disco Brakes compilation series.

Tracklist:

1. Funkadelic – Hardcore Jollies (sampled by DJ Quik – Born and Raised in Compton)
2. George McCrae – Get Lifted [Loop] (sampled by Compton’s Most Wanted – They Still Gafflin)
3. Funkadelic – Good Old Music [Loop] (sampled by Compton’s Most Wanted – They Still Gafflin)
4. Isaac Hayes – Do Your Thing (sampled by Compton’s Most Wanted – They Still Gafflin)
5. Compton’s Most Wanted – One Time Gaffled Em Up [Extract] (sampled by Compton’s Most Wanted – They Still Gafflin)
6. King Tee – Act a Fool (Compton Mix) [Extract] (sampled by Compton’s Most Wanted – They Still Gafflin)
7. The Gap Band – Burn Rubber On Me [Extract] (sampled by Compton’s Most Wanted – They Still Gafflin)
8. Smokey Robinson – Do Like I Do (sampled by Scarface – Good Girl Gone Bad)
9. The Three Sounds – Repeat After Me (sampled by Main Source – Vamos a Rapiar)
10. Myra Barnes – Message from the Soul Sisters [Extract] (sampled in Main Source – Vamos a Rapiar)
11. Skull Snaps – I Turn My Back on Love [Loop] (sampled in Main Source – Just Hangin Out)
12. Vanessa Kendrick – 90% of Me Is you (sampled in Main Source – Just Hangin Out)13. Sister Nancy – Bam Bam (sampled in Main Source – Just Hangin Out)
14. Average White Band – Your Love Is a Miracle (sampled in Del the Funky Homosapien – Hoodz Come In Dozens)
15. The Meters – Cissy Strut [Extract] (sampled in Del the Funky Homosapien – Same Ol’ Thing)
16. The Meters – Rigor Mortis (sampled in Del the Funky Homosapien – Same Ol’ Thing)
17. The Meters – Same Old Thing (sampled in Del the Funky Homosapien – Same Ol’ Thing)
18. Mouth & MacNeal – A.B.C (sampled in Black Sheep – The Menage)
19. The Meters – Pungee (sampled in Ice Cube – Color Blind)
20. The Blackbyrds – Wilford’s Gone (sampled in Compton’s Most Wanted – Def Wish)
21. Extract from the movie Young Guns II (sampled in Compton’s Most Wanted – Def Wish)
22. Zapp – Be Alright (sampled in Big Daddy Kane – Prince of Darkness)
23. Joe Tex – Papa Was Too [Loop] (sampled in Ed OG & Da Bulldogs – Dedicated to the Right Wingers)
24. Parliament – Dr. Funkenstein (sampled in Ed OG & Da Bulldogs – Dedicated to the Right Wingers)
25. The Bar Kays – Let’s Have Some Fun [Extract] (sampled in Ed OG & Da Bulldogs – Dedicated to the Right Wingers)
26. Roy Ayers – Searching (sampled in Ed OG & Da Bulldogs – Be a Father To Your Child)
27. Brother Jack McDuff – Hunk of Funk [Loop] (sampled in Black Sheep – Hoes We Knows)
28. Iron Butterfly – Her Favourite Style (sampled in Black Sheep – The Choice Is Yours)
29. The Bar Kays – In the Whole (sampled in Fu Schnickens – Ring the Alarm)
30. Tenor Saw – Ring the Alarm (sampled in Fu Schnickens – Ring the Alarm)
31. Just Ice – Going Way Back [Loop] (sampled in Fu Schnickens – Ring the Alarm)
32. Jackie Jackson – Is It Him or Me [Loop] (sampled in A Tribe Called Quest – The Infamous Date Rape)
33. Heatwave – The Star of a Story (sampled in A Tribe Called Quest – Verse from the Abstract)
34. Doug E Fresh. feat Slick Rick – La Di Da Di [Extract] (sampled in De La Soul – Talkin Bout Hey Love)
35. Stevie Wonder – Hey Love (sampled in De La Soul – Talkin Bout Hey Love)
36. Shades of Brown – The Soil I Tilled for You [Loop] (sampled in A Tribe Called Quest – Excursions)
37. Art Blakey – A Chant For Bu (sampled in A Tribe Called Quest – Excursions)
38. The Last Poets – Time [Extract] (sampled in A Tribe Called Quest – Excursions)
39. The Five Stairsteps – Don’t Change Your Love [Loop] (sampled in A Tribe Called Quest – Jazz We’ve Got)
40. Sonny Lester – Green Dolphin Street (sampled in A Tribe Called Quest – Jazz We’ve Got)
41. Dr Lonnie Smith – Spinning Wheel [Loop] (sampled in A Tribe Called Quest – Buggin Out)
42. James Brown – Sportin’ Life (sampled in Scarface – The Pimp)
43. Bill Withers – Kissin’ My Love [Loop] (sampled in Scarface – A Minute to Pray and a Second to Die)
44. Marvin Gaye – Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (sampled in Scarface – A Minute to Pray and a Second to Die)
45. The Meters – Thinking (sampled in Scarface – I’m Dead)
46. Average White Band – Love Your Life (sampled in A Tribe Called Quest – Check the Rhime)
47. Minnie Riperton – Baby This Love I Have (sampled in A Tribe Called Quest – Check the Rhime)
48. Chuck Jackson – I Like Everything About You (sampled in A Tribe Called Quest – Butter)
49. Gary Bartz – Gentle Smiles (sampled in A Tribe Called Quest – Butter)
50. Otis Redding – Scratch My Back (sampled in 3rd Bass – Come In)
51. Fausto Papetti – Love’s Theme [Loop] (sampled in 3rd Bass – Derelicts of Dialect)
52. Eric B & Rakim – Eric B Is President [Extract] (sampled in 3rd Bass – Come In)
53. The 9th Creation – Rule of Mind (sampled in 3rd Bass – Derelicts of Dialect)
54. Charles Mingus – Hog Callin’ Blues (sampled in 3rd Bass – Derelicts of Dialect)
55. Joe Simon – Theme from Cleopatra Jones (sampled in Compton’s Most Wanted – Growing Up In The Hood)
56. Funk Inc – Kool Is Back [Loop] (sampled in Compton’s Most Wanted – Growing Up In The Hood)
57. NWA – Gangsta, Gangats [Extract] (sampled in Compton’s Most Wanted – Growing Up In The Hood)
58. BDP – Love’s Gonna Getcha (Material Love) [Extract] (sampled in Compton’s Most Wanted – Growing Up In The Hood)
59. Average White Band – Reach Out (sampled in Ice Cube – Steady Mobbin)
60. Mille & Silly – Getting Down for Xmas [Loop] (sampled in Main Source – Peace Is Not the Word to Play)
61. MFSB – T.L.C (Tender Lovin Care) (sampled in Main Source – Peace Is Not the Word to Play)
62. Just Ice – Going Way Back [Extract] (sampled in Main Source – Peace Is Not the Word to Play)
63. Johnnie Taylor – Watermelon Man (sampled in Main Source – Snake Eyes)
64. Bill Cosby – Get Out My Life Woman [Loop] (sampled in Main Source – Peace Is Not the Word to Play)
65. James Brown – Don’t Tell It [Extract] (sampled in Main Source – Peace Is Not the Word to Play)
66. Gladys Knight & The Pips – The Tracks of My Tears (sampled in Nice & Smooth – Pump It Up)
67. Beastie Boys – Hold It, Now Hit It [Extract] (sampled in Nice & Smooth – Pump It Up)
68. Melvin Bliss – Synthetic Substitution [Loop] (sampled in Naughty by Nature – OPP)
69. The Jackson 5 – ABC (sampled in Naughty by Nature – OPP)
70. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – It’s a Shame (Mt. Airy Groove) [Extract] (sampled in De La Soul – Pass the Peas)
71. Edna Wright – Oops Here I Go Again (sampled in De La Soul – Pass the Peas)
72. The JBs – Pass the Pease (sampled in De La Soul – Pass the Peas)
73. Eric B & Rakim – Eric B Is President [Loop] (sampled in De La Soul – Pass the Peas)
74. Funkadelic – Let’s Take It To The People (sampled in A Tribe Called Quest – Everything Is Fair)
75. Harlem Underground Band – Ain’t No Sunshine [Loop] (sampled in A Tribe Called Quest – Everything Is Fair)
76. The Monkees – Zilch (sampled in Del the Funky Homosapien – Mistadobalina)
77. James Brown – Stone to the Bone (sampled in Del the Funky Homosapien – Mistadobalina)
78. Jimmy McGriff & Little Junior Parker – Workin’ (sampled in Del the Funky Homosapien – Pissin on Your Steps)
79. Parliament – Colour me Funky [Extract] (sampled in Del the Funky Homosapien – Pissin on Your Steps)
80. Hubert Laws – Undecided (sampled in Del the Funky Homosapien – Money for Sex)
81. Ralph McDonald- Jam On the Groove (sampled in Del the Funky Homosapien – Money for Sex)
82. Marva Whitney – It’s My Thing [Extract] (sampled in Del the Funky Homosapien – Money for Sex)
83. Sweet Linda Divine – I’ll Say It Again [Extract] (sampled in Black Sheep – The Choice Is Yours)
84. McCoy Tyner – Impressions (sampled in Black Sheep – The Choice Is Yours)
85. Jimi Hendrix – Little Miss Lover (sampled in A Tribe Called Quest – Scenario)
86. Brother Jack McDuff – Oblighetto (sampled in A Tribe Called Quest – Scenario)
87. Detroit Emeralds – You’re Getting a Little Too Smart [Loop] (sampled in Main Source – Looking at the Front Door)
88. Donald Byrd – Think Twice (sampled in Main Source – Looking at the Front Door)
89. Third Guitar – Baby Don’t Cry [Loop] (sampled in Main Source – Looking at the Front Door)
90. The Pazant Bros – Chick a Book [Loop] (sampled in Main Source – Looking at the Front Door)
91. Tracy Chapman – Fast Car (sampled in Nice & Smooth – Sometimes I Rhyme Slow)
92. The Honey Drippers – Impeach the President [Loop] (sampled in De La Soul – Ring, Ring Ring)
93. Lou Johnson – The Beat (sampled in De La Soul – Ring, Ring Ring)
94. The Whatnauts – Help Is On The Way (sampled in De La Soul – Ring, Ring Ring)
95. Young Holt Unlimited – Bumpin on Young Street [Loop] (sampled in Pete Rock & CL Smooth – Good Life)
96. Eddie Kendricks – Girl You Need a Change of Mind (sampled in Pete Rock & CL Smooth – Good Life)
97. Mountain – Long Red [Extract] (sampled in Pete Rock & CL Smooth – Good Life)
98. Tony Alvon & The Belairs – Sexy Coffee Pot (sampled in Cypress Hill – Real Estate)
99. Manzel – Midnight Theme (sampled in Cypress Hill – How I Could Just Kill a Man)
100. Chris Stein – Military Breakbeat (sampled in Cypress Hill – Break It Up)
101. New Birth – Keep On Doin It [Loop] (sampled in Black Sheep – The Choice is Yours)
102. James Brown – I’m Broken Hearted (sampled in Slick Rick – Mistakes of a Woman In Love With Other Men)
103. Run DMC – Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse) [Extract] (sampled in Slick Rick – Mistakes of a Woman In Love With Other Men)
104. Brick – Dazz (sampled in Ice Cube – No Vaseline)
105. Slave – Just a Touch of Love (sampled in De La Soul – Keepin’ the Faith)
106. Bob James – Sign of the Times (sampled in De La Soul – Keepin’ the Faith)
107. The Mohawks – Champ [Extract] (sampled in De La Soul – Keepin’ the Faith)
108. P-Funk All Stars – Pumpin It Up (sampled in Del the Funky Homosapien – What Is A Booty?)
109. Banbarra – Shack Up [Loop] (sampled in Del the Funky Homosapien – Ahonetwo, Ahonetwo)
110. The Bar Kays – Jivin Around (sampled in Del the Funky Homosapien – Ya Lil Crumbsnatchers)
111. Vicki Anderson – I Want to Be In The Land of Milk and Honey (sampled in Main Source – Live at the Barbecue)
112. Herbie Mann – Memphis Undergound (sampled in 3rd Bass – Kick Em in the Grill)
113. Blue Mitchell – Good Humour Man (sampled in UMCs – One to Grow On)
114. James Brown – Funky President [Extract] (sampled in UMCs – One to Grow On)
115. Tower of Power – Ebony Jam [Loop] (sampled in De La Soul – Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays)
116. The Fearless 4 – F-4000 [Loop] (sampled in De La Soul – Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays)
117. Instant Funk – I Got My Mind Made Up (sampled in De La Soul – Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays)
118. Young Holt Unlimited – Light My Fire (sampled in De La Soul – Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays)
119. Lou Courtney – Hey Joyce (sampled in Main Source – He Got So Much Soul (He Don’t Need No Music))