Classic Material: The Breaks of 1995

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

Blurb from Wax Poetics:

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)
32. Doug E Fresh & Slick Rick – La Di Da Di [Extract] (Sampled by Junior Mafia feat Notorious BIG – Player’s Anthem)
33. The New Birth – You Are What I’m All About Sampled by Junior Mafia feat Notorious BIG – Player’s Anthem)
34. Sylvia Striplin – You Can’t Turn Me Away (Sampled by Junior Mafia feat Notorious BIG – Get Money)
35. Ethel Beatty – It’s Your Love (Sampled by NTM – Tout N’est Pas Ci Facile)
35. Stetsasonic – Go Stetsa I [Extract] (Sampled by NTM – Tout N’est Pas Ci Facile)
36. Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfa – Saudade Vem Correndo (Sampled by The Pharcyde – Runnin’)
37. Run DMC – Rock Box [Extract] (Sampled by The Pharcyde – Runnin’)
38. Gwen McRae – Rockin Chair (Sampled by Blahzay Blahzay – Danger)
39. Jeru the Damaja – Come Clean [Extract] (Sampled by Blahzay Blahzay – Danger)
40. The Beastie Boys feat Q Tip – Get It Together [Extract] (Sampled by Blahzay Blahzay – Danger)
41. Big Daddy Kane feat Big Scoob, Sauce Money, Jay Z & ODB – Show & Prove [Extract] (Sampled by Blahzay Blahzay – Danger)
42. Brethren – Outside Love [Loop] (Sampled by Onyx – Last Dayz)
43. Bob James & Earl Klugh – Love Lips (Sampled by Onyx – Last Dayz)
44. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – You Know How to Make Me Feel So Good (Sampled by Raekwon feat Ghostface – Rainy Days (Remix))
45. The Mad Lads – Get Out My Life Woman [Loop] (Sampled by Smif N Wessun – Wrektime)
46. Barbara & Ernie – Somebody to Love (Sampled by Smif N Wessun – Wrektime)
47. 2 Much – Wild Thang (Sampled by LL Cool J – Doin’ It)
48. Stetsasonic – Go Stetsa I [Extract] (Sampled by LL Cool J – Doin’ It)
49. Juicy – Sugar Fee (Sampled by AZ feat Miss Jones – Sugar Hill)
50. Patrice Rushen – Remind Me (Sampled by Junior Mafia feat Aaliyah – I Need You Tonight)
51. Skull Snaps – It’s a New Day [Extract] (Sampled by Mobb Deep – Give Up The Goods (Just Step))
52. Esther Philips – That’s All Right With Me (Sampled by Mobb Deep – Give Up The Goods (Just Step))
53. David Axelrod – The Signs Part II (Sampled by Common – Resurrection (Large Professor Remix))
54. Deodato – San Juan Sunset (Sampled by Lord Finesse feat Marquee – Gameplan)
55. Jean Jacques Perry – EVA [Extract] (Sampled by Lord Finesse feat Marquee – Gameplan)
56. Brethren – Outside Love [Loop] (Sampled by Lord Finesse feat Marquee – Gameplan)
57. Detroit Emeralds – You’re Getting a Little Too Smart [Loop] (Sampled by Lord Finesse  – Hip 2 Da Game)
58. Oscar Peterson & Milt Jackson – Dream of You (Sampled by Lord Finesse  – Hip 2 Da Game)
59. Otis Redding & Carla Thomas – Tramp [Extract] (Sampled by Lord Finesse  – Hip 2 Da Game)
60. James Brown – My Thang [Extract] (Sampled by Lord Finesse  – Hip 2 Da Game)
61. Johnny Pate – The Look of Love (Sampled by Showbiz & AG – You Know Now (Showbiz Remix))
62. Mary Jane Girls – All Night Long [Loop] (Sampled by Masta Ace Incorporated – What’s Going On!)
63. Vicki Anderson – You’re Welcome Stop On By (Sampled by Masta Ace Incorporated – What’s Going On!)
64. Big Daddy Kane feat Biz Markie – Just Rhymin’ With Biz [Extract] (Sampled by Masta Ace Incorporated – What’s Going On!)
65. Puff & Toot Singers Orchestra – A Song for Every Letter of the Alphabet [Extract] (Sampled by Masta Ace Incorporated – What’s Going On!)
66. Henry Mancini – Here’s Looking at You Kid (Sampled by Grand Puba – I Wanna Be Where You Are (Buckwild Remix))
67. The Whatnauts – Why Can’t People Be Colors Too (Sampled by Grand Puba – I Wanna Be Where You Are (Buckwild Remix))
68. The Spinners – I’m Tired of Giving (Sampled by Mobb Deep – Up North Trip)
69. Joe Farrell – Upon This Rock [Loop] (Sampled by Walking Large – Reaching (For My People)
70. Roy Ayers Ubiquity – We Live in Brooklyn Baby (Sampled by Smif N Wessun – Home Sweet Home)
71. Incredible Bongo Band – Pipeline (Sampled by Group Home – Suspended in Time)
72. Wu Tang Clan – Da Mystery of Chessboxin’ (Sampled by Group Home – Suspended in Time)
73. Das EFX – Real Hip Hop (Sampled by Group Home – Suspended in Time)
74. Kurtis Blow – The Breaks [Extract] (Sampled by KRS-One – MCs Act Like They Don’t Know)
74. Clifford Brown – Yesterdays (Sampled by KRS-One – MCs Act Like They Don’t Know)
75. The Headhunters – I Remember I Made You Cry (Sampled by Mobb Deep feat Q-Tip – Drink Away the Pain (Situations)
76. Isley Brothers – For the Love of You (Sampled by Masta Ace Incorporated – INC Ride)
77. A Tribe Called Quest – Scenario [Extract] (Sampled by Masta Ace Incorporated – INC Ride)
78. Loose Ends – Hangin’ On a String (Sampled by Masta Ace Incorporated – INC Ride (No Ends Mix))
79. Black Ivory – I Keep Asking You Questions (Sampled by Raekwon feat Ghostface – Criminology)
80. The Sweet Inspirations – Why Marry? (Sampled by Raekwon feat Ghostface – Criminology)
81. The Emotions – If You Think It (You May As Well Do It) (Sampled by Raekwon feat Ghostface & Nas – Verbal Intercourse)