Classic Material: The Breaks of 1996-1997

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

Blurb from Wax Poetics:

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 years of 1996 and 1997, 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. Miles Davis – Will O The Whisp (Sampled by Jeru the Damaja – Wrath of the Math)
2. Cannonball Adderley – Untitled [Exract] (Sampled by A Tribe Called Quest – 1nce Again)
3. A Tribe Called Quest – Steve Biko (Stir It Up) [Extract] (Sampled by A Tribe Called Quest – Pressure)
4. A Tribe Called Quest – God Lives Through [Extract] (Sampled by A Tribe Called Quest – Pressure)
5. A Tribe Called Quest – Electric Relaxation [Extract] (Sampled by A Tribe Called Quest – Pressure)
6. A Tribe Called Quest – Buggin’ Out [Extract] (Sampled by A Tribe Called Quest – Pressure)
7. A Tribe Called Quest – Hot Sex [Extract] (Sampled by A Tribe Called Quest – Pressure)
8. A Tribe Called Quest – Award Tour [Extract] (Sampled by A Tribe Called Quest – Pressure)
9. A Tribe Called Quest feat Afrika Baby Bam – If The Papes Come [Extract] (Sampled by A Tribe Called Quest – Pressure)
10. A Tribe Called Quest feat Leaders of the New School – Scenario [Extract] (Sampled by A Tribe Called Quest – Pressure)
11. A Tribe Called Quest – Jazz (We’ve Got) [Extract] (Sampled by A Tribe Called Quest – Pressure)
12. A Tribe Called Quest – Midnight [Extract] (Sampled by A Tribe Called Quest – Pressure)
13. A Tribe Called Quest – The Chase Part II (Sampled by A Tribe Called Quest – Pressure)
14. A Tribe Called Quest – We Can Get Down [Extract] (Sampled by A Tribe Called Quest – Pressure)
15. A Tribe Called Quest – Verses From The Abstract [Extract] (Sampled by A Tribe Called Quest – Pressure)
16. Henry Franklin – Soft Spirit (Sampled by A Tribe Called Quest – The Hop)
17. The Howard Roberts Quartet – Dirty Old Bossa Nova (Sampled by A Tribe Called Quest – Jam)
18. Milt Jackson & The Ray Brown Big Band – Enchanted Lady (Sampled by De La Soul – Dinninit)
19. Jan Hammer Group – Peaceful Sundown (Sampled by De La Soul – Dog Eat Dog)
20. Aretha Franklin – It Only Happens (When I Look At You) (Sampled by De La Soul – Long Island Degrees)
21. Commodores – High on Sunshine (Sampled by De La Soul – Sunshine)
22. The Beastie Boys – Slow & Low [Extract] (Sampled by De La Soul – Sunshine)
23. Bayete – Free Angela (Sampled by De La Soul – Sunshine)
24. Ahmad Jamal – Pastures (Sampled by Jay Z – Feeling It)
25. DeBarge – A Dream (Sampled by 2Pac – I Ain’t Mad Atcha)
26. Isaac Hayes – Ike’s Rap III (Sampled by Big Noyd – Usual Suspect (Stretch Armstrong Remix))
27. Little Feat – Fool Yourself [Loop] (Sampled by Mobb Deep – God Part III)
28. Nas – The World is Yours (Q-Tip Remix) [Extract] (Sampled by Jay Z – Dead Presidents)
29. Ahmad Jamal – Garden of Peace (Sampled by Jay Z – Dead Presidents)
30. Allen Toussaint – Go Back Home (Sampled by Jay Z – D’evils)
31. Snoop Dogg – Murder Was The Case (Remix) [Extract] (Sampled by Jay Z – D’evils)
32. LL Cool J – I Shot Ya (Remix) (Sampled by Jay Z – D’evils)
33. Dynasty – Adventures in the Land of Music (Sampled by Camp Lo – Luchini AKA This is It)
34. Mary Jane Girls – All Night Long [Loop] (Sampled by Camp Lo – Luchini AKA This is It)
35. Sugarhill Gang – 8th Wonder [Extract] (Sampled by Busta Rhymes – Woo Hah, Got You All In Check)
36. Galt MacDermot – Space (Sampled by Busta Rhymes – Woo Hah, Got You All In Check)
37. Mobb Deep – Give Up the Goods (Just Step) (Sampled by INI – Fakin Jax)
38. Dorothy Ashby – Because I Need It (Sampled by INI – Fakin Jax)
39. Ice Cube Enemy [Extract] (Sampled by WC & The Mad Circle – West Up!)
40. George Duke – Reach for It (Sampled by WC & The Mad Circle – West Up!)
41. Jackson 5 – Maybe Tomorrow (Sampled by Ghostface – All That I Got Is You)
42. Little Feat – Fool Yourself [Loop] (Sampled by Sampled by Ghostface – All That I Got Is You (Remix))
43. Rotary Connection – Memory Band [Extract] Sampled by Ghostface – All That I Got Is You (Remix))
44. Stephanie Mills – Starlight (Sampled by Nas – Black Girl Lost)
45. Linda Clifford – Never Gonna Stop (Sampled by Nas – Street Dreams)
46. The Jeff Lorber Fusion – Rain Dance (Sampled by Lil Kim – Crush on You)
47. Fela Kuti – Water No Get Enemy (Sampled by INI – Grown Man Sport)
48. Melvin Bliss – Synthetic Substitution (Sampled by INI – Grown Man Sport)
49. Q65 – Get Out My Life Woman [Loop] (Sampled by Jeru The Damaja – Revenge of the Prophet Part 5)
50. Cymande – Dove (Sampled by The Fugees – The Score)
51. Kurtis Blow – If I Ruled the Word (Sampled by Nas – If I Ruled the World)
52. Whodini – Friends (Sampled by Nas – If I Ruled the World)
53. T La Rock – Breakdown [Extract] (Sampled by DJ Shadow – The Number Song)
54. Enya – Bodicea (Sampled by Fugees – Ready of Not)
55. Method Man & Redman – How High [Extract] (Sampled by Fugees – Ready or Not (DJ Hype Remix))
56. Surface – Closer Than Friends (Sampled by Shyheim – Sh*t Iz Real)
57. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five. – Flash to the Beat [Extract] (Sampled by DJ Shadow – The Number Song)
58. Billy Preston – You Are So Beautiful (Sampled by Royal Flush – Worldwide)
59. Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway – Be Real Black For Me (Sampled by MOP – World Famous)
60. O’Jays – What I’m Waiting For (Sampled by Jay-Z – You Must Love Me)
61. Los Angeles Negros – Fueron Tres Años (Sampled by The Beatnuts – Do You Believe)
62. Big Noyd – Recognise & Realize (Part 1) [Extract] (Sampled by The Beatnuts – Do You Believe)
63. Ann Peebles – I Can’t Stand the Rain (Sampled by Missy Elliott – The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)
64. Al Green – I’m Glad You’re Mine [Loop] (Sampled by Notorious BIG – I Got a Story to Tell)
65. Tom Browne – Charisma (Sampled by G Dep – Head Over Wheels)
66. Oliver Sain – On the Hill (Sampled by DITC – Day One)
67. Bobby Caldwell – What You Won’t Do For Love (Sampled by 2 Pac – Do For Love)
68. Bobby Caldwell – My Flame (Sampled by Notorious BIG – Sky’s The Limit)
69. Stanley Clarke – Slow Dance [Loop] (Sampled by Notorious BIG – Sky’s The Limit)
70. Notorious BIG – Unbelievable [Extract] (Sampled by Notorious BIG – Kick in the Door)
71. Screaming Jay Hawkins – I Put a Spell On You (Sampled by Notorious BIG – Kick in the Door)
72. Al Green – The Letter (Sampled by Notorious BIG – Long Kiss Goodnight)
73. Pubic Enemy – Shut Em Down [Extract] (Sampled by Notorious BIG – Ten Crack Commandments)
74. Les McCann – Vallarta (Sampled by Notorious BIG – Ten Crack Commandments)
75. The Jeff Lower Fusion – Night Love (Sampled by Jay-Z – Who You Wit)
76. Bob James – Shamboozie (Sampled by Rakim – Guess Who’s Back)
77. Public Enemy – Bring the Noise [Extract] (Sampled by Rakim – Guess Who’s Back)
78. Eric B & Rakim – My Melody [Extract] (Sampled by Rakim – Guess Who’s Back)
79. The Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds – Call Me (Sampled by Rakim – It’s Been a Long Time)
80. Eric B & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul [Extact] (Sampled by Rakim – It’s Been a Long Time)
81. Curtis Mayfield – Tripping Out (Sampled by Camp Lo – Black Nostaljack AKA Come On)
82. Steely Dan – Black Cow (Sampled by Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz – Deja Vu (Uptown Baby))
83. Love Unlimited Orchestra – Midnight Groove (Sampled by EPMD – Last Man Standing)
84. The Jones Girls – When I’m Done (Sampled by Royal Flush – What a Shame)
85. Herb Alpert – Rise (Sampled by Notorious BIG – Hypnotize)
86. Seals & Crofts – Sweet Green Fields (Sampled by Busta Rhymes – Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See)
87. Melvin Van Peebles – Break That Party [Extract] (Sampled by The Beatnuts – Off The Books)
88. Buddy Baker – Sign Song (Sampled by The Beatnuts – Off The Books)
89. Latimore – Let Me Go (Sampled by Jay-Z – Intro / A Million & One Questions)