Classic Material: The Breaks of 1998-1999

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

Blurb from Wax Poetics:

In celebration of Hip Hop’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 twelfth (and final) volume pieces together popular Hip Hop tunes from the years of 1998 and 1999, utilising only the Funk, Soul & Jazz tracks from which they were originally constructed – 60 original breaks in the mix! Artwork pays homage to Paul Winley’s iconic ‘Super Disco Brakes’ compilation series.

This mix is also the final mix of the #HIPHOP50 series over all. Thanks for listening!

Tracklist:

1. John Dankworth – Two Piece Flower (sampled in Gang Starr – Above the Clouds)
2. James Brown – It’s a New Day So Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn (sampled in Pete Rock – Tru Master)
3. The Impressions – On the Move (sampled in Pete Rock – Tru Master)
4. Jeru the Damaja – Come Clean [Extract] (sampled in Pete Rock – Tru Master)
5. EPMD – So Watcha Sayin [Extract] (sampled in Pete Rock – Tru Master)
6. O.C. – My World [Extract] (sampled in Pete Rock – Tru Master)
7. Notorious BIG – Unbelievable [Extract] (sampled in Pete Rock – Tru Master)
8. Fleetwood Mac – Prove Your Love (sampled in Gang Starr – Work)
9. Bud Shank – Elizete (sampled in Pete Rock – Mind Blowing’)
10. Timmy Thomas – Sexy Woman [Loop] (sampled in Pete Rock – Truly Yours ’98)
11. Isley Brothers – Ballad of a Fallen Soldier (sampled in Jay-Z – A Week Ago)
12. Jackie Jackson – Is It Him or Me [Loop] (sampled in Method Man – Elements)
13. Barbara Lewis – Windmills of Your Mind (sampled in Gang Starr – The Militia)
14. Labi Siffre – I Got the … (sampled in Eminem – My Name Is)
15. Ramon Morris – Don’t Ask Me (sampled in Big Pun – You Came Up)
16. George Duke  – Seeing You (sampled in Hieroglyphics – You Never Knew)
17. Patrice Rushen – Didn’t You Know [Extract] (sampled in Hieroglyphics – You Never Knew)
18. Souls of Mischief – 94 Via Satellite [Extract] (sampled in Hieroglyphics – You Never Knew)
19. Ramsey Lewis – Summer Breeze (sampled in Jurassic 5 – Concrete Schoolyard)
20. Towa Tei – Technova (Folknova) (sampled in A Tribe Called Quest – Find a Way)
21. Lyn Christopher – Take Me With You (sampled in Duo feat DMX – 3 Stories)
22. Wet Willie – Beggar Song (sampled in Jay-Z – It’s Like That)
23. Public Enemy – B Side Wins Again [Extract] (sampled in Gang Starr – You Know My Steez)
24. Grandmaster Flash – Flash to the Beat (Live) [Loop] (sampled in Gang Starr – You Know My Steez)
25. Joe Simon – Drowning in a Sea of Love (sampled in Gang Starr – You Know My Steez)
26. Hubert Laws – Family (sampled in Sadat X – Famalame)
27. The Jones Girls – When I’m Gone (sampled in DJ Honda – Hai!)
28. Dexter Wansel –  New Beginning (sampled in The Lox – Money, Power, Respect)
29. The Supremes – Time to Break Down (sampled in Gang Starr – JFK to LAX)
30. Jeff Beck – Come Dancing (sampled in Gang Starr – The Rep Grows Bigga)
31. Cannonball Adderley – Leo: Rosebud (sampled in A Tribe Called Quest – Steppin’ It Up)
32. Alain Goraguer – Le Bracelet (sampled in Big Pun – Boomerang)
33. Idris Muhammed – Crab Apple (sampled in DJ Honsa – Every Now and Then)
34. Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band – What Can You Bring Me (sampled in A Tribe Called Quest – Rock Rock Y’all)
25. Aswad – Not Guilty (sampled in A Tribe Called Quest – His Name is Mutty Ranks)
26. Brass Construction – What’s On Your Mind (sampled in Cipher Complete – Bring Hip Hop Back)
27. Steve Khan – Darlin’ Darlin’ Baby (sampled in Big Pun – I’m Not a Player)
28. The O’ Jays – Darlin’ Darlin’ Baby (sampled in Big Pun – I’m Not a Player)
29. Chic – Chic Cheer (sampled in Faith Evans – Love Like This)
30. Buddy Merrill – Caravan (sampled in Redman – Da Goodness)
31. Bernard Herman – Psycho Theme (sampled in Busta Rhymes – Gimme Some More)
32. Akira Ifukube – Gojira Tai Moura (sampled in Pharaoh Monche – Simon Says)
33. Wes Montgomery – Mi Cosa (sampled in Pharaoh Monche – The Light)
34. Don Randi – The From The Fox (sampled in Black Star – Respiration)
35. Christine Perfect – And That’s Saying A Lot [Loop] (sampled in Mos Def – Speed Law)
36. Cal Tjader – Walk on By (sampled in Gang Starr – Full Clip)
37. Gang Starr – You Know My Steez [Extract] (sampled in Gang Starr – Full Clip)
38. Paula Perry – Down to Die For This [Extract] (sampled in Gang Starr – Full Clip)
39. Krumb Snatcha – Closer to God [Extract] (sampled in Gang Starr – Full Clip)
40. Gang Starr – The Militia [Extract] (sampled in Gang Starr – Full Clip)
41. Ahmad Jamal Trio – You’re My Everything (sampled in All Natural – Renaissance)
42. Ronald Stein – Pigs Go Home (sampled in Eminem – Guilty Conscience)
43. David McCallum – The Edge (sampled in Dr Dre – The Next Episode)
44. Gil Scott Heron – Legend in His Own Mind (sampled in Mos Def – Mr. N*gga)
45. Michel Gonet – Flower Dance (sampled in Promoe – Off the Record)
46. Clive Hicks – Think Twice (sampled in The Beatnuts – Buddah In The Air)
47. Earth Wind & Fire – On Your Face (sampled in Queen Penn – Party Ain’t a Party)
48. Curtis Mayfield – Mother’s Son (sampled in Rakim – It’s The R)
49. The Vibrettes – Humpty Dump [Loop] (sampled in Rahzel – All I Know / Q-Tip – Let’s Ride)
50. Dorothy Ashby – Windmills of My Mind (sampled in Rahzel – All I Know)
51. Joe Pass – Giant Steps (sampled in Q-Tip – Let’s Ride)
52. The Blackbyrds – Runaway (sampled in Porn Theatre Ushers – Me and Him)
53. Daniel Janin & Jean Claude Pierric – Black Night (sampled in Beatnuts – Muchachacha)
54. Love Unlimited – Under the Influence of Love (sampled in Beatnuts – Puffin’ on a Cloud)
55. Love Unlimited Orchestra – I Wanna Stay (sampled in Q-Tip – Vivrant Thing)
56. Urban Sound Surgeon – 4-Ever Fresh [Extract] (sampled in Handsome Boy Modelling School – Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)
57. Kashmere Stage Band – Kashmere (sampled in Handsome Boy Modelling School – Holy Calamity (Bear Witness II)
58. Power Records – The Secret of Magic [Extract] (sampled in Beatnuts – Watch Out Now)
59. Enoch Light – HiJack (sampled in Beatnuts – Watch Out Now)
60. Zulema – Giving Up (sampled in Beatnuts – Beatnuts Forever)