2 LP ? Compiled by legendary producer Arthur Baker, ‘Breakers Revenge’ is a neardefinitive collection of original funk, soul, latin, disco and electro classic tracks from1970 to 1984. ? These tracks, a combination of classics and obscurities, have all since becomelegendary to breakdancers everywhere. First played at South Bronx block parties,community halls and park jams in the 1970s and 80s, spun endlessly by the firstthree 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 CastorBunch’s ‘It’s Just Begun’, James Brown’s ‘Get on the Good Foot’ and The Mohawks’‘Champ’ sit side-by-side with the ground-breaking, classic electro of AfrikaBambaataa’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 positionas an art form today where, for the first time ever, it is to be featured in the Olympicsheld in Paris this August 2024. ? The breakbeat remains at the very heart of hip-hop – the mercurial funk, soul anddisco tracks, always 100% guaranteed to get B-Boys, B-Girls and breakdancersmoving at any block party, with the percussive breakdown of each track the pinnacleto any dance / battle between breakdancers. ? Similarly, these tracks have been sampled many times over by every hip-hop artistand 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, DeLa Soul and, well, everyone. ? Compiler Arthur Baker played a pivotal role in hip-hop history when, in 1982, heproduced Afrika Bambaataa’s seminal ‘Planet Rock’ (as featured here), introducingelectronic instruments into hip-hop for the first time ever and in the process creatingelectro. After ‘Planet Rock’, Arthur Baker went on to remix or produce every majorartist of note – from New Order to the Rolling Stones, Al Green to the Pet Shop Boys.? The double CD comes in a digicase with full notes and booklet. ? This vinyl release is presented as deluxe gatefold double vinyl with two bespokeinner sleeves and digital download code. ? Both formats come complete with an introduction by Arthur Baker and extensivesleevenotes, including a track-by-track breakdown by hip-hop historian JayQuan, andstriking images from photographer Sophie Bramly. ? “What I truly loved about early hip-hop was that the music thrown down by ‘Bam,Grandmaster Flash, Jazzy Jay and Kool DJ Herc was genre-less, multi-cultural,music from all ends of the world. This is the definitive collection, including all theclassics (other than a couple that alas we couldn’t get the rights to), and some realhard to find obscurities.” – Arthur Baker
