Mastercuts: Breaks [2001]

• Artist: Various Artists
• Release Date: February 20, 2001
• Type: Collection (various artists)
• Genre: Rhythm & Blues

Review

It's tough not to be touched by the loving respect so many subsequent samplers took to these famously overused breakbeats. From hip-hop to dance to -- at least in this debut collection -- more hip-hop, what used to be the rhythmic equivalent of a pinch of jalapeño in a bowl of chili has transformed other burgeoning genres with the help of foundations others never would have trusted before. Keeping the focus on the familiar, there's Lyn Collins' magnificently evil pre-disco clomp (Public Enemy, De La Soul, Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock), the precise funk of Bobby Byrd (Eric B and Rakim, the Stone Roses), and, of course -- what just might be the most sampled breakbeat in history -- James Brown's "Funky Drummer." More than merely an encyclopedic trawl, this is a dirty bash in its own right. Listen at the risk of enjoying a harmless education. ~ Dean Carlson, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Funky Drummer	James Brown	James Brown	(7:03)
Sing a Simple Song (Lyrics)	Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart	Sly & the Family Stone	(3:58)
Funky President (People It's Bad)	James Brown	James Brown	(4:00)
Impeach the President		The Honeydrippers	(3:19)
Think (About It)	James Brown	Lyn Collins	(3:22)
N.T.	Kool & the Gang, Charles Smith	Kool & the Gang	(6:25)
I Need Help (I Can't Do It Alone)	Teddy Brown	Bobby Byrd	(5:35)
Flash Light (Lyrics)	Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins, George Clinton	Parliament	(10:26)
It's a New Day		Skull Snaps	(2:56)
I Know You Got Soul	James Brown, Bobby Byrd, Charles Bobbit	Bobby Byrd	(4:42)
Grunt	James Brown, Clyde Stubblefield, Darryl "Hasaan" Jamison, Collins & Collins	The J.B.'s	(2:47)
I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Baby (Lyrics)	Barry White	Barry White	(3:53)

Credits

James Brown (Producer), George Kerr (Producer), Lyn Collins (Performer), Sly & the Family Stone (Performer), James Razor Brown (Producer), James Razor Brown (Arranger), Kool & the Gang (Performer), James Brown (Arranger), Barry White (Performer), Bobby Byrd (Performer)