Jungle Breaks: D'n'B/Jungle Breaks

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Jungle

Breaks

The Breaks

Respect to Phokus for filling in some missing pieces.

Action (12" remix)

break aka:

listen:

action.wav

d/l:

action.wav (192 KB)

group/artist:

Orange Krush

original album:

12" single (Mercury 1982)

also available on:

Ultimate Breaks and Beats, Vol. 11 (Street Beat 1986)*

used on (for example):

Reprazent – Heroes

notes:

Amen, Brother

break aka:

Amen

listen:

amen_brother.wav

d/l:

amen_brother.wav (674 KB)

group/artist:

The Winstons

original album:

Color Him Father (Metromedia 1969)*

also available on:

B-side of 7" single: The Winstons – Color Him Father (Metromedia 1969)

used on (for example):

DJ Hype – We Must Unite

notes:

Apache

break aka:

listen:

apache.wav

d/l:

apache.wav (729 KB)

group/artist:

Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band

original album:

Bongo Rock (Pride 1973)*

also available on:

used on (for example):

Goldie – Inner City Life

notes:

Assembly Line

break aka:

listen:

assembly_line.wav

d/l:

assembly_line.wav (566 KB)

group/artist:

The Commodores

original album:

Machine Gun (Motown 1974)*

also available on:

used on (for example):

Future Cut – Obsession

notes:

Both Eyes Open

break aka:

listen:

both_eyes_open.wav

d/l:

both_eyes_open.wav (301 KB)

group/artist:

Lucille Brown & Billy Clark

original album:

7" single b/w Hot Gravy (Dynamo 1969)

also available on:

Batteria For The Beatheads Vol. 2 (? 19??)

used on (for example):

various Roni Size

notes:

Cold Sweat (Parts 1 & 2)

break aka:

Scotty

listen:

cold_sweat.wav

d/l:

cold_sweat.wav (183 KB)

group/artist:

James Brown

original album:

Cold Sweat (King 1967)*

also available on:

James Brown – Foundations of Funk: A Brand New Bag,1964-1969 (Polygram 1996)*

used on (for example):

Reprazent – Brown Paper Bag

notes:

Do the Do

break aka:

Horizons, Circles

listen:

do_the_do.wav

d/l:

do_the_do.wav (192 KB)

group/artist:

Kurtis Blow

original album:

Deuce (Mercury 1981)*

also available on:

used on (for example):

Adam F – Circles

notes:

Don't Change Your Love

break aka:

listen:

dont_change_your_love.wav

d/l:

dont_change_your_love.wav (265 KB)

group/artist:

The Five Stairsteps and Cubie

original album:

Love's Happening (Curtom 1968)*

also available on:

The First Family of Soul: The Best of the Five Stairsteps (Buddha/BMG 2001)*

used on (for example):

Roni Size – Only A Dream

notes:

Flow, The (Alex Reece mix)

break aka:

Reece, Pulp Fiction

listen:

flow.wav

d/l:

flow.wav (129 KB)

group/artist:

Model 500

original album:

B-side of 12" single The Flow (R&S, RS 95070, 1995)

also available on:

used on (for example):

Ed Rush – Killamanjaro

notes:

Fools Gold (9.53 – 12" version)

break aka:

listen:

fools_gold.wav

d/l:

fools_gold.wav (368 KB)

group/artist:

The Stone Roses

original album:

12" single (Silvertone 1989)*

also available on:

used on (for example):

Shy FX – Bambaata

notes:

Uses the "hot pants" break.

Funky Drummer

break aka:

listen:

funky_drummer.wav

d/l:

funky_drummer.wav (202 KB)

group/artist:

James Brown

original album:

7" single (King 1970)

also available on:

James Brown – In the Jungle Groove (Polydor 1986)*

used on (for example):

Future Cut – Obsession

notes:

Funky Mule

break aka:

Mule

listen:

funky_mule.wav

d/l:

funky_mule--intro.wav (615 KB)
funky_mule--rides.wav (156 KB)

group/artist:

Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm

original album:

A Black Man's Soul (Pompeii 1969)

also available on:

CD re-release of: Ike and Tina Turner – Cussin', Cryin' and Carryin' On (Starburst 1999)*
Ike and Tina Turner – Get It Together! (Pompeii 1969)

used on (for example):

4-Hero – Escape That

notes:

Give it up or Turnit a Loose (remix)

break aka:

listen:

give_it_up_or_turnit_a_loose.wav

d/l:

give_it_up_or_turnit_a_loose.wav (364 KB)

group/artist:

James Brown

original album:

In the Jungle Groove (Polydor 1986)*

also available on:

The original version is on: James Brown – Sex Machine (King 1970)* – live album with crowd noise

used on (for example):

Loxy & Ink – Twisted Third Mind

notes:

The remix version on In the Jungle Groove hasn't got the crowd noise that was on the original.

God Made Me Funky

break aka:

listen:

god_made_me_funky.wav

d/l:

god_made_me_funky.wav (240 KB)

group/artist:

The Headhunters

original album:

Survival of the Fittest (Arista 1975)

also available on:

used on (for example):

Ed Rush & Optical – Bacteria

notes:

Hot Pants (I'm Coming) (Bonus Beats version)

listen:

hot_pants.wav

d/l:

hot_pants.wav (361 KB)

group/artist:

Bobby Byrd

original album:

B-side of re-release 12" single: I Know You Got Soul (Urban Records 1986)

also available on:

B-side of 12" single: The JB's – 40th Anniversary mix (JB40 1996)

used on (for example):

MA2 – Hearing Is Believing (remix)

notes:

I heard this one on a shampoo advert the other day. The Stone Roses used it on Fools Gold. This break is NOT from the original version of Bobby Byrd's Hot Pants (I'm Coming, Coming, I'm Coming) – you've got to get the BONUS BEATS version.

Humpty Dump

break aka:

listen:

humpty_dump.wav

d/l:

humpty_dump.wav (491 KB)

group/artist:

The Vibrettes

original album:

7" single (Lujon 101 19??)

also available on:

Various Artists – D�j� Vu (Luv n' Haight 1992)*

used on (for example):

Ray Keith – Babylon 5 (Yes Yes)

notes:

It's a New Day

break aka:

listen:

its_a_new_day.wav

d/l:

its_a_new_day.wav (227 KB)

group/artist:

Skull Snaps

original album:

Skull Snaps (GSF 1973)*

also available on:

used on (for example):

Ed Rush & Optical – Pac Man

notes:

Kick-Back

break aka:

listen:

kick_back.wav

d/l:

kick_back.wav (168 KB)

group/artist:

The Buena Vistas

original album:

B-side of 7" single: The Soul Ranger (Marquee MQ445 19??)

also available on:

Various Artists – SuperFunk: Rare Funk From Deep In The Crates (BGP/Ace 2000)*

used on (for example):

Eskobar feat. Lemon D – It's Yours

notes:

Repect to Phokus for the info.

Kool Is Back

break aka:

Funk Inc.

listen:

kool_is_back.wav

d/l:

kool_is_back.wav (378 KB)

group/artist:

Funk, Inc.

original album:

Funk, Inc. (Prestige 1971)*

also available on:

used on (for example):

DJ Zinc – So Damn Fresh

notes:

Let a Woman Be a Woman, Let a Man Be a Man

listen:

let_a_woman_be_a_woman.wav

d/l:

let_a_woman_be_a_woman.wav (195 KB)

group/artist:

Dyke & The Blazers

original album:

7" single (Original Sound 1969)

also available on:

Dyke & the Blazers – So Sharp! (Ace/Kent 1983)*

used on (for example):

Digital & Spirit – Phantom Force

notes:

Life Could

break aka:

Machine

listen:

life_could.wav

d/l:

life_could.wav (416 KB)

group/artist:

Rotary Connection

original album:

Aladdin (Cadet 1968)*

also available on:

used on (for example):

DJ Zinc – So Damn Fresh

notes:

Some producers sample this break from "Rest Assured" by Eric B and Rakim which is on the Don't Sweat the Technique LP (MCA 1992)*. Cheers to Riot999 for the info.

New Orleans

break aka:

listen:

new_orleans.wav

d/l:

new_orleans.wav (355 KB)

group/artist:

Nat Adderley

original album:

You, Baby (A&M/CTI 1968)

also available on:

used on (for example):

Usual Suspects & Loxy – Stalker

notes:

Cheers to turbulencecrew for the break

N.T. (Parts 1 & 2)

break aka:

listen:

nt.wav

d/l:

nt.wav (345 KB)

group/artist:

Kool & The Gang

original album:

Live at P.J.'s (De-Lite 1971)*

also available on:

used on (for example):

Digital – Easy Groove (Rok Da House)

notes:

Ode to Billy Joe

break aka:

listen:

ode_to_billy_joe.wav

d/l:

ode_to_billy_joe.wav (459 KB)

group/artist:

Lou Donaldson

original album:

Mr. Shing-A-Ling (Blue Note 1967)*

also available on:

used on (for example):

Adam F – Metropolis

notes:

Plastic Jam

break aka:

listen:

plastic_jam.wav

d/l:

plastic_jam.wav (127 KB)

group/artist:

The Plastic Jam

original album:

Plastic Jam Break Beats – Volume One (Labello Blanco NLB4 1993)

also available on:

used on (for example):

Dillinja – Silver Blade

notes:

Put Your Love (In My Tender Care)

listen:

put_your_love.wav

d/l:

put_your_love--end.wav (221 KB)
put_your_love--middle.wav (217 KB)

group/artist:

The Fatback Band

original album:

Raising Hell (Event 1975)*

also available on:

used on (for example):

Reprazant – Morse Code

notes:

Respect to Phokus for the info.

Scorpio

break aka:

listen:

scorpio.wav
scorpio--bongo.wav

d/l:

scorpio.wav (574 KB)

group/artist:

Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band

original album:

Evolution (Sussex 1971)*

also available on:

Kurtis Blow Presents the History of Rap, Vol. 1: The Genesis (Rhino 1997)*

used on (for example):

Reprazent – Share the Fall (scorpio.wav)
Die – Drop Bear (scorpio--bongo.wav)

notes:

Sesame Street

break aka:

Paris, Helicopter, Pleader

listen:

sesame_street.wav

d/l:

sesame_street.wav (169KB)

group/artist:

Blowfly

original album:

On TV (Hot Records 1975)*

also available on:

Worst of Blowfly (Hot 1996)*

used on (for example):

Deep Blue – Helicopter

notes:

Shack Up

break aka:

listen:

shack_up.wav

d/l:

shack_up.wav (363 KB)

group/artist:

Banbarra

original album:

7" single (Atco 1976)

also available on:

Various Artists – Totally Funk: The Essential (EMI 2001)*

used on (for example):

Jonny L feat. Silvah Bullet – 20 Degrees

notes:

Sing a Simple Song

break aka:

listen:

sing_simple_song.wav
sing_simple_song--edit.wav

d/l:

sing_a_simple_song.wav (813 KB)

group/artist:

Sly & The Family Stone

original album:

Stand! (Epic 1969)*

also available on:

The Best of Sly and the Family Stone (Epic 1998)*

used on (for example):

Busta Rhymes – Woo-Hah!! (Origin Unknown mix)
Scorpio – Trouble

notes:

Sneakin' In The Back

break aka:

listen:

sneakin_in_the_back.wav

d/l:

sneakin_in_the_back.wav (441 KB)

group/artist:

Tom Scott

original album:

Tom Scott & the LA Express (Ode 1974)*

also available on:

used on (for example):

Goldie – You and Me

notes:

Sniper

break aka:

Tramen, Firefight

listen:

sniper.wav

d/l:

sniper.wav (117 KB)

group/artist:

Trace

original album:

12" single (DSCI4 001 1999)

also available on:

used on (for example):

Ray Keith feat. Lea – Something Out There

notes:

Combines the "amen" and "tighten up" breaks.

Soul Beat Runna

break aka:

Boymerang

listen:

soul_beat_runna.wav

d/l:

soul_beat_runna.wav (123 KB)

group/artist:

Boymerang

original album:

12" single (Regal 14 1997)

also available on:

Boymerang – Balance of the Force (Regal 1997)*

used on (for example):

Dillinja – Silver Blade

notes:

Soul Pride

break aka:

listen:

soul_pride.wav

d/l:

soul_pride.wav (569 KB)

group/artist:

James Brown

original album:

The Popcorn (King 1969)*

also available on:

James Brown – Soul Pride: The Instrumentals (1960-69) (Polydor 1993)*

used on (for example):

Reprazent – Hot Stuff

notes:

Sport

break aka:

Ponder

listen:

sport.wav

d/l:

sport.wav (182 KB)

group/artist:

Lightnin' Rod

original album:

Hustler's Convention (United Artists 1973)*

also available on:

used on (for example):

Roni Size & Die – 11:55

notes:

Sweet Pea

break aka:

Studio

listen:

sweet_pea.wav

d/l:

sweet_pea.wav (168 KB)

group/artist:

Tommy Roe

original album:

Sweet Pea (ABC 1966)

also available on:

Various "Best of Tommy Roe" comps.

used on (for example):

DJ Zinc – Super Sharp Shooter

notes:

Take Me to the Mardi Gras

break aka:

Mardi Gras

listen:

take_me_to_the_mardi_gras.wav

d/l:

take_me_to_the_mardi_gras.wav (116 KB)

group/artist:

Bob James

original album:

Two (CTI 1975)*

also available on:

used on (for example):

Ram Trilogy – Evolution

notes:

Think (About It)

break aka:

listen:

think--badsister.wav
think--edit.wav

d/l:

think--all5.wav (1.09 MB)

group/artist:

Lyn Collins

original album:

Think (About It) (People 1972)*

also available on:

James Brown's Original Funky Divas (Polydor 1998)*

used on (for example):

Leveticus – Burial

notes:

Tighten Up (Live)

break aka:

Samurai

listen:

tighten_up.wav

d/l:

tighten_up.wav (440 KB)

group/artist:

James Brown

original album:

Say It Live & Loud: Live in Dallas 1968 (Polygram 1998)*

also available on:

James Brown – Soul Pride: The Instrumentals (1960-69) (Polydor 1993)*

used on (for example):

Trace – Sniper

notes:

Whole Thing

break aka:

listen:

whole_thing.wav

d/l:

whole_thing.wav (578 KB)

group/artist:

El Shobey & Co.

original album:

7" single (Shout 19??)

also available on:

Batteria For The Beatheads Vol. 2 (? 19??)

used on (for example):

High Contrast – Remember When

notes:

Cheers to roberto for the id.

Willie Pass The Water

break aka:

listen:

willie_pass_the_water.wav

d/l:

willie_pass_the_water.wav (83 KB)

group/artist:

Ripple

original album:

Ripple (GRC 1973)*

also available on:

used on (for example):

Reprazent – Share The Fall

notes:

Worm, The

break aka:

listen:

worm.wav

d/l:

worm.wav (168 KB)

group/artist:

Jimmy McGriff (Organ and Blues Band)

original album:

The Worm (Solid State 1968)*

also available on:

used on (for example):

Shy FX – Pandora's Box

notes:

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