Super Breaks. Return To The Old School. Classic Breaks And Beats From The Birth Of Hip-Hop (Vinyl 2xLP) Hard Rock

Super Breaks. Return To The Old School. Classic Breaks And Beats From The Birth Of Hip-Hop (Vinyl 2xLP) Hard Rock30 years ago this month hip hop made its way onto vinyl for the very first time. It was the start of a process that would replace the music's original stars, the DJ, with a new one, the MC, who would be rechristened the rapper. This process would allow the music to have the stars that pop marketing campaigns could recognise, and from which international superstars could emerge. It was on the streets of New York and especially the Bronx that hip hop

Weapon (Bastille Vs

In 1970s Kenya the two threads of rumba and benga loosely dominated the music scene

grew to become even more popular than the man himself

sounding like sun-warped takes on wordless

vulnerability

Heavyweight black vinyl in a Ninja Tune house sleeve

including Zack de la Rocha (Rage Against The Machine)

It's an ambitious piece of work

But as night moved to day

An unearthed and unreleased Leroy Burgess tape from the same sessions as 'Heartbreaker' finally sees the light of day with three brand new mixes from the legendary Dave Lee

far-out pop with delicacy and grace

after playing music with each other for over a decade