Breakdance: Breakin' Classics from the Grandmasters of Hip-Hop and Electro

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1I Know You Got Soul
engineer:
Patrick Adams (US disco, soul, boogie songwriter and producer) and Elai Tubo
producer:
Eric B. and Rakim (William Michael Griffin Jr., American rapper)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Island Records, Inc. (US, Island holding) (in 1987)
recorded at and mixed at:
Power Play Studios in New York, New York, United States
samples:
I Know You Got Soul by Bobby Byrd (founder of the Famous Flames, James Brown’s vocal group)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 386)
recording of:
I Know You Got Soul
writer:
Eric B. and Rakim (William Michael Griffin Jr., American rapper)
Eric B. & Rakim3.54:44
2It's Like That
assistant producer:
Roddey Hui
producer:
Larry Smith (US hip hop producer) and Russell Simmons
performer:
Orange Krush
recording of:
It’s Like That
writer:
Darryl McDaniels (rapper Darryl McDaniels), Joseph Simmons (US rapper Rev. Run of Run-D.M.C) and Larry Smith (US hip hop producer)
publisher:
Protoons Inc., Rush-Groove and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Run DMC44:47
3Rock the Bells
producer:
Rick Rubin (US record producer, former co‐president of Columbia Records)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1985) and Def Jam Records, Inc. (in 1986)
recorded at:
Chung King House of Metal in New York, New York, United States (from 1984 until 1985)
recording of:
Rock the Bells
composer:
James Todd Smith and Rick Rubin (US record producer, former co‐president of Columbia Records)
LL Cool J3.754:00
4The Message
producer:
J. Chase and Sylvia Robinson
vocals:
Duke Bootee and Melle Mel (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sugar Hill Records (US late 70s/early 80s rap) (from 1982 to present)
edit of:
The Message (original version) by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
recording of:
The Message (in 1982)
writer:
Edward Fletcher, Jiggs Chase, Melvin Glover (Melvin Glover aka Melle Mel) and Sylvia Robinson
publisher:
IQ Music Ltd.
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five4.353:11
5Breakdance Electric Boogie
West St Mob5:06
6Breakin'... Ain't No Stoppin' Us
Ollie & Jerry3:06
7Breaker's Revenge
Arthur Baker5:15
8Axel F
producer:
Harold Faltermeyer
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) and Geffen Records (in 1984)
mixed at:
The Record Plant (aka “Record Plant” Los Angeles) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
part of:
VH1’s 100 Greatest One‐Hit Wonders of the ’80s (number: 70)
recording of:
Axel F (Beverly Hills Cop)
composer:
Harold Faltermeyer
Harold Faltermeyer4.152:59
9Walking on Sunshine
cover recording of:
Walking on Sunshine
lyricist and composer:
Eddy Grant
publisher:
Greenheart Music
Rocker’s Revenge5:17
10Al-Naafiysh (The Soul)
recording of:
Al-Naafiysh (The Soul)
composer:
Jerry Calliste, Jr.
publisher:
Dorian Music
Hashim3:23
11Beat Street Breakdown
Grandmaster Melle Mel & The Furious Five4:19
12OPP
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Tommy Boy Music, Inc. (in 1991) and Tommy Boy Music, LLC (not for release label!) (in 2004)
samples:
ABC by The Jackson 5 (The Jacksons, formerly “The Jackson 5”)
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 96)
recording of:
O.P.P.
composer:
Anthony Criss, Berry Gordy, Keir Gist (Naughty by Nature’s DJ Keir Gist), Fonce Mizell, Freddie Perren, Deke Richards (American songwriter and record producer) and Vincent Brown
publisher:
Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Naughty Music (associated with Naughty By Nature)
Naughty by Nature3.854:28
13Sound of Da Police
producer:
Showbiz
mixer:
KRS‐ONE
samples:
Inside Looking Out by Grand Funk Railroad
part of:
Fuck tha Police: 20 Songs Against Police Brutality (number: 16)
recording of:
Sound of da Police
writer:
Eric Burdon, Bryan “Chas” Chandler, KRS‐ONE, Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) and Showbiz
publisher:
Carbert Music Inc., London Music UK, Ludlow Music, Unichappell Music, Inc. and Universal Music–Z Tunes LLC
KRS One4.84:11
14The Humpty Dance
producer:
Shock‐G (of Digital Underground)
background vocals:
Fuze (US hip-hop DJ/producer David Elliot) and Money‐B (Money B, of Digital Underground)
arranger:
Shock‐G (of Digital Underground)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Tommy Boy Music, Inc. (in 1986)
produced for:
Stayin’ Busy Productions
recording of:
The Humpty Dance
writer:
George Clinton (US funk musician), Bootsy Collins (US funk musician & songwriter), Edward Humphrey III, Gregory Jacobs and Walter Morrison
publisher:
GLG Two Music, Pubhowyalike Publishing and Willesden Music (Publishing company, affiliated with BMI)
Digital Underground4:38
15Monster Jam
Spoonie Gee & Sequence3:41
16Talkin All That Jazz
keyboard programming:
Donald "Kid Wonder" Newkirk
engineer:
Bob Coulter
producer:
Delite
editor:
"Oh Oh" Omar Santana
additional remixer:
Daddy‐O (Glenn K. Bolton of Stetsasonic), DBC (Stetsasonic member Marvin Nemley), Rodd Houston and Tyrone Perkins
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Tommy Boy Music, Inc. (in 1988)
samples:
Expansions by Lonnie Liston Smith
recording of:
Talkin’ All That Jazz
lyricist and composer:
Glenn K. Bolton
publisher:
IQ Music Ltd. and Tee Girl Music
Stetsasonic34:45
17That's the Joint
remixer:
C.J. Mackintosh
remix of:
That’s the Joint (long version) by Funky 4 + 1 (aka Funky 4 + 1 More)
partial recording of:
That’s the Joint
writer:
Keith Caeser, Clifton “Jiggs” Chase, Sharon Green, Jeffrey Myree, Kevin Smith, Sylvia Robinson and Rodney Stone
Funky 4 + 15:50
18Adventures on the Wheels of Steel
Grandmaster Flash4:43