Blue Breakbeats is an essential collection of six of the
funkiest breakbeat heavy songs in
Grant Green's deep
Blue Note catalog. Prolifically sampled by beat thirsty
hip-hop producers and stylistically influential in separating
Green from
Wes Montgomery's ever-looming shadow, these songs were compiled from
Green Is Beautiful,
Visions,
Alive!,
Carryin' On, and
The Final Come Down by
DJ Smash. While certainly nothing new here for the collector, it's a great starter piece for newcomers and those seeking out the original breaks sampled over and over on late 20th century
hip-hop records. Playful grooves and classic drumbeats thump underneath some of the slickest
jazz guitar work of the 1970s, while stellar instrumentation alone is worth the price of admission. With it being said that these groundbreaking
Blue Note soul/
jazz records are the foundation of
hip-hop, these cuts are brick-by-brick testimonials. ~ Nicholas Gordon
