Various Artists - Westbound Super Breaks - Essential Funk, Soul And Jazz Samples And Breakbeats (2018) Westbound (FLAC 413MB) - Rare Hard Funk/Soul/Jazz

Much of modern hip hop (YUK!) & House (dont mind House!) has its roots in the adventurous recordings made at Westbound in the early to mid-70s. “Super Breaks” pays homage to some of their greatest sampled tracks. Available on CD and 2LP formats. “Super Breaks” has been a successful series for nearly 20 Plus years and Ace’s relationship with Detroit’s Westbound Records goes back even further. Add the fact that on a per record released basis Westbound is probably the most sampled label ever. If you met Westbound’s irrepressible owner Armen Boladian today you would sense the deal-making businessman who had made his way in the difficult world of independent record distribution before going on to open his own label. It was that streak of independence that created such a distinctive label, one that could score a string of hits, yet also provide a home for the uncommercial ravings say of George Clinton’s Funkadelic project. It is of course Funkadelic who provided the driving force for Westbound recordings to become so sampled in the hip hop world, and featured are three prime examples on the album  ‘I Wanna Know If It’s Good To You?’,  ‘You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks’ and the drum laden  ‘I’ll Bet You’, as well as the Magictones’ cover of the group’s ‘Good Old Music’, which George Clinton produced. The other key creator of sample-able records was Junie Morrison, first in the Ohio Players and then with his solo recordings. Perhaps most aptly of all was when DJs picked up on the Fantastic Four’s ‘Disco Pool Blues’ and sampled it on house records and mixes  the song is all about club jocks searching for the perfect sound. Yep its been a legendary label all right  across the black Music board. I,d love to know are there any Hip-Hop fans here ?..just wondering....A  mainly hard funk album not for the squemish!

AMM

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