TRU FUNK: Nu Party Breaks Vol. 9 (2013)

It’s the final instalment of Tru:Funk‘s Nu Party Breaks series and it’s a massive double length effort. Final instalment? Yep, don’t panic – plans are afoot for newness in January. In the meantime Vol. 9 is fifteen tracks deep and features a wealth of scene-heavyweights with Badboe, Morlack, Rory Hoy, Funkanomics, The Breakbeat Junkie & DJP all putting in an appearance. Badboe gets pole position with his Ludacris-appropriating Thriller In Manila while Ad n Kutz nip at the heels of the rear …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

THE BREAKBEAT JUNKIE & DJP: Represent The Style (2013)

The Breakbeat Junkie and DJP hook up again, this time on BBP, to release Represent The Style and the style they seem to be representing is cocaine-dusted mirrorball nights. The title track finds the pair of them re-working Lil Kim in a Paradise Garage stylee, then DJP has a louche disco tango with Princess Superstar before the Breakbeat Junkie uses 4EverFresh sample, “We created rap cause I never dug disco,” on Never Dug Disco which makes him a big fat liar since this is the most …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

SECOND HAND AUDIO feat. DIZZY DUSTIN: Got It Like That (GFD03) (2013)

There was only one logical step for the ghetto funk/ breaks scene when the well of old school and underground hip hop rapapellas started drying up. Get some original vocals of course. There have been a few exceptions in the last few years but you can expect a lot more from now on as the necessity of finding something suitable (and unrinsed) increasingly drives the issue. Step forward one of the UK’s most hip-hop breaks production duos – DJP & The Breakbeat Junkie. Or as they’re …READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

BIG M presents: THE BREAKBEAT JUNKIE vs. DJP (2012)

BIG M presents: THE BREAKBEAT JUNKIE vs. DJP (2012)
Funky breaks dream team The Breakbeat Junkie and DJP hook-up again and cook up some new heat for the Big M label – three joint efforts and DJP’s solo banger Say Word. I’m always a sucker for party hip-hop so it’s the latter that takes my fancy the most with its inspired employment of Treacherous Three and solo Spoonie G vocals. You can’t get much more old school than that and the results sound like the kind of hook-laden feel-good track that seems perpetually just beyond People Under The Stairs grasp. Nice one DJP. The remaining three…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

BIG M Presents: More Banging Artists (2011) 12”

BIG M Presents: More Banging Artists (2011) 12”
Big M’s latest wax project hops between sub-genres like a right beat slut. It delivers an wobbly uptempo Bollywood ghetto funk from Nynfus Corp, a straight up funky breaks version of funky soul staple Hold On I’m Comin’ from Nev Scott & Waynessential, mid-tempo Nu-Yorican breaks from The Breakbeat Junkie and finishes up with Uppercut Continue’s dubstep exploration of ‘that night’ when Charlie Sheen’s crack became famous.…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

TREMENDO Vol. 1: Various (2011)

TREMENDO Vol. 1: Various (2011)
Telephunken drops the first release on his own label Tremendo here and its eight floor fillers from across the ghetto funk/ funky breaks spectrum from the likes of his own bad self, Stickybuds, The Captain, Tom Drummond, Bobby C Sound TV, Bryx, The Breakbeat Junkie and Ursula 1000. Basically there’s ammunition here for virtually every style of breaks dj occasion: you’ve got your old-school flavoured cuts like Breakbeat Junkie’s Neneh Cherry-sampling Take A Stance…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

WACK RECORDS 11: Smov/ DJ Kid Stretch/ Prosper/ The Breakbeat Junkie/ DJP(2011)

WACK RECORDS 11: Smov/ DJ Kid Stretch/ Prosper/ The Breakbeat Junkie/ DJP(2011)
Four new disco biscuits from Smoove and friends...…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

MANMADE RECORDS: Gold Edition - 2010

MANMADE RECORDS: Gold Edition - 2010
Old funk, nufunk, ghettofunk, blue funk – Dr Seuss would have a field day as we live through the most amusing genre-name wars since the old trip-hop vs. blunted beats conflict of the mid-nineties. All that aside, Manmade celebrate their tenth release with some 24 carat action in the form of a double vinyl EP – you know that’ll be cut loud …READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM

THE BREAKBEAT JUNKIE & DJP: Goodgroove Artist Series no. 10

THE BREAKBEAT JUNKIE & DJP: Goodgroove Artist Series no. 10
Bath’s Goodgroove label lives up to it’s name once more and shows hip-hop producers the way back to the dancefloor. The recipe is simple, take one old school hip-hop acapella circa 1985, take one old funk loop circa 1967-1975, forgo the tired ‘dusty breaks’-re-creation-of-1992-approach and instead apply muscular 21st century club vibe instead. Retaining the breakbeat (correctly) it also chucks in a few house-production flourishes. Not the shit vocoder-vocals, cheesy electro synths of…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM