If you live and die by the scratch, please stand up. This release is actually the old school DJ Rectangle, the lanky scratch DJ that pioneered the whole competitive battle scene in the late 80's / early 90's with his "crazy" style....
expand review The man would rip doubles while stacking his turntables double decker style using Pepsi cans! Who does that? His famous break albums, the Ultimate Battle Weapon series, were the predecessors to Qbert's Dirt Style records and were the staple for DJs everywhere. I remember when I started DJing back in '98, Rectangle's record, Bionic Booger Breaks and Guerilla Breaks were the only break albums around. This CD compiles new samples and old samples from volumes 1-5 into a master compilation of every old school break and battle sample imaginable. Since it comes as MP3s, it's designed for Serato and Traktor battle DJs, which is the generation keeping it alive. All together, it's over 125 MP3s of pure old school battle fodder for daaaaaays. I doubt you'll go through all of them in a year. If he could rip sets with this back in the day, just think what you can do with the tech advantage. 320 kbps MP3s. -C'mish
I know what you're thinking, "Oh cool, they collected up those three volumes of Yosumi Video Game Breaks and put them on a data CD in high quality MP3 format." And you're right, that alone would be cool, but this is actually...
expand review a whole lot more. In addition to that trio of classic break records, Yosumi has compiled over 40 HOURS of additional material from just about every classic game and console your nostalgiac mind could conjure up. The data disc (a DVD actually) is divided into five sections -- Video Game Breaks #1-3, GTA World and Diggin In The Carts -- with all the new material sorted by gaming system (NES, Playstation, Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo). I could list off a bunch of names, but instead I'll just say this: if you're sitting there right now wondering if there are any samples from [video game x] on here... yes, there probably are. Ridiculously thorough, great sound quality on almost all the tracks. Recommended. -Chris Lemon-Red
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