The Breaks (12″ vocal mix)
~ Recording by Kurtis Blow
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 1.2 | The Breaks | 7:41 | Kurtis Blow | Kurtis Blow | Kurtis Blow | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | SRM-1-3854 |
| 1.1 | The Breaks (vocal) | 7:41 | Kurtis Blow | The Breaks | Kurtis Blow | Single |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | MDS-4010 |
| 1.9 | The Breaks | 7:45 | Kurtis Blow | Hip Hop Greats: Classic Raps | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 70957 |
| 1.2 | The Breaks | 7:44 | Kurtis Blow | Kurtis Blow | Kurtis Blow | Album |
| Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits) | 314 558 200-2 |
| 1.16 | The Breaks | 7:47 | Kurtis Blow | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Volume 5: Wildstyle Pirate Radio | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EPC 510062 2 |
| 1.16 | The Breaks | 7:47 | Kurtis Blow | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Volume 5: Wildstyle Pirate Radio | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EK 87006 |
| 5.16 | The Breaks | 7:47 | Kurtis Blow | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City: Official Soundtrack Box Set | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Rockstar Games, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | 5100642000, EPC 510064 2 |
| 1.2 | The Breaks | 7:51 | Kurtis Blow | Hip Hop Gold | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Records | B000632002 |
| 3.1 | The Breaks (12″ vocal mix) | 7:46 | Kurtis Blow | Dance Classics, Volume 23 & 24 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rodeo Media | RDM031 |
| 2.1 | The Breaks (vocal) | 7:51 | Kurtis Blow | Grand 12‐Inches 14 | Ben Liebrand | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 88875093762 |
| 1.4 | The Breaks | 7:46 | Kurtis Blow | Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap (explicit) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Smithsonian Folkways (imprint of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings) | SFW CD 40230 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.2 | The Breaks | 7:47 | Kurtis Blow | Przekrój Muzyki: Korzenie Hip-Hopu | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI Music Poland | 344591 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 5.11 | The Breaks | 7:44 | Kurtis Blow | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Radio (Individual tracks from the stations) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Rockstar Games | |
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.10 | The Breaks | 7:42 | Kurtis Blow | POP, Volume 13 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| producer: | James B. Moore (producer, composer) Robert Ford Jr. (hip hop writer and producer) |
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| sampled by: | Brakes by De La Soul Dial a Jam by Coolio (US rapper, actor, chef & record producer) & The 40 Thevz |
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| mash-ups: | Bella Thorne Is Pretty Cool but She’s Currently Trying to Rob My House Please Send Help by The Sheep Queen Experiment |
| recording of: | The Breaks |
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Related works
The Breaks
| writer: | James B. Moore (producer, composer) Kurtis Walker Lawrence Smith (US hip hop producer) Robert Arthur Ford, Jr. (hip hop writer and producer) Russell W. Simmons |
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| publisher: | Neutral Gray Music |
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| music quoted in: | Chacarron Macarron |
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| lyrics quoted in: | Girl Like U |
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