Formed by breaks fanatic Miles Tackett, Breakestra is a constantly morphing… Read Full Bio ↴Formed by breaks fanatic Miles Tackett, Breakestra is a constantly morphing hip-hop orchestra based in Los Angeles. The group came together in 1997-1997 around Tackett's DJ gigs at a coffeehouse. A multi-instrumentalist whose work on cello has appeared on recordings by B.B. King, Macy Gray, and Black Eyed Peas, Tackett was a funk fan who got into hip-hop during the late '80s -- courtesy of the Ultramagnetic classic Critical Beatdown -- when he realized it was keeping the funk flame alive.
A wish to play instrumental hip-hop in a band context brought the group together, with Tackett alongside drummer Josh "Wallet" Cohen, reed player Geoff "Double G" Gallegos, trumpeters Todd Simon and Paul Vargas, trombone player Dan Osterman, keyboard player Carlos Guaico, percussionist Davy Chegwidden, guitarist Dan Ubick, and vocalists Sol Sista DeMya and Mixmaster Wolf. Their club night, Root Down, brought in crowds, along with the cream of the rap underground (Jurassic 5, Dilated Peoples, Company Flow, DJ Shadow, Freestyle Fellowship), and their first single, "Getcho Soul Togetha," appeared on Stones Throw in 1999.
That year also brought an intriguing demo called The Live Mix Tape -- including Breakestra covers of a host of deep funk classics -- but an official release (as The Live Mix, Pt. 1) waited until 2001 and only appeared in Japan. The second volume followed later that year, and was released on Stones Throw. In 2005 Breakestra recorded a single, Family Rap, featuring Chali 2na and Soup from Jurassic 5 and Double K from People Under the Stairs, and also released their third studio album, Hit the Floor, on Ubiquity Records, with a nearly entirely different lineup.
A wish to play instrumental hip-hop in a band context brought the group together, with Tackett alongside drummer Josh "Wallet" Cohen, reed player Geoff "Double G" Gallegos, trumpeters Todd Simon and Paul Vargas, trombone player Dan Osterman, keyboard player Carlos Guaico, percussionist Davy Chegwidden, guitarist Dan Ubick, and vocalists Sol Sista DeMya and Mixmaster Wolf. Their club night, Root Down, brought in crowds, along with the cream of the rap underground (Jurassic 5, Dilated Peoples, Company Flow, DJ Shadow, Freestyle Fellowship), and their first single, "Getcho Soul Togetha," appeared on Stones Throw in 1999.
That year also brought an intriguing demo called The Live Mix Tape -- including Breakestra covers of a host of deep funk classics -- but an official release (as The Live Mix, Pt. 1) waited until 2001 and only appeared in Japan. The second volume followed later that year, and was released on Stones Throw. In 2005 Breakestra recorded a single, Family Rap, featuring Chali 2na and Soup from Jurassic 5 and Double K from People Under the Stairs, and also released their third studio album, Hit the Floor, on Ubiquity Records, with a nearly entirely different lineup.
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Cramp Your Style Baby, sometimes you treat me good Sometimes you treat me ba…
Hiding I've been hiding from your eyes and staying out of…
Recognize Well I can't walk away From your mixed up masquerade I mus…
Stand Up Boys... Get up y'all! Stand Up! I woke up to the angels Sing…
Stand Up! Boys... Get up y'all! Stand Up! I woke up to the angels S…
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@elsiegon7118
Yeaaah I remember that featured in a lot old school hip hop!! . I always loved it!!!
@SmoothCrmnl80
This was awesome! Can you do one for The Payback- James Brown?
@RobRamirez456
Great video
@therealkat1342
I was hoping for a video like this
@appidydafoo
Thank you
@marcmarcello981
A bit more about the mohawks would have been useful.
@RogertheGS
Yeah, let's have a video about the whole history of Lowell Fulson's Tramp with all the versions, comebacks, take-offs and instrumentals (including Champ) that dominate the most-sampled charts
@kirensambhi
Just come across this today. I like how the opening scene is from my movie The Library Music Film and was used without my consent or even common decency of a credit at the end. Not too mention we did a Champ featurette including interviews with Alan Hawkshaw & Les Hurdle. Hawk was a friend and collaborator of mine as well so this is personal as well as professional. Your video is a compilation of other peoples work which gives no credit to the creators or owners. You have added no new insight or information to what is a fascinating story.
Disappointing.
@Raider577
Shows the ignorance of these black rappers. Instead of sampling the black American Lowell Fulson's Tramp they choose to sample the British re-worked version.
@simonsinistaj1917
What the hell are you talking about? The part that’s been sampled by multiple artists from The Mohawks version sounds nothing like anything on Lowell Fulson’s ‘Tramp’
Lowell Fulson’s version also HAS been sampled by multiple hip-hop artists as well. What difference does it make? They’re both their own song that have different vibes and been used by a ton of hip-hop artists to recreate great beats.