Great set of hip-hop source sample tracks by the same folks who did the Strictly Breaks series. The vibe is moody and mellow, with tracks like "The Warnings" by David Axelrod, "On The Hill" by Oliver Sain, "Hogin Machine" by Les Baxter, "The Windmills Of Your Mind" by Dorothy Ashby, "Survival" by Annette Peacock, "Holding You, Loving You" by Don Blackman, and "Bamboo Child" by Ryo Kawasaki. 16 tracks in all, and all hip hop sample worthy. CD

An excellent selection of funky tunes that have been sampled for hip hop tracks! The set used to be called Pete's Treats – because all of these cuts were sampled by Pete Rock – but Pete got mad at that, so they've retitled the package. Still the same great sound, though – and the set includes 28 cuts in all, with many great numbers that we don't carry on other reissues! Titles include "From This Day On" by Eddie Bo, "Bubble Gum" by The 9th Creation, "Freedom Dance" by Eugene McDaniels, "Cameo" by Eddy Senay, "Today" by Tom Scott, "Where Do I Go" by Alyn Ainsworth, "Soul Girl" by Judy Foster, "Don't Change Your Love" by the 5 Stairsteps, "Gimme Some" by Freddie McCoy, "Bootleggin" by Simtec & Wylie, "Groovy Situation" by Mel & Tim, "I Got Soul" by Bama, "Capricorn" by Cannonball Adderley, and "Expo 83" by Backyard Heavies. Lots lots more, and a great set of tracks! LP, Vinyl record album

The roots of some of the greatest hip hop of the past 25 years! This massive 2CD set features 26 tracks that were sampled by Tribe Called Quest for their best work – plus 10 more "skit" tracks that features short musical samples. The whole thing's got that great jazzy feel that you'd expect from Tribe's first few albums – and it's filled with rare cuts like "Loran's Dance" by Idris Muhammad, "Mystic Brew" by Ronnie Foster, "Baby This Love I Have" by Minnie Riperton, "Martin's Funeral" by Bill Cosby, "Ekim" by Michal Urbaniak, "Dirty Old Bossa Nova" by Howard Roberts, "Chant For Bu" by Art Blakey, "Walk On The Wild Side" by Lou Rawls, "Memory Band" by Rotary Connection, "40 Days" by Billy Brooks, and "Inner City Blues" by Rueben Wilson. Great stuff – with loads more excellent cuts! CD

Just when you thought they'd put all they could into this series – this latest 4th volume comes along and knocks all the other ones out on their booties! This set's got a huge amount of great sample cuts, including loads of non-Blue Note material, like "Three is The Magic Number" by Bob Dorough, "Holy Thursday" by David Axelrod, "Boomp Boomp Chomp" by The Sons, "Shack Up (pts 1 & 2)" by Banbarra, "Sitting Duck" by Gene Harris, "Woman Of The Ghetto (live version)" by Marlena Shaw, and "This Is Soul" by Paul Nero (ok, so a few of those were Blue Notes, but there's a lot more cool stuff on here that isn't!) Looks like the folks at EMI got sick of being beat to the punch by all the Dusty Fingers and Strictly Breaks comps, so they went ahead and did one like that themselves! CD