POSTED ON October 28th, 2009 BY Calvin
My initial growth as a b-boy happened to coincide with the growth of the popular music sharing software called Napster. I’d spend hours sitting on my 56k connection trying to fill up my four-gigabyte hard drive with songs that would take me an hour or so to download.
That meant every song counted. Even if they weren’t all “good,” I’d force myself to like them or at least familiarize myself with them. And, as a beginner, I quickly realized two search phrases would redeem my hours of downloading frustration: “breakdance” and “battle of the year.”
I ended up with a motley collection of songs–some good, some, uh, confusing. But of the Battle of the Year soundtrack picks, the Def Cut ones would stay burned into my brain for months at a time. Nevermind the fact that doing this weird thing they called “dancing on beat” seemed impossible at this point, especially to such fast music–this stuff made me want to run out in front of a screaming crowd and maybe do an airflare or two (remember, this was the early 2000s [the year, not the move]).
Fast forward to the end of 2009, and Def Cut is still at it. In fact, his newest release is completely free, so that former herbs like me don’t have to steal them online. Not all of them are ideal for b-boying, but if you’re a fan of super fast, super hard, kinda-electroey, kinda-Battle-of-the-Year-esque tunes, you’ll eat this up.
Says Def Cut on his Web site:
F**k the money and the industry! This is a present to all my Fans, B-Boys, B-Girls and Break-Beat Lovers!! PEACE! DEF CUT
Tracklist:
01. Rawness (Intro: Guru from Gangstarr)
02. B-Boy Stance
03. Stand Up
04. Hey You
05. Dynamite
06. Cold Act Ill
07. Free Soul
08. Still Here
09. To The Beat
10. Hands Up
11. RIP Steady Rock
12. Always Real feat. Oldschool Flexmaster Dee
13. Get Down
14. Street Jams
15. Lazer Jam
16. Zoul Powa
17. Fear
18. Together
19. Elekktro Shokk feat. SCEN
20. On My Mind
21. Come Around (And Rock It)
22. Think 4 A Moment
23. Start Rockin’
24. Super Funk
25. Underground
26. The Beat I Like
