The Breaks (song)

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"The Breaks" is a critically acclaimed 1980 hit single for Kurtis Blow (see 1980 in music) and one the earliest hip-hop hits.

It has been sampled by many subsequent musicians such as De La Soul on their 1989 song "Buddy" and Eazy-E on his 1988 song "Radio", from Eazy-Duz-It.^{[citation needed]}

The song was remade by the female rap group Nadanuf in 1997 on the album Worldwide and featured Kurtis Blow.^[1]

The song has featured in a few games, the 2005 game True Crime: New York City, the 2006 game Scarface: The World Is Yours, and the 2002 game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

[edit] Lyrics and structure

• "The Breaks" repeats the word "break" (or any of its homophones) eighty-four times over six and a half minutes.
• There are six breakdowns (seven including the outro) in "The Breaks".
• There are no fewer than three definitions for "break," "to break" or "brakes" used in "The Breaks."

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