If you live and die by the scratch, please stand up. This release is actually the old school DJ Rectangle, the lanky scratch DJ that pioneered the whole competitive battle scene in the late 80's / early 90's with his "crazy" style. The man would rip doubles while stacking his turntables double decker style using Pepsi cans! Who does that? His famous break albums, the Ultimate Battle Weapon series, were the predecessors to Qbert's Dirt Style records and were the staple for DJs everywhere. I remember when I started DJing back in '98, Rectangle's record, Bionic Booger Breaks and Guerilla Breaks were the only break albums around. This CD compiles new samples and old samples from volumes 1-5 into a master compilation of every old school break and battle sample imaginable. Since it comes as MP3s, it's designed for Serato and Traktor battle DJs, which is the generation keeping it alive. All together, it's over 125 MP3s of pure old school battle fodder for daaaaaays. I doubt you'll go through all of them in a year. If he could rip sets with this back in the day, just think what you can do with the tech advantage. 320 kbps MP3s.

reviewed by C'mish