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Kurtis Blow

The Breaks

1980 · via Kurtis Blow

Kurtis Blow’s 1980 recording of “The Breaks” is the earliest release on file. Kurtis Blow shares the writing credit with Robert Ford, Jr., J.B. Moore, Russell Simmons and Larry Smith.

Kurtis Blow – The Breaks
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"The Breaks" wasn't something Kurtis Blow picked up from somebody else. He cut it first, and the credit is split five ways, Russell Simmons and Larry Smith among them, so you're hearing a whole crew in one record.

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Credited writers: Robert Ford, Jr., Kurtis Blow, J.B. Moore, Russell Simmons and Larry Smith.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1980.

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