Ultimate Breaks and Beats (also commonly abbreviated as UBB) was a series of 25 compilation albums released from 1986 to 1991 by Street Beat Records and edited by "BreakBeat Lou" Flores and "BreakBeat Lenny" Roberts.Louis "BreakBeat Lou" Flores. Discogs. Retrieved 18 July 2016. Featured on the albums were funk, R&B, soul, jazz and rock tracks from the 1960s to 1980s that included influential drum breaks.

The albums found high popularity with hip hop producers, with each new release in the series leading to many records featuring samples of the breaks. In this way, the series impacted the soundscape of rap, hip hop, dance, and pop music in general.

Re-releases of the LPs, some packaged in pairs for DJ scratching and mixing convenience, became available and are currently found in many record stores. CDs of some of the volumes may be found as well, including a 2-CD and DVD box set featuring nearly all of the tracks on the 25 albums.

Releases Complete track listing, taken from Geocities.comTrack list at Geocities. and updated with performers' names, missing in the track lists of volumes SBR 499, SBR 500 and the first version of SBR 508.

An asterisk after a track name indicates that the song was remixed for inclusion in this compilation.

Not official

SBR 499 The Limit – "She's So Divine" (from CP-721 12-inch single) (1982) Kashif – "I Just Gotta Have You (Lover Turn Me On)" (from CP-728 12-inch single) (1982) Kenton Nix featuring Bobby Youngblood – "There's Never Been (No One Like You)" (from WES 22130 12-inch single) (1980) Mr. Magic – "Magic's Message (There Has to Be a Better Way)" (from POS-1213 12-inch single) (1984)

SBR 500 Tia Monae – "Don't Keep Me Waiting" (from CART-320 12-inch single) (1983) Cloud One – "Flying High" (from HS-1010 12-inch single) (1982) Ednah Holt – "Serious, Sirius Space Party" (from WES 22138 12-inch single) (1981) – "Let's Do It" (from S-12336 12-inch single) (1980)

Official start of the series

SBR 501 The Monkees – "Mary Mary"* (from More of the Monkees) (1967) Colgems Records Wilbur "Bad" Bascomb – "Black Grass"* (from PAS-6048 7-inch single) (1972) Paramount Records The Winstons – "Amen, Brother"* (from MMS-117 7-inch single) (1969) Metromedia Records*** 7th Wonder – "Daisy Lady" (from Climbing Higher) (1979) Parachute Records D.C. LaRue – "Indiscreet" (from The Tea Dance) (1976) Pyramid Records Rufus Thomas – "Do the Funky Penguin" (from STA-0112 7-inch single) (1971) Stax Records

The break on "Amen Brother" was pitched down from 45 rpm to 33 rpm

SBR 502 Wilson Pickett – "Get Me Back on Time, Engine #9"* (from Wilson Pickett in Philadelphia) (1970) Atlantic Records Juice – "Catch a Groove"* (from DGD-108 12-inch single) (1976) Greedy Records The Rolling Stones – "Honky Tonk Women"* (from Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)) (1969) London Records Funkadelic – "You'll Like it Too" (from Connections & Disconnections) (1981) LAX Records Roy Ayers Ubiquity – "Boogie Back" (from Change Up the Groove) (1974) Polydor Records Orchestra Internationale featuring Sal Conte – "Chella llà" (from Disco Italiano) (1974) Fiesta Records

SBR 503 Cheryl Lynn – "Got to Be Real" (from Cheryl Lynn) (1978) Columbia records Incredible Bongo Band – "Apache" (from Bongo Rock) (1973) Pride/MGM Records Herman Kelly & Life – "Dance to the Drummer's Beat" (from Percussion Explosion) (1978) TK Disco / Alston / Electric Cat Records Incredible Bongo Band – "Bongo Rock"* (from Bongo Rock) (1973) Pride/MGM Records Upp – "Give It to You" (from Upp) (1975) Epic Records Jackie Robinson – "Pussyfooter"* (from I'm Different) (1977) Les Disques Direction Records

SBR 504 Syl Johnson – "Different Strokes"* (from TM-2242 7-inch single) (1967) Twilight Records Bobby Byrd – "I Know You Got Soul"* (from I Need Help) (1970) King Records Z. Z. Hill – "I Think I'd Do It"* (from The Brand New Z.Z. Hill) (1971) Mankind Records Gaz – "Sing Sing" (from Gaz) (1979) SalSoul Records Isaac Hayes – "Breakthrough" (from the Truck Turner soundtrack) (1974) Enterprise Records Tom Jones – "Looking Out My Window"* (from "45-40035" 7-inch single (1968) Parrot Records ***Note: Looking Out My Window" does not appear on the 1968 LP "Help Yourself" although it does so on later cd reissues. Dynamic Corvettes – "Funky Music Is the Thing Part 2" (from ABET-5459 7-inch single) (1975) Abet Records

SBR 505 Johnny "Hammond" Smith – "Shifting Gears"* (from Gears) (1975) Milestone Records Bo Diddley – "Hit or Miss"* (from Big Bad Bo) (1974) Cadet / Chess Records The Wild Magnolias – "(Somebody Got) Soul, Soul, Soul"* (from The Wild Magnolias) (1974) Polydor Records Melvin Bliss – "Synthetic Substitution" (from SU-527 7-inch single) (1973) Sunburst Records Freedom – "Get Up and Dance" (from Farther Than Imagination) (1979) TK Disco / Malaco Records 20th Century Steel Band – "Heaven and Hell Is on Earth" (from Warm Heart, Cold Steel) (1975) United Artists Records Banbarra – "Shack Up Part 2" (from UAXW-734Y 7-inch single) (1975)

SBR 506 Please – "Sing a Simple Song" (from Please) (1975) Telefunken Records James Brown – "Cold Sweat" (from Cold Sweat) (1967) King Records The Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds – "2001" (from The Black Motion Picture Experience) (1973) Buddah records Dennis Coffey – "Son of Scorpio"* (from Electric Coffey) (1972) Sussex Records The Magic Disco Machine – "Scratchin'"* (from Disc-O-Tech) (1975) Motown records Fat Larry's Band – "Down on the Avenue" (from Feel It) (1976) WMot Records Uncle Louie – "I Like Funky Music" (from "Uncle Louie's Here" – 12" Remix – MAR-434) Marlin Records (1979)

SBR 507 James Brown – "Give It Up or Turnit a Loose" (from Sex Machine (album) (1970) (Note: The original version has the guitar hook, while both the remixed version and the live version have the drum breaks.) Polydor Records Funky Constellation – "Street Talk (Madam Rapper)" (from FUNC-369 12-inch single) (1979) ROTA Records Pleasure – "Let’s Dance" (from Accept No Substitutes) (1976) Fantasy Records John Davis and the Monster Orchestra – "I Can’t Stop" (from Night and Day) (1976) SAM Records John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra – "Planetary Citizen" (from Inner Worlds) (1975) CBS Records Funkadelic – "Good Old Music" (from Funkadelic) (1970) Westbound Records William Ray – "You Are What You Are" (Sammy Lee Pickens) (from DMT-1001 12-inch single) (1977) Magic Touch Records

Discontinued (see notes below)

SBR 508 The Puppets – "The Way of Life" (from the QUS-055 12-inch single) (1983) Wish & Fonda Rae – "Touch Me (All Night Long)" (from RHR 3376 12-inch single) (1984) Up Front – "Infatuation" (from SC-16 12-inch single) (1983) Stacye Branché – "Precious and Special" (from BO-03055 12-inch single) (1983)

Continued

SBR 509 Ingrid – "Easter Parade" (from POSPX-529 12-inch single) (1982) Polydor Records ESG – "UFO"* (from ESG) (1981) 99 Records Billy Squier – "Big Beat" (from The Tale of the Tape) (1980) Capitol Records Liquid Liquid – "Cavern" (from Optimo EP) (1983) 99 Records Mountain – "Long Red"* (from Mountain Live: The Road Goes Ever On) (1972) Windfall Records Tyrone Thomas and the Whole Darn Family – "Seven Minutes of Funk" (from Has Arrived) (1976) Soul International Records

Note UFO by ESG was pitched down from 45 rpm to  rpm****

SBR 510 James Brown – "Funky President" (from Reality) (1974) Polydor Records Dexter Wansel – "Theme from the Planets"* (from Life on Mars) (1976) Philadelphia International Records Rhythm Heritage – "Theme from "S.W.A.T.""* (from Disco-Fied) (1978) ABC Records The Jackson Five – "It's Great to Be Here"* (from Maybe Tomorrow) (1971) Motown Records The Brothers Johnson – "Ain't We Funkin' Now" (12-inch Version ) (1978) A&M Records La Pregunta – "Shangri La" (from GNP-12001 12-inch single) (1978) GNP Records Esther Williams – "Last Night Changed It All (I Really Had a Ball)"*** ( Album version ) (1976) 'Friends & Co. Records

1 – The Lp, 45 rpm and the 12" of "Last Night Changed It All" are all different versions from one another.

2 – Note: "Theme from the Planets" was recorded at 45 rpm speed on this release.

SBR 511 The Honey Drippers – "Impeach the President"* (from AL-1017 7-inch single) (1973) Alaga Records The Headhunters – "God Make Me Funky" (from Survival of the Fittest) (1975) Arista Records Lucy Hawkins – "Gotta Get Out of Here" (from S-12455 12-inch single) (1978) SAM Records Orange Krush – "Action"* (from MDS-4018 12-inch single) (1982) Prep Street / Mercury Records Funk, Inc. – "Kool Is Back" (from Funk, Inc.) (1971) Prestige Records Fausto Papetti – "Love's Theme"* (from 18a Raccolta) (1975) Durium Records

SBR 512 Junie – "Granny's Funky Rolls Royce" (from Freeze) (1975) Westbound Records James Brown – "Funky Drummer"* (from King Records – 45-6290 7" single) (1969) King Records The Mohawks – "The Champ" (from PM-719 7-inch single) (1968) Pama Records Aerosmith – "Walk This Way" (from Toys in the Attic) (1975) Columbia Records Thin Lizzy – "Johnny the Fox Meets Jimmy the Weed" (from Johnny the Fox) (1978) Mercury Records The Soul Searchers – "Ashley's Roachclip"* (from Salt of the Earth) (1974) Sussex Records Chicago Gangsters – "Gangster Boogie"* (from Blind Over You) (1975) Gold Plate Records T-Connection – "Groove to Get Down" (from On Fire) (1977) Dash Records

SBR 513 Babe Ruth – "The Mexican" (from First Base) (1973) Harvest / EMI Records Babe Ruth – "Keep Your Distance"* (from Kid's Stuff) (1976) Capitol Records Coke Escovedo – "(Runaway) I Wouldn't Change a Thing" (from Comin' at Ya) (1976) 2 Mercury Records Eastside Connection – "Frisco Disco" (from AFT-1001 12-inch single) (1978) Rampart Records In Search Of...Orchestra – "Phenomena Theme" (from AVID-12146 12-inch single) (1977) AVI Records The Meters – "Handclapping Song" (from Struttin') (1970) Josie Records

2 – "(Runaway) I Wouldn't Change a Thing" is actually two songs by Coke Escovedo put into one track: the ending of "Runaway" and "I Wouldn't Change a Thing".

SBR 514 Stanley Turrentine and Milt Jackson – "Sister Sanctified" (from Cherry) (1972) CTI Records J. J. Johnson – "Willie Chase" (from the Willie Dynamite soundtrack) (1974) MCA Records Kid Dynamite – "Uphill Peace of Mind" (from Kid Dynamite) (1976) Cream Records Ralph MacDonald – "Jam on the Groove" (from Sound of a Drum) (1976) Marlin Records Experience Unlimited – "Knock Him Out Sugar Ray" (from VMT-25 12-inch single) (1980) Vermack Records Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s – "Blow Your Head" (from Damn Right I Am Somebody) (1974) People Records

SBR 515 Donald Byrd – "Change (Makes You Want to Hustle)" (from Places and Spaces) (1975) Blue Note Records Roy Ayers – "Brother Green (The Disco King)" (from Mystic Voyage) (1975) Polydor Records Grover Washington Jr. – "Mister Magic" (from Mister Magic) (1975) Motown Records David Matthews – "Star Wars" (from Dune) (1977) CTI Records John Cougar Mellencamp – "Jack and Diane" (from American Fool) (1982) Riva Records Pleasure – "Bouncy Lady" (from Dust Yourself Off) (1975) Fantasy Records Jefferson Starship – "Rock Music" (from Freedom at Point Zero) (1979) Grunt/RCA Records

SBR 516 Commodores – "The Assembly Line" (from Machine Gun) (1974) Motown Records Johnny Jenkins – "I Walk On Gilded Splinters" (from Ton-Ton Macoute!) (1974) Capricorn Records Le Pamplemousse – "Gimme What You Got"* (from Le Pamplemousse) (1976) AVI Records Marvin Gaye – "T Plays it Cool" (from Trouble Man – the soundtrack album for the film of the same name) (1972) Talma Records Lyn Collins – "Think (About It)"* (from Think (About It)) (1972) People Records The Galactic Force Band – "Space Dust"* (from Spaced Out Disco) (1978) Springboard Records Steve Miller Band – "Take the Money and Run"* (from Fly Like an Eagle) (1976) Capitol Records

SBR 517 Baby Huey – "Listen to Me" (from The Living Legend) (1971) Curtom Records