Black Juniors Break LP Brazil Hip Hop Funk Rap Jorge Ben Tim Maia Gal Costa mpb

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Brand new, unplayed LP. Imported from ROCINANTE / TRES SELOS in Brazil!!!!
Black Juniors – Break

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A strictly urban manifestation, breakdancing emerged in 1970s New York, in areas like the Bronx and Brooklyn, as part of the emerging hip hop culture. In São Paulo and Brazil, it arrived with force at the beginning of the following decade — it was common for young people to gather to “breakdance” in schoolyards, parks, and also on streets and corners, especially in the outskirts. At the São Bento metro station, the first breaking teams, or “crews,” were already taking to the streets.
Brothers Adilson, Francisco, Laércio, and Roberto were some of those young people who practiced breakdancing. Market vendors, they worked hard from the early hours of the morning, helping their father at various markets throughout the capital. Aged between 11 and 15, they created rhymes and "breakdanced" to attract customers and sell fruit, putting on a real morning show for anyone passing by the family stall. At a market in the traditional Bixiga neighborhood, in the central region of São Paulo, the Funk Juniors, as they called themselves, caught the attention of Nelson Triunfo, a legendary dancer, social activist, and one of the pioneers of hip hop in Brazil. Triunfo was also a forerunner in projects that used hip hop as an instrument of education and social inclusion, through workshops, lectures, debates, and other activities with children and teenagers. Impressed, the dancer sponsored the boys and became the choreographer of the Funk Juniors, a group that would soon be known as Black Juniors.
Originally released in 1984 by the Young/RGE label and produced by the legendary Mister Sam, Break contained the hit “Mas que Linda Estás,” which became one of the biggest successes in Brazilian music that year, dominating radio stations, TV channels, dance floors, nightclubs, and children's parties—kids loved Black Juniors, and “Mas que Linda Estás” was part of the soundtrack of the children's telenovela Chispita. Also released as a single, the song boosted sales of the LP, strategically titled Break. Combining sales of the LP and the single, more than a million copies were sold, and Break, the album, also spawned other hits such as “Super Sexy,” “Hey Disc-Jockey,” “Quero Ver Você Mexer,” and “Break nas Ruas.” 
This Rocinante/Três Selos edition is on 180g green vinyl and includes a printed insert with lyrics and text by journalist and writer Bento Araujo, author of the Lindo Sonho Delirante book series.
 
• Green LP 180g*
• Simple cover
• Simple inserts
• Unpublished text by journalist Bento Araujo
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The 1983 release of Break by Black Juniors is a crucial, foundational document of Brazilian Hip-Hop and Electro-Funk, capturing the earliest pioneering sounds of the burgeoning São Paulo street scene. The album, which is largely instrumental but features vocal snippets and rap phrases, is an energetic fusion of American Electro and Afrika Bambaataa-inspired rhythms with the distinct percussive edge of Brazilian music. It is an innovative, dancefloor-oriented record defined by cutting-edge synthesizer work, punchy drum machines, deep slap bass grooves, and a futuristic, mechanistic aesthetic that was essential in translating the nascent global hip-hop phenomenon for a Brazilian audience.
Break stands as a cultural flashpoint, predating the scene’s later mainstream success and reflecting the DIY spirit and urban urgency of São Paulo’s youth culture. The music is characterized by its driving electro-funk beats, spacey electronic textures, and its clear influence on the development of Brazilian rap. It's hailed as a seminal classic and a historic touchstone for its role in laying the rhythmic and technological groundwork for subsequent generations of Brazilian rappers and electronic artists, proving that the hip-hop revolution was taking root firmly in the southern hemisphere with its own unique, infectious, and sophisticated groove.
50 Similar Artists / Releases This list focuses on artists and albums that share Black Juniors' style: Early Brazilian Hip-Hop/Electro, Funk, Italo Disco, and Pioneering Electro-Funk from the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force - (Planet Rock)
Man Parrish - (Hip Hop, Be Bop (Don't Stop))
Hashim - (Al-Naafiysh (The Soul))
Cerrone - (Supernature)
D-Train - (You're the One for Me)
Shannon - (Let the Music Play)
Newcleus - (Jam on It)
Planet Patrol - (Play at Your Own Risk)
Herbie Hancock - (Future Shock)
George Clinton - (Atomic Dog)
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - (The Message)
Run-DMC - (Run-DMC [1984])
Kraftwerk - (Computer World)
Yellow Magic Orchestra - (Solid State Survivor)
Midnight Star - (No Parking on the Dance Floor)
Cameo - (Word Up!)
Zapp & Roger - (Zapp II)
The Jonzun Crew - (Lost in Space)
Model 500 - (No UFO's)
Juan Atkins (Cybotron) - (Clear)
Giorgio Moroder - (From Here to Eternity)
Marcos Valle - (Estrela Cadente) (For Brazilian Funk/Electro influence)
Banda Black Rio - (Maria Fumaça) (For Funk foundation)
Azymuth - (Telecommunication) (For Brazilian Jazz-Funk/Fusion)
Deodato - (Knights of Fantasy)
Tim Maia - (Tim Maia Racional Vol. 1) (For Soul/Funk background)
Gerson King Combo - (Mandamentos Black)
Chico Science & Nação Zumbi - (Da Lama Ao Caos) (Later fusion of rhythm and rock)
Ed Motta - (Clássicos) (For Funk/Soul revival)
Sérgio Mendes - (Brasil '88)
Willie Colon - (The Good, The Bad, The Ugly) (For Latin Funk/Salsa)
Fela Kuti - (Expensive Shit) (For percussive, extended grooves)
Prince - (Controversy)
Rick James - (Street Songs)
The Gap Band - (Gap Band IV)
Indeep - (Last Night a DJ Saved My Life)
Klein & MBO - (Dirty Talk) (Italo Disco/Electro)
Dino Lenny - (I Feel Stereo) (Italo/Electro)
Freeez - (I.O.U.)
Imagination - (Body Talk)
The Human League - (Dare)
Depeche Mode - (A Broken Frame) (For synth-driven rhythms)
Eurythmics - (Touch)
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - (Welcome to the Pleasuredome)
New Order - (Power, Corruption & Lies)
M/A/R/R/S - (Pump Up the Volume) (For sample/hip-hop influence)
Mantronix - (The Album)
Egyptian Lover - (Egypt, Egypt)
Ice-T - (Reckless) (Early West Coast Electro/Rap)
2 Live Crew - (The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are)