Five On It: October 2008's Essentials

Welcome to October's Five On It - the most essential breaks of the past month in one place.

It should be no surprise that James Brown is the most tagged artist name on this blog and with beats like 'Hot (I Need to Be Loved Loved Loved Loved)' from our first post about Above the Law's 'Livin' Like Hustlers', you can be sure that we'll keep covering the godfather of soul. On the second part of our look at 'Livin' Like Hustlers', we covered Isaac Hayes' album track 'Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic' from his classic 'Hot Buttered Soul'. Along with 'Walk on By', 'Hot Buttered Soul' is an essential album for both music lovers and producers looking for beats.

Nina Simone's 'Sinnerman' was featured on this blog's second Kanye West Producer Profile post along with two bonus reggae covers. Check out our review of Das EFX's 'Dead Serious' for our mention of the Emotions' break on 'Blind Alley'. The same post contains the first mention of ESG's essential breakbeat track 'UFO'. Check below for some bonus ESG treats.

The Lowdown:
James Brown 'Hot (I Need to Be Loved Loved Loved Loved)'
from 'Hot!' (1976) (MP3 not available/CD not available)
Isaac Hayes 'Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic'
from 'Hot Buttered Soul' (1968) (MP3/CD)
Nina Simone 'Sinnerman'
from 'Pastel Blues' (1965) (MP3/CD)
The Emotions 'Blind Alley'
from 'Untouched' (1971) (MP3/CD)
ESG 'UFO'
from 'ESG' (1981) (MP3 not available/CD not available)

BONUS CUTS:
Emerald, Sapphire, and Gold - shortened to ESG - was made of three Bronx sisters from the Scroggins family with an additional guitarist and bassist (later replaced by even more Scroggins family members). Their United States debut was 1981's self titled 6-track EP, but their first recordings were for the UK's Factory Records. Martin Hannett (best known for his work with Joy Division, New Order, and the Happy Mondays) produced three tracks for ESG's debut single 'You're No Good' which features 'UFO', 'You're No Good', and the amazing dance track 'Moody'. All three tracks made up the A-side of the US release of 'ESG' with three new tracks on the B-side.