20th Century Steel Band - Heaven & Hell

An amazing song by a steel drum group doing funk.

You can find this song on volume 5 of the much-coveted Ultimate Breaks & Beats albums.  The entire compilation— at 25 volumes— is definitely worth a listen.  You’ll probably find the source for every sample you’ve ever heard in a classic hip hop or dance song.  (For instance, Lyn Collins’ “Think (About It)”— found on volume 16— has been used by dozens of major hip hop players from N.W.A. to Run DMC.)

UBB albums only contain songs made from 1966-1984, spanning every genre from jazz to rock.  The common denominator?  Every song on UBB contains an iconic drum break, or danceable beat.  Each volume only contains an average of 8 songs, and were released by Street Beat Records in the mid-’80s.

I can’t find much information on “Heaven and Hell,” but if you’re a Doug E. Fresh fan (lol), you might recognize this from 1992’s “Back in the Dayz.”