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Street Beat offers all 174 tracks from the crucial Ultimate Breaks & Beats-- originally released in 25 volumes between 1986-91-- on two mp3 CDs, a collection that serves as a roadmap for the history and evolution of sample-era hip-hop. 1986 was rap's first truly explosive year, when the still-nascent genre began to expand and the previously unheard of became possible: Run-D.M.C. went triple-platinum, the Beastie Boys became rap's first white superstars, the Juice Crew/Boogie Down Productions "Bridge Wars" set the early gold standard for beef, Ice-T turned Schooly D's gangsta flair into a West Coast turning point with "6'N the Mornin'", and Public Enemy laid the groundwork for a new era when they signed to Def Jam.