The Breaks by Kurtis Blow Song Details

Kurtis Blow's ' "The Breaks" was released on its scheduled release date, July 11, 2008. Since This song is still less than 10 minute long, it is still considered a pretty long duration song compared to the average song length. This song does not appear to be explicit due to the lack of the "E" tag. The track order of this song in Kurtis Blow's "Hip Hop Anniversary Europe Tour" album is number 5 out of 7. On top of that, Germany appears to be the country where this track was created. In terms of popularity, The Breaks is currently not that popular. Since there is more of a neutral sound being played, this makes the track somewhat danceable.

BPM and Tempo

We consider the tempo marking of The Breaks by Kurtis Blow to be Moderato (at a moderate speed) because the track has a tempo of 114 BPM, a half-time of 57BPM, and a double-time of 228 BPM. Based on that, the speed of the song's tempo is moderate. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of E Minor. Because this track belongs in the E Minor key, the camelot key is 9A. So, the perfect camelot match for 9A would be either 9A or 8B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 9B or 10A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 6A and a high energy boost can either be 11A or 4A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 8A would be a great choice. Where 12A would give you a moderate drop, and 7A or 2A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 12B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-6.781 dB
Acousticness
9%
Danceability
54%
Energy
79%
Instrumentalness
0%
Liveness
96%
Loudness
89%
Speechiness
40%
Valence
48%

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ISRC
DEA310805869
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records