Ultimate Breaks & Beats (commonly abbreviated as UBB) is a series of 25 compilation albums released between 1986 and 1991 on Street Beat Records. The tracks included on the albums contain music from 1966 to 1984 that specifically feature drum breaks.



The albums found high popularity especially with hip-hop producers, serving as the backbone to the world of sampled music; with the release of each new volume leading to various hip-hop records featuring samples of the now famous breaks.



We now pay homage to one of the most revered characters in the series’ iconic cover artwork; the boom box toting, sky walking B-Boy Spaceman from Volume 3 of the Ultimate Breaks & Beats series.