Breakadawn

~ Recording by De La Soul

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.13Breakadawn4:15De La SoulBuhlo͞one Mind StateDe La SoulAlbum
  • US1993-09-21
Tommy Boy (imprint, bearing the Tommy Boy logo)TBCD 1063
1.13Breakadawn4:15De La SoulBuhlo͞one Mind StateDe La SoulAlbum
Liberation Records (Australian, big LIB logo or target behind name, 1981–1999; big L and record logo, 2018–), Tommy Boy (imprint, bearing the Tommy Boy logo)D 31072, TBCD 1063
1.13Breakadawn4:15De La SoulBuhloone MindstateDe La SoulAlbum
Fnac Music (1990-1994)592247
1.13Breakadawn4:15De La SoulBuhloone MindstateDe La SoulAlbum
Big Life (UK indie/dance)BLRCD 25
1.13Breakadawn4:15De La SoulBuhloone MindstateDe La SoulAlbum
Tommy Boy (imprint, bearing the Tommy Boy logo)769 742 002-2
1.16Breakadawn4:16De La SoulHit Machine, Volume 3Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Festival Records (Australian)D 50028
1.10Breakadawn4:17De La SoulCollision IIVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
White Label Records (Australian label, rebranded simply as "White" in ca. 1992)TVD 93395
1.8Breakadawn4:18De La SoulMega Cool! (CD)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Versailles (French label)CB 821
1.9Breakadawn4:17De La SoulTimeless: The Singles CollectionDe La SoulAlbum + Compilation
  • AU2003-05-27
Rhino (reissue label), Tommy Boy (imprint, bearing the Tommy Boy logo), Warner Strategic Marketing Australia5046659722
1.8Breakadawn4:16De La SoulTimeless: The Singles CollectionDe La SoulAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-05-27
Rhino (reissue label)R2 73860
1.10Breakadawn4:16De La SoulThe Best OfDe La SoulAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-06-02
Rhino (reissue label)8122-73665-2
1.10Breakadawn4:16De La SoulThe Best OfDe La SoulAlbum + Compilation
Warner Strategic Marketing8122-73664-2
1.10Breakadawn4:16De La SoulThe Best OfDe La SoulAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)8122-73664-2
1.9Breakadawn4:17De La SoulTimeless: The Singles CollectionDe La SoulAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)R2 73860
1.7Breakadawn4:15De La SoulThe Platinum CollectionDe La SoulAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2007-10-29
Rhino (reissue label)8122-79947-9
3.13Breakadawn4:15De La SoulOriginal Album SeriesDe La SoulAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2012-09-03
Rhino (reissue label)8122797219
1.10Breakadawn4:15De La SoulBuhloone MindstateDe La SoulAlbum
  • XW2018-08-06
Tommy Boy Music (folded 2002)
1.10Breakadawn4:15De La SoulBuhlo͞one Mind StateDe La SoulAlbum
Tommy Boy (imprint, bearing the Tommy Boy logo)TB-5037-1
1.13Breakadawn4:15De La SoulBuhloone MindstateDe La SoulAlbum
  • XW2023-03-03
AOI Records
1.13Breakadawn4:15De La SoulBuhlo͞one Mind State (30th anniversary)De La SoulAlbum
  • XW2023-09-21
AOI Records
1.13Breakadawn4:15De La SoulBuhloone MindstateDe La SoulAlbum
AOI RecordsRMM-053-2
1.13Breakadawn4:15De La SoulBuhloone Mind StateDe La SoulAlbumRoadrunner Brasil, Sum Records (Argentine label, with divisions in various Latin countries)6766-2
Promotion
1.13Breakadawn4:15De La SoulBuhloone MindstateDe La SoulAlbum
  • XW2014-02-14
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)[none]
1.10Breakadawn4:16De La SoulThe Best OfDe La SoulAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2014-02-14
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)[none]
Bootleg
1.15Breakadawn4:14De La SoulThe Blak’s Lair Family Presents UrbantopiaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Mixtape/Street

Relationships

additional producer:Bob Power
producer:De La Soul
Prince Paul (US hip hop DJ & producer)
mixer:De La Soul
Bob Power
Prince Paul (US hip hop DJ & producer)
recorded at:Sorcerer Studio in New York, New York, United States
mixed at:Battery Studio (mastering/archival/digitization studio located at 321 W 44th Street, NYC) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
samples:I Can’t Help It by Michael Jackson (“King of Pop”)
Quiet Storm by Smokey Robinson
Sang and Dance by The Bar-Kays
Yes We Can Can by The Pointer Sisters
recording of:Breakadawn

Breakadawn

writer:Susaye Greene
Dave Jolicoeur (Plug 2 of De La Soul)
Rose Ella Jones
Kelvin Mercer (US rapper/producer Kelvin Mercer, aka Pos)
Paul Huston (US hip hop DJ & producer)
Smokey Robinson
Vincent Mason (US rapper Vincent Mason, member of De La Soul)
Stevie Wonder
quotes lyrics from:Rapper’s Delight