#Dice Set 343

[gobs-o-cs]

"...and I mean, they say there's this whole 'destiny' thing that I'm supposed to follow, but, like, the gods couldn't be bothered to write down even the tiniest bit of instructions!?

Nobody knows what it is I'm supposed to be doing at all! It just feels like I have no one that I can talk to about this stuff, and it's just super-frustrating! It's just like, no one cares about me as an actual person; Y'know what I mean, Pog?"

"SPOT OF TEA, FRIEND?"

"...You're not even listening, are you?"

(Trying out some of the Hero Forge duo minis options and seeing if I can match some of the poses and gestures to the backstory scene I'm writing. Got hooked into finishing it and have definitely stayed up way too late tinkering with it)

[talesfromsiteredacted]

SCP: Special Craft Projects

A list of weird requests I've had for various things on site. Some from staff, some from our residents. And one from a kitten, via his human spokesperson.

035 once asked me to do some calligraphy for him. He wanted a quote in copperplate, bright red ink. The quote? "Have you considered the possibility that it is, in fact, your fault?" To be sent to 079. Request denied on order of O5.

682 once asked me for a hat. Granted, he looked really cute with his yellow bobble hat last winter. Next winter... he gets a matching hat and scarf.

Dr. Gears asked me to do some diagrams for him... for an Indian motorcycle engine. Not my best, but they still hang in the lobby to his office.

Dr. Clef keeps asking me for a lei. Not sure if he's teasing me.

053 has a standing order for cookies once a week, for her tea parties with 682 and 999. Did not know jellybean cookies were a thing, but they are now!

Agent Strelnikof asked me to make some toys for Niko. Wound up making a few, ranging from little hacky sack things filled with cellophane to a catnip banana. The cheese pillow was a hit though, it was a block of swiss with hidden little treat pockets where the holes were. Niko sleeps on it.

Abel asked me for a crochet sheep. With a sword. Wound up creating a weirdly cute Link/sheep mix plushie.

Origami shoes. Just... how? Why? And how much of the wacky lettuce led to this one?

Hand Drawn Cassie once asked me to draw her ice skating. That was fun.

Cain asked me to crochet him a cactus. A six foot tall cactus, with flowers. Still debating on that one.

A Mario chain chomp, with chain.

Another 035 calligraphy request: "Already disturbed, just go away already!" This one I gave into. It's on the outside of his door on days he can't be bothered.

049 requested a couple of signs himself. First, a dual sided plaque with the classic Doctor is in/out, and then... Autopsy in progress, please do not disturb.

Several people have asked me to crochet scarves, hats, toys... but only Leonard "Lenny the Letch" O'Hare would ask me to make him a hooker. Denied. In fact... Clef and I laughed him right out of the boss' office on that one.

A sailboat. Full sized. How?

Two goldfish, real size. Granted, used embroidery floss.

Got asked to draw a few NSFW things of certain anomalies. Denied. First... 076-2 and 073 are my brothers. Iris is my sister. Not biologically, but that is a line I do not cross. Second... not my style. Third... Abel doesn't like you, Karin. At all.

Dr. Iceberg asked me to bake him a pecan pie once. Not all that weird, but Iceberg doesn't really ask for a lot, or often. He said it was almost as good as his mom's. I call that high praise indeed.

Since Clef found out I can cook, I get weekly requests for cheesecake. I'm running out of recipes! Another unexpected hit: lemon cake.

343 asked me to make him a door sign. Nothing fancy, just "Please wipe your feet". Granted.

Geoff, one of our elevator guys, asked me to crochet him a mini Chris Redfield. Gave him a matched set of Redfields, after all can't break up siblings, right?

A Tetris themed afghan, for Agent Markovich. Iris wanted a surprise for his birthday. That was a fun challenge.

Used to muck about making my own dice for RPGs. I had to stop due to getting headaches. That... and the last dice I made, an eyebleeding neon tie dye nightmare set for Dr. Bright. Never. Again.

Dr. Glass asked me for some ink blots, like the psych test ones. He also asked me to do some garden landscapes for him. Both are framed, landscapes in the lobby. The ink blots are at his apartment.

Clown shoes. Nope, I do not think so.

Golf clubs. Not kidding. Had to say no on that one.

A life size version of 999. I'm thinking about it. Maybe as Evie's Yule gift this year.

Origami grenades. How are those even supposed to work, Clef?

A cape. Hey, anything you need, Cactus Man.

A ball gag. Yes, for Dr. Bright. Denied. Just order from Adam & Eve, Dr. Rights! Or... 100 mph tape.

Shotgun cozies. Didn't even know such things existed.

Wizard's hat, blue velvet, with hidden pockets. Eobard, my man... those things never stay on, plus I am not a hatmaker! What's wrong with a hood?

106 asked me for a skeleton once. It's almost done, just gotta assemble Mr. Squishybones. Once I figure out how.

A mini version of 682. Yes, it was for 053, Evie. She sleeps with it.

A voodoo doll of Dr. Gears. Not for pins, though... 166 wanted to hug it, so maybe he'd cheer up a little. Clef thought it was cute, granted. No signs it's working yet though.

Voodoo doll of Dr. Clef. I did make one, but since it was intended for bad purposes... that went to 166 too. Clef has been less edgy since, so maybe it works?

Mikell Bright once asked me to make a few pieces of jewelry for him. Nothing fancy, just a chainmaille bracelet for Claire and a necklace for one of his lady companions. Took me a few weeks, but in the end it was good enough. The damn bracelet was worse, that was supposed to be almost like a bracer. I no longer do chainmaille.

035 asked for a bubblegum pink crochet bikini. Managed to talk him out of it. Dr. Gears thanked me for that. Weird Thursday, but that's the Foundation for you.

A cup of coffee. With googly eyes. Dr. Glass has him on his bookcase in his office, calls him Dr. Java. Cute, but also good for getting younger patients to open up.

And finally... yet another rejected Karin Moritana request: photorealistic nude blanket of Abel. Nope. Nope. Nope. That is a giant nope, and yes... I did make her go see Dr. Glass about her obsession with my brother. Clearly, homegirl needs help.

[burymewithmydice]

I finally completely sorted, labeled, and counted my collection!

Back for the new year I dumped my entire collection into my lightbox for these photos.

Looked great, got an awesome video I never posted... clean up was a long and annoying process. I thought it was going to be fun, but I lost interest in it pretty quickly and ended up putting it off for months!

Eventually I got to the sorting process.

I went from a giant pile of thousands of dice to containers sorted by company (as best I could).

After sorting them by company I sorted them into their individual sets, and then either by color or, for companies with only a few sets, by sets that would be easy to distinguish from each other.

Next came labeling. This was an ARDUOUS process. Many companies do not have proper names for their dice, like HD who tend to label simply by what the dice look like. So other sites that resell their products all give them their own names, because Necromancer's Bane sounds a lot cooler than 'red vapor with white ink'.

Other dice, from smaller companies and kickstarters, I simply could not remember where they came from and had to search through dozens of companies before I could even figure out what the dice were.

Also, lots of companies - like HD, Udixi, and T&G - tend to have dice that look very similar to each other as well. I'm not entirely certain that I got all of these 100% correct!

But in the end I got about 95% of my dice properly labeled as best I could.

Buuuuut then I found that the labels were constantly slipping into other compartments in the cases and getting lost. So I spent another couple of hours giving them sticky labels that I could put right on the boxes.

When all was said and done I had a perfectly labeled stack of boxes filled with all my shiny math rocks! (Featuring my own personal dice guardian.)

The single box on top is, well, my singles. And the egg is filled with all my minis!

All in all I have 343 sets and 249 individual dice.

Total individual dice between all sets (which contain anywhere from 7-14 pieces) and loose dice is 2,810!

And that's it, dicelings, my entire collection!

For now. 😁

[tilthedayidice]

42 sets, 343 (344 if you count the cardboard d20 I made for a class) individual dice! I've been collecting for about three years!

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Hi I’d like to know more about this Cardboard d20

[thebloggerpaul]

E3 2021 | Every announcement from Microsoft and Bethesda

Wow! What a year it has been for gamers who sailed from the side of Xbox in the console wars. It is petty and dumb at times when people fight over games and consoles. They are available for all of us, so we would stop fighting and enjoy life. However, this is a never-ending battle. I’m on the gamer’s side when it comes to the console wars. Anything and everything built with care and love is always a winner in my books. So, why then this E3 was really important for Microsoft? They bought the Bethesda Game Studios for 7.5 billion dollars, and subsequently, there was a lot of pressure on their shoulders to deliver. They delivered big.

I’m going to list all the games announced in the showcase, along with the top 5 games that look good for the next-gen console. Please find all the games announced in the below list from the Microsoft E3 showcase:

Starfield (Bethesda Game Studios)- November 11, 2021

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 (GSC Game World) - April 28, 2022

Back 4 Blood (Turtle Rock Studios) - October 12, 2021

Contraband (Avalanche Studios) - TBA

Sea of Thieves: A Pirate's Life - Pirates of the Caribbean crossover (Rare) - June 22, 2021

Yakuza series on Xbox Game Pass (Sega) - available now

Battlefield 2042 (DICE) - October 22, 2021

Twelve Minutes (Luis Antonio, Annapurna Interactive) - August 19, 2021

Psychonauts 2 - August 25, 2021

Fallout 76 Steel Reign (Bethesda Game Studios) - July 7, 2021

Fallout 76 Expeditions: The Pitt (Bethesda Game Studios) - 2022

The Elder Scrolls Online: Console Enhanced (ZeniMax Online Studios) - June 15, 2021

Party Animals (Recreate Games) - 2022

Hades Xbox Series X|S version (Supergiant Games) - August 13, 2021

Somerville (Jumpship) - 2022

Halo Infinite Multiplayer (343 Industries) - holiday 2021

Halo Infinite Campaign (343 Industries) - holiday 2021

Diablo 2: Resurrected (Blizzard Entertainment) - September 23, 2021

A Plague Tale: Requiem (Focus Home Interactive) - 2022

Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft) - October 7, 2021

Slime Rancher 2 (Monomi Park) - 2022  

Shredders (Foam Punch) - December 2021

Atomic Heart (Mundfish)- TBA

Replaced (Sad Cat Studios) - 2022

Grounded - The Shroom & Doom Update (Obsidian Entertainment) - June 30,      2021

Among Us Xbox version (InnerSloth) - "Coming Soon"

Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (Rabbit & Bear Studios) - 2022

Eiyuden Chronicle Rising (Rabbit & Bear Studios) - 2023

The Ascent (Neon Giant) - July 29, 2021

Age of Empires 4 (Relic Entertainment) - October 28, 2021

The Outer Worlds 2 (Obsidian Entertainment) -TBA

Microsoft Flight Simulator Xbox Series X|S version (Asobo Studio) - July 27, 2021

Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games) - November 9, 2021

Redfall (Arkane) - summer 2022

The announcement was for 30 games, and out of those 27 titles are coming to the Xbox game pass. I can talk about the value of the game pass, but that deserves an article of its own. Now I will list my personal favorites from the list with an in-depth analysis.

5. The Ascent: A mash-up of my favorite genres, CRPG and cyberpunk world. The game has both solo or co-op elements with beautiful and vibrant graphics. What has me intrigued is the RPG elements, where one can enhance someone with modifications to cause mayhem on the battlefield. As an exclusive, this game showcases the quality of Xbox studios. Arcade Berg the co-founder, of neon giant, has provided a 12-minute introduction video to the gameplay. The game comes out on 29th July on both the console and PC. Follow their Twitter to received up-to-date information on the game.

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/NeonGiantGames?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

4. Contraband: Set in a fictional place called Bayan during the ’70s, where you get to indulge in money heist-type shenanigans, either in single-player or co-op sounds like a dream but it exists. The reveal of the game was cool, even if it is in the infancy stage. The cherry on top of the cake is knowing these guys developed Just Cause. I can’t wait to try out Contraband, it sounds amazing. Please follow their Twitter for more information and their development path.

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/AvalancheSweden

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https://twitter.com/contrabandgame

3. Redfall: Are you guys sick and tired of playing zombie games? Say no more, we have changed the premise to be cult activists and vampires. Joking aside Arkane studios are known for their best-crafted games. Redfall is an open-world shooter game with abilities for your characters, and as mentioned above fighting vampires. This game can also be played solo or up to 4 player co-op for maximum fun. This game comes out in Summer 2022. Follow their Twitter for continuous updates.

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/ArkaneStudios

2. Starfield: Skyrim in space, these guys know how to sell their games. The premise of the game is set hundreds of years into the future, where you would be on the search for finding the answer to humanity's greatest question. These guys are known for their best narrative stories and RPG’s and I’m excited to travel in space to unravel the mystery of nature. They also gave us the release date 11.11.2022 and it’s going to be an Xbox exclusive game.Follow their Twitter for more updates on the development.

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/StarfieldGame

1. Stalker 2: The best game that was showcased in the entire conference, stalker 2. Graphically impressive, the gameplay was good, and importantly showed how powerful the next-gen console can be. It has everything a stalker fan wants, an Eerie environment, good gunplay, and some horror elements to keep the players on their toes. This game is also an Xbox exclusive and it is coming out in 2022. I’m excited to play this game and for me, this game won E3 due to its clean and smooth representation. Follow their Twitter for more information.

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/stalker_thegame

So those were my top 5 list. What are your favorite games announced by Xbox in E3 2021? Let me know in the comments below.

[monstersofsilence]

Ubisoft's and Gearbox's events were pretty

uneventful .w.;;;;;

I was hoping to see more things on Far Cry 6 or maybe a small bit of gameplay for Tiny Tina's Wonderlands but

nada ;w;

kind of disappointing

especially Wonderlands since it's literally a spin-off game based on the Borderlands 2 DLC Tiny Tina's Assault On Dragon's Keep and that DLC is literally the best out of all of them for Borderlands 2

like I have never played DnD before and I know the DLC is parodying that but the setting of it and the references it had was just amazing =u=

literally a fantasy setting but you're shooting actual guns at enemies (screw those orcs in that one part. hate them .w.)

still disappointed to not see more of it

or just

anything!

Ubisoft I felt like they could've made separate videos for each game and what's to come for them than host a conference with nothing or very little new to show

and Gearbox

as much as I love the Borderlands games, I feel they didn't need to host their own AT ALL

here's hoping tomorrow is eventful. I mean

Halo Infinite and Battlefield 2042 are the ones I'm most excited for and anything new from Bethesda

PERHAPS A NEW TRAILER FOR THE ELDER SCROLLS 6???????

PLEASE ;u;

I really hope tomorrow will be good

I have been wanting to see what Halo Infinite will be like ever since the reveal and obviously lots of people didn't like how it looked, which is why 343 delayed the game to polish and make it look good, they have to show off their progress and it needs to bring Halo fans hopes up

and Battlefield 2042. I have been excited. going back to a more modern warfare setting after they screwed up a WWII setting and it looks promising on paper but I need gameplay and i hope DICE can deliver .w.

and Elder Scrolls 6... or anything new from Bethesda that can pique my interest

Fallout 5 perhaps ouo

I'm hoping tomorrow will be good

[the-constant-constellation]

Day 343: Dice

It is my favorite thing to show you all the little parts of me, Sketchbooks and poetry. So when at last you show me the little bits of you, the monster books and sets of dice, all I can think to do is listen as I steal your 20s. You laugh because I only ever roll 1s.

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Why the Baltimore Orioles didn't close up sellers at the deadline - Baltimore Orioles

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Why the Baltimore Orioles didn't close up sellers at the deadline - Baltimore Orioles

BALTIMORE — Depend Zach Britton among those people who didn’t foresee the Baltimore Orioles getting prospective buyers at this year’s trade deadline.

“I’m kind of amazed that no a person bought traded,” claimed Baltimore’s closer on Tuesday afternoon, a lot less than 24 hours following the non-wavier deadline expired. “I believed, just based on what I read, there was a fantastic chance I was likely somewhere.”

Britton went nowhere. Not to the Astros. Not to the Dodgers. Not to the Indians or the Nationals or to any a person of the dozen or so contending teams that had been among this year’s purchasers.

At this point, it is really challenging to know exactly what transpired in the closing hours leading up to Monday’s four p.m. ET cutoff. What we do know is that coming down to the wire, it seemed like a foregone summary that Britton would be delivered elsewhere.

A model-title closer with a sparkling resume and a deal that’s established to expire following the 2018 period, he was this year’s variation of Andrew Miller: A game-changing again-close reliever who brings filth from the still left facet and had the potential to impact several postseasons for whichever club was eager to pony up for his solutions. What’s a lot more, his present club was floundering.

Considering that opening the period 22-10, the Orioles have played .405 ball — the next-worst clip in the American League. Their starting off rotation has been abysmal, publishing a 5.73 Period that’s the optimum in the AL by a lot more than fifty percent a operate. Inspite of a slight uptick given that the All-Star split — they had been eight-7 in the fifteen games prior to the trade deadline — there was no shortage of facts suggesting that, for the very first time given that typical manager Dan Duquette took more than prior to the 2012 period, the O’s would be in sell manner.

On the morning of July 31, the O’s had a fifty-54 document and had been 6.5 games out in the AL East. They had been 5.5 games again of the next wild-card spot, trailing five teams and tied with two other people. Perhaps most alarmingly, up coming-degree math instructed they had been really even worse than their document indicated: Based mostly on their minus-72 operate differential (only two AL teams had been even worse), the Orioles should have been a lot more like fourteen games under .five hundred in its place of just four.

The trade-deadline forecast seemed so distinct in Baltimore: Provide, sell, sell. (Looking at you, Zach Britton.) But the O’s did the specific opposite. Why? Tommy Gilligan-Usa Nowadays Athletics

No ponder FanGraphs gave them a lot less than a 5 p.c chance of generating the playoffs (3.eight, to be specific). All of which is to say, from the exterior wanting in, Baltimore — a franchise whose farm technique is extensive overdue for a restocking — seemed awfully seller-ish.

Britton was not the Orioles’ only marketable piece, of study course. Third baseman Manny Machado, a transcendent expertise whose deal also expires at the close of 2018 and whom the Orioles will possible be challenging-pressed to re-sign, could’ve presumably fetched some major prospect loot. Reliever Brad Brach, nevertheless not rather on the degree of Britton, was an All-Star last yr and has sixteen will save this period.

Young starters Dylan Bundy and Kevin Gausman, equally of whom had been significant very first-round picks, have been requested about. Even veteran heart fielder Adam Jones, another totally free-agent-to-be following 2018, could have been a potential trade chip if Baltimore was eager to element with its longtime franchise confront.

In its place, Duquette and the Orioles held. They held everybody, such as Britton. Not only did they not sell, they really bought, buying hurler Jeremy Hellickson from Philly and infielder Tim Beckham from Tampa Bay.

Just how unexpected was Baltimore’s behavior at the deadline? Of the 17 MLB teams that had been under .five hundred at the trade deadline, the O’s had been the only club that fell into the “customer” category. The other sixteen teams possibly marketed or did very little.

“No one is operating away with the American League East,” Duquette instructed reporters Monday afternoon soon following the trade deadline passed, trying to explain his club’s actions. “The teams are so evenly matched.”

Although Duquette justifies credit score for not throwing in the towel, in the approach offering Orioles supporters the potential (however modest) for significant September baseball, his opinions will not exactly ring real.

Absolutely sure, technically no crew is operating away with the division because New York and Boston are only separated by fifty percent a game, but the Yankees have gained 10 of their last fourteen games. Over the past two months they’ve obtained a handful of critical gamers, culminating with the buzzer-beating blockbuster that netted A-checklist hurler Sonny Gray.

For the period, they’ve outscored their opponents by 118 runs. Which is the fourth-most effective differential in baseball and practically two hundred runs better than Baltimore’s margin. So mathematically speaking, opposite to Duquette’s suggestion, it would appear that the Yanks and O’s are not so evenly matched. Even now, the O’s and proprietor Peter Angelos finished up shopping for.

“It’s a minimal outrageous,” claimed an government from a contending crew that was concerned in discussions relating to Britton. “I’m amazed, but not truly. With Angelos, they do factors in different ways.”

How in different ways? In 2015, it took a five-game successful streak in late July to go the Birds more than .five hundred and encourage them that they had been prospective buyers. The result was an unwell-recommended offer that sent prospect Zach Davies to Milwaukee — in which his 26 wins given that then are six a lot more than any Baltimore starter — in trade for outfielder Gerardo Parra, who posted a .625 OPS for a Baltimore squad that concluded with an eighty one-eighty one document.

Two decades later, the O’s look to be in risk of suffering a similar fate, forgoing a golden option to create for the potential by picking to roll the dice in the close to-expression.

Which is not to say they had been dead established versus working Britton. In point, indications are that they had been eager to element with the 29-yr-aged southpaw, who missed most of the very first fifty percent with a forearm injury — but only if the return justified it.

“Aggressive inquiring price ranges,” claimed the exec of Baltimore’s demands. “Higher than our threshold.”

So in the long run, the Orioles finished up hoarding their All-Star closer (and rather substantially all people else) in hopes of generating a operate. Possibly that operate comes about up coming period, in what will be the closing deal yr for Britton, Machado, Jones and Brach, not to mention Duquette and skipper Buck Showalter. Then again, it’s possible it comes about this yr.

As outrageous as it sounds, there are motives to anticipate the O’s to increase down the stretch. Following a shockingly mediocre very first fifty percent of the period, Machado is hitting .343 given that the split with as quite a few walks as strikeouts. Britton and slugger Chris Davis are again from injury, and shortstop J.J. Hardy is anticipated to return soon.

Subsequent an dreadful very first three months, Gausman (a person acquired operate in his last 20 innings) is displaying signs of the next-fifty percent dominance he flashed last yr. And Ubaldo Jimenez, whose career has extensive been a tale of two halves, has set jointly consecutive high-quality starts, suggesting that it’s possible, just it’s possible, Great Ubaldo has when again emerged from hibernation.

“Obviously, we can engage in better than we have,” claimed reliever Darren O’Day, who has been all over for all three of Baltimore’s postseason appearances this millennium: 2012, 2014 and 2016. “We nevertheless have a fantastic team.”

If you will not believe O’Day, just check with the Kansas City Royals. Proprietors of the AL’s most effective document given that June one, they came into Camden Yards on Monday acquiring gained 10 of their last eleven games. By natural means, clean off the deadline, the Orioles took two straight from K.C. to inch a minimal little bit closer in the wild-card race, such as a extraordinary stroll-off win Monday and a convincing 7-2 victory Tuesday.

There are nevertheless a gajillion teams in advance of them (give or get), but hey, at minimum they are moving in the appropriate direction.

“You by no means know how it is really likely to engage in out,” O’Day claimed. “You get in the playoffs, you bought a chance. I’m a glass fifty percent-whole kind of male.”

He’d suit appropriate in with the Orioles’ front workplace.

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"Is it too much to hope that this so-called 'destiny' the gods seem to have in mind for me isn't all grim and serious and 'prim-and-proper' and 'dignified' and stuffy from here on out?"

Clara "Novelty" Morgen

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Inheritor Background - Secret Heritage

[For my own purposes she would be considered fully both races. In terms of game rules if ever actually using her as a PC, the Aasimar is the more important of the heritages to be dominant for who she is. The Tasha's Cauldron Custom Lineage options don't really help to have inherent features from multiple races, unfortunately]

Dice Set #343 - The Dawn

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157 Bboy Tracks That You Must Listen to Before You Die

(This post was originally published on breakdancedecoded.com)

In 1972, a man of towering physique – and street influence – travelled the Bronx with the loudest sound system (within the neighbourhood) in his car. Wherever he went, young boys and girls would flock around him, as if he were a real life Pied Piper.

This man had an acute sense of what made the young ones tick. And he knew how to get people’s feet moving. By looping the heavily percussive parts of certain funk tracks, you would have seen a sea of humans going wild.

In other words, just by repeating the ‘breaks’ of a song… It got everyone dancing in a frenzy.

It was pure magic – and it hasn’t stopped since!

So what is the particular cause-effect relationship that I’m highlighting here?

Since the birth of bboying, people created movement as a reaction to music.

That is the relationship. Music = cause; dance = effect. No music, no dance.

If there’s any one thing you MUST know inside out, it’s the music.

You don’t watch bboy videos without turning on the audio.

You don’t feel the hype without the music during your practice. You don’t feel the funk and energy during a jam without a bboy track in the background.

James Brown wouldn’t have his footwork without his music in the first place. Kool Herc wouldn’t have been able to call anyone a “breakboy” if not for the young kids going wild to the beat.

The bottomline is, music is the bloodline of bboying (or any dance for that matter). No music, no bboy.

And I want to inject more life into your breaking, so here’s a list of beats that bboys are lining up to kill. It includes both classics and new beats, both funk and unconventional genres. Some names appear just once, others might come up a dozen times.

Buckle up, bookmark this page, and amp up your speakers. Because this list consists of some of the greatest tunes to have landed in the pages of humanity’s history.

The 157 Songs That Should Be On Your Breaking Playlist

Fred Karlin – You’re Hip Miss Pastorfield

Kraak and Smaak – Squeeze Me

Eruption – Funky Lover

Franki Valli and the Four Seasons – Beggin’

Budos Band – Up From the South

The Lovomaniacs – Sex

MOP – Ante Up (Remix)

Eric B & Rakim – Juice (Know the Ledge)

Dave Cortez – Happy Soul

James Brown – Sex Machine

Kool G Rap and Polo – Poison

Run DMC – Beats to the Rhyme

The Apples – Killing

Arthur Baker – Breaker’s Revenge

Black Heat – Love the Life You Live

KRS One – The Sound of Da Police

Noisette – Bridge to Canada

Head Automatica – Brooklyn is Burning

Incredible Bongo Band – Apache

Eric B & Rakim – Don’t Sweat the Technique

Johnny Bristol – Lusty Lady

Dennis Coffey – Scorpio

The Souljazz Orchestra – Insurrection

Laura Vane & The Vipertones – Man Of Your Word

A Tribe Called Quest – Scenario

Waheymi – Underdog

Isaac Hayes – Disco Connection

Badder Than Evil – Hot Wheels (The Chase)

Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth – The Creator

Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up

Black Sheep – Strobelight Honey

Laura Vane and the Vipers – Roof Off

Frankie Cutlass – Puerto Rico

Binary Star – Masters of the Universe

Manu Dibango – African Battle

Mobb Deep – The Learning (Burn)

Dennis Coffey – Theme from Blackbelt Jones

Mr Wiggles – The Spaniard

Baby Huey – Listen to Me

Manu Dibango – Soul Makossa

DJ Shadow – Organ Donor (Remix)

Cypress Hill – Latin Thugs

Aretha Franklin – Rock Steady

Nice and Smooth – Old to the New

Beastie Boys – No Sleep Till Brooklyn

Cookin’ on 3 Burners – Feel Good Inc.

Cut Chemist – Drums of Fire

Mark Ronson – Ooh Wee (ft. Nate Dogg and Ghostface Killah)

Masta Killa – Masta Killa

The Mohawks – Champ

Toploader – Dancing in the Moonlight

Mr. Wiggles – Top Rock and Roll

Uptown – Dope on Plastic

Yellow Sunshine – Yellow Sunshine

The Blackbyrds – Rock Creek Park

Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth – T.R.O.Y.

Exit 9 – Fly

Mongo Santamaria – Cloud Nine

Wu Tang Clan – C.R.E.A.M.

Danny Hibrid & James Brown – I Feel Alright

The Fatback Band – Spanish Hustle

Das EFX – They Want EFX

Osibisa – Fire

Bobby Byrd – I Need Help (I Can’t Do It Alone)

The Bamboos – Tighten Up

Candido – Soulwanco

Big Daddy Kane – Set It Off

Edwin Starr – I Just Wanna Do My Thing

Babe Ruth – The Mexican

Roxanne Shante – Have a Nice Day

Ray Baretto – Pasttime Paradise

Tower of Power- There’s Only So Much Oil In The Ground

BT Express – Energy Level

King Khan – On The Street Where I Live

Jackson 5 – What You Don’t Know

Eric B & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul

Crazy Elephant – Pam

James Brown – Get Up Offa That Thing

Nice and Smooth – Dope Not Hype

Esperanto – Night of the Wolf

Big Daddy Kane – The Wrath of Kane

Poets of Rhythm – Funky, Funky, North Carolina

Nicole Willis and The Soul Investigators – Holdin’ On

Greenwood Rhythm Coalition & Luz Mob – Guajira 78

Masta Killa – No Said Date

The Dap Kings – Nervous Like Me

Fusik – Higher

Esther Williams – Last Night Changed It All

Bob James – Farandole

Electric Light Orchestra – Fire on High

Black Sheep – The Choice is Yours

Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers – Blow Your Whistle

Roberto Roena – Que Se Sepa

James Brown – Superbad

Herman Kelly and Life – Dance to the Drummer’s Beat

Breakout – Planet Rock Part 2

Breakestra – You Don’t Need a Dance

Mongo Santamaria – Crazy Lady

Run DMC – It’s Like That

Frank Ferrer – Pa’ Los Obreros

Jackson 5 – Life of the Party

The Sound Stylistics – The Taking of Peckham 343

The Pharcyde – Passing Me By

Edwin Starr – Time

Los Tios Queridos – Si Me Ves Volar

Breakestra – Humpty Dump

Wu Tang Clan – Ain’t Nuthing ta  Fuck Wit’

The Mike Theodore Orchestra – The Bull

The Heavy – How You Like Me Now?

Climax Blues Band – Sense of Direction (Looped Version)

DJ Nas’D – It’s A Great Situation

Lack of Afro – The Outsider

James Brown – Get on the Good Foot

Brownout – Homenaje

The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die

Rhythm Heritage – Blockbuster

The Soul Searcher – We The People Side B

Sam & Dave – Hold On, I’m Comin’

Nas – Made You Look

Jimmy Castor Bunch – It’s Just Begun

LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out

Fusik – Fusik For The B-boys

The New Mastersounds – Bondo Sama

Rhythm Heritage – Theme from S.W.A.T.

Redman – Time 4 Sum Aksion

Cookin’ on 3 Burners – Tokyo Saucer

Run DMC – It’s Tricky

Black Grass – Queztalcoatl Returns

Spanky Wilson – Sunshine of Your Love

Jun Mayuzumi – Black Room

George Benson – Water Brother

Rufus Thomas – Itch and Scratch

Can – Vitamin C

RJD2 – 1976

The Roots – Here I Come (ft. Dice Raw)

Mark Ronson – God Put A Smile On Your Face (ft. the Daptone Horns)

Lords of the Underground – Chief Rocka

Smoove – I’m a Man

Fusik – Funktana

Gary’s Gang – Do It at the Disco

Nas – Hip Hop is Dead

Alice Russell – All Over Now

Mountain Mocha Killimanjaro – Yellow Soul Force

J-Walk – Soul Vibration

Gwen McRae – All This Love That I’m Giving

Harvey Averne Barrio Band – Cucaraca Macara

Ashley MacIsaac – Sleepy Maggie

Hawkeye – Still Jivin’

Jackson Sisters – I Believe in Miracles

Naughty by Nature – Hip Hop Hooray

Brian Auger & Julie Driscoll – Let the Sunshine

DJ Premier – Classic (ft. Rakim, KRS-One, Nas, Kanye West)

Gang Starr – Full Clip

Big Boss Man – Kelvin Stardust

Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers – Bustin’ Loose

James Brown – Give It Up or Turn It Loose

Coke Escovedo – I Wouldn’t Change a Thing

After listening to the entire treasure trove above, I’m sure you have a greater appreciation of music in bboying. Obviously 1 listening session isn’t going to dramatically change the way you approach music, but these bboy tracks are to be enjoyed over and over. Because good music speaks to people without becoming stale; it’s timeless.

Listening to music is just one half of how you engage with the dance that is breaking. How you interpret the mood, how much fire or energy you put into your steps… All of these take guidance and training; it’s a tedious process that you’ll learn to love.

By the way, you can even play the above list of bboy tracks at your next practice or house party! I created a playlist of all 157 songs just for your next practice, so check it out by clicking this little link filled with bboy tracks.

Have I missed out any of the classic beats? Share it below in the comments section!

Just remember your priorities… It’s music then dance.

P.S. In case you haven’t already noticed, the man at the beginning of the story was also known as Kool Herc, one of the pioneer DJs to cut the breaks and develop music in hip-hop.