4 HeroCookin Up Ya Brain / Where's The Boy?

Label:

Reinforced Records – RIVET 1216

Format:

Vinyl , 12", 33 ⅓ RPM

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Hardcore

Tracklist

Other Side
A1 Cooking Up Yah Brain
A2 Burning
This Side
AA1 Time To Get Ill
AA2 Where's The Boy (Trial By Ecstasy)

Companies, etc.

  • Published ByWestbury Music
  • Published ByReinforced Music
  • Distributed BySRD
  • Lacquer Cut AtJTS Studios
  • Pressed ByP.R. Records Limited

Credits

  • Plated ByM (91)
  • Producer4 Hero

Notes

Published by Westbury Music / Reinforced Music

Track A1 is listed as "Cooking Up Yah Brain" on label and "Cookin Up Ya Brain" on sleeve

Track A1 samples:
Vocal from The D.O.C. - Let The Bass Go
Vocal from Ultramagnetic MC's - A Chorus Line Pt.1
Vocal from The D.O.C. - It's Funky Enough
Synth from Jamie Principle - Your Love

Track A2 samples:
Vocal from The Jets - Crush On You
Vocal from Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation

Track AA1 samples:
Vocal from The Beastie Boys - Time To Get Ill
Vocal from Stephanie Mills - (You're Puttin') A Rush On Me

Track AA2 samples:
Dialogue from audiobook version of Stephen King short story - I Am The Doorway "you killed the boy etc"
Bassline from Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 5 021260 121668 >
  • Matrix / Runout (Other Side A): RIVET - 1216 A PR-M ∗ - J.T.S. - ∗
  • Matrix / Runout (This Side AA): RIVET - 1216 AA PR-M ∗ - J.T.S. - ∗

Other Versions (4)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Remixes (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, 45 RPM) Reinforced Records RIVET 1216 R UK 1992
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Where's The Boy / Cooking Up Yah Brain (CD, Maxi-Single) Reinforced Records RIVET 1216 CD UK 1992
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Cooking Up Yah Brain (Remixes) (12", 33 ⅓ RPM, 45 RPM, Test Pressing, White Label) Reinforced Records RIVET 1216R UK 1992
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Cooking Up Yah Brain (12", Promo, 33 ⅓ RPM) Reinforced Records RIVET 1216 UK 1992

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Reviews

  • aidiothir's avatar
    aidiothir
    Edited 3 months ago
    The ''Time To Get Ill'' track of the original EP here, and the remix of ''Where's The Boy'' from the remixes EP (RIVET 1216 R) ,are the best 4-Hero tracks ever made, and the only 2 tracks from them written on the Belgian techno rave style, with hoovers and T99-Anasthasia like stabs.
    Worth having both releases (RIVET 1216 & RIVET 1216R) just for these 2 masterpieces alone.
    • breakbeatscientist's avatar
      This for me was probably 4 Hero's strongest EP, with every single track featured hitting that sweet spot perfectly. From the sheer speed-freak manicness of "Cooking Up Yah Brain", the chilled, loved up vibe of "Burning" to the harsh stabs and hip-hop fusion of "Time To Get Ill" (that jarring, vibrating stab is pure brilliance!) and shameless pilfering of Talking Heads" bassline in "Where's The Boy".

      It's a no brainer to pick this up, and it's equally great remix EP if vintage breakbeat hardcore is your forte. Seriously good 1992 Reinforced Records stuff.
      • NastyMcQuaid's avatar
        NastyMcQuaid
        IWorth mentioning that Burnin samples The Jets "Crush On You" acapella made dancefloor-famous by Alan Braxe "Intro"
        • ozbeatproject's avatar
          ozbeatproject
          I'll say something then, when i first heard Cooking Up Ya Brain i instantly loved it and it was different, it sits on Reinforced Records and is Produced by Marc Mac and Dego, enough already, the whole twelve is superb.
          • Not-Selling's avatar
            Not-Selling
            People really do make their own prices up, regardless of the sales history when it comes to flogging well known classics. This really isn't worth almost a grand. For the stampers maybe, yeh.

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