The break to the beat website was set up and established by pioneering Hip Hop practitioner Kraze One with the aim of documenting Hip Hop culture that evolved in and around his home city of Milton Keynes, UK during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. The website covers all elements of Hip Hop Culture (Emceeing, Deejaying, Breaking, Graffiti Art) and attempts to honour, document and educate visitors on the achievements of practitioners with a connection to Milton Keynes during this period.
Since the establishment of Breaktothebeat.com the team have hosted a series of community exhibitions, block parties and academic conferences aimed at raising the profile of local Hip Hop culture within its global context. BTTB have collaborated with local organisations such as The Open University, Living Archive Milton Keynes, MK Gallery, Woughton Parish Council, Black Sheep Collective and have partnered with numerous local music venues to host Hip Hop cultural related events. The below links contain some examples.
- Open Hip Hop at The Open University
- MK Hip Hop at Living Archive Milton Keynes
- MK Hip Hop Culture Part 1 Exhibition at MK Gallery
- MK Hip Hop Culture Part 2 Exhibition at Bar Bar Black Sheep Café
- Wolverton Square Block Party
In 2026 Kraze One established Break To The Beat Records, an independent label created to preserve and further document Hip Hop and related music with local connections. The creation of these releases not only gives unreleased local music an opportunity to be consumed outside of the digital domain, but it also gives supporters of the project the opportunity to take away and keep a tangible piece of local Hip Hop history.
The below list contains details of the recording projects that Break To The Beat Records have collated, released and supported. Details on how to purchase our products are available in the merchandise section of the website.
The website is separated in to dated categories and each section contains a list of the artists, crews, projects and releases related to these specific periods. Clicking on an artist name or interview will display the information that we currently hold. For details on our current projects and events or to get in touch. please visit our Instagram account @breaktothebeat.mk or our Facebook page Break To The Beat.Com. Thanks for visiting Breaktothebeat.
MK HIP HOP CULTURE PART 1 (Artists established during the 1980’s)
- Asiatic Soul (Mixmaster MSC) (Rolek One) (Mixmaster MSC Interview) (Rolek One Interview)
- British Dialect
- Double Deff Chillers (Mixmaster MSC) (Mixmaster MSC Interview)
- James Jessop
- Science Revealed
- Shoes
- Sindecut
- The Criminal Minds (Chaos 2) (Chase One) (Sin One) (Task One) (MC Iceski Interview)
- Urbanist (Urbanist Interview)
In 2024 DJ Kraze One recorded a podcast to showcase some of the examples of Hip Hop music that have been made available by artists with a connection to Milton Keynes during the 1980s. Some of the recordings are taken from cassette demos submitted by local artists for the archive project. The idea was to provide a sonic experience of what recordings of Hip Hop music in Milton Keynes sounded like during this period. To listen to the podcast please follow this link to our Break to the beat mix cloud site: Milton Keynes Hip Hop History Part 1 (Mix cloud).
MK HIP HOP CULTURE PART 2 (Artists established between 1990 – 1995)
- Crazy Options (Kraze One) (Mr Lusta)
- Death Before Dishonour (Jack The Ripper) (The Atom) (Jack The Ripper Interview)
- Gunstar Hero’s (DJ Trail One)
- Justice Element (DJ Crime Plate) (Killa Joul) (Kraze One)
- Phase 4 (Kraze One) (Lady Of Funk) (Mr Delta) (Mr Lusta)
- 32 Troop
- 2 Minds
- UnderCover Prophecy (UCP) (DJ Delta) (DJ Trail One) (Escape) (Hysko) (Kraze One) (Krome 2)
- Underground Graffiti Art Buckingham University
- W.I.Z.E Crew (DJ Roughcut) (DJ 2’E’Z) (Judge Wizely) (MC Law) (DJ Roughcut Interview)
