THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS – Block Rockin’ Beats (1997)

The Chemical Brothers are an English electronic music duo formed by Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands in Manchester in 1989. They were pioneers in bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture.

In March 1997, the Chemical Brothers released the second track from their forthcoming album. “Block Rockin’ Beats” contained a Schoolly D vocal sample and re-working of the bass-line from 23 Skidoo’s single “Coup”. The NME named it “Single of the Week” and said: “It throbs like your head might if you had just done a length underwater in a swimming pool full of amyl.” It later won them a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.