[1][2] Featured on the albums were funk, R&B, soul, jazz and rock tracks from the 1960s to 1980s that included influential drum breaks.
[3] The albums found high popularity with hip hop producers, with each new release in the series leading to many records featuring samples of the breaks.
[4][5] Re-releases of the LPs, some packaged in pairs for DJ scratching and mixing convenience, became available and are currently found in many record stores.
DJs Harry Love and MK originally released a mix CD as a tribute to the series entitled Beats Per Minute.
Subtitled as "A Pre-School Break Mix", DJ QBert mixed duplicate copies of UBB tracks with scratching and incorporated dialogue and samples from television, film and popular culture, notably comic books, cartoons and video games.