"Bombscare" is a track from the 1991 album ''Hold It Down'' by 2 Bad Mice. It makes heavy use of samples, taking drumbeats then chopping and rearranging them to create a distinctive musical style. The main sample heard is from the song "Don't Mess with This Beat" by Neon; other samples for the breakbeat are from "Let Me Love You (Rebuilt)" by Kariya. A

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was released in the UK in 1996 featuring several remixes of the song. It peaked at No. 46 on the UK Singles Chart.

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, writing for ''

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'' in 2020, listed "Bombscare" at number one in his list of his 25 best early '90s

breakbeat hardcore Breakbeat hardcore (also referred to as hardcore rave, oldskool hardcore or simply hardcore) is a music genre that spawned from the UK rave scene during the early 1990s. It combines four-on-the-floor rhythms with breakbeats usually sampled from ...

tracks.

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Hold It Down (Discogs.com)
1991 songs 1991 singles Breakbeat hardcore songs {{1990s-electronic-song-stub