The “Amen break” is one of music’s most beloved and essential samples, ranking up there with “Funky Drummer” and “Think (About It)” as the most used breaks in hip-hop, dance and rock. Snatched from ...

Sampling has quietly reshaped music over the past five decades. A snare hit here, a vocal yelp there, maybe a drum loop that ...

A six second drum break from The Winstons‘ “Amen, Brother” (the b-side to their 1969 hit “Color Him Father”) is arguably the most famous “break” ever. The “Amen Break” has been sampled on countless ...

The story of the Amen Break and how a six second drum solo reshaped hip hop, electronic, and global music culture.

The 'Amen break' is the most sampled drum break in music history, appearing in over 6,000 songs. The 20-second break was part of a song by the Winstons, a multiracial soul band. Despite the Amen break ...

What is one of the most sampled bits of music in hip-hop history? If you guessed virtually any tune by James Brown, you're close. Indeed, Browns' distinctive guitar riffs, drum breaks, and his ...