| Display title | Amen Break |
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| Date of page creation | 21:27, 1 November 2013 |
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| Date of latest edit | 05:36, 26 December 2023 |
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This attribute controls the content of the description and og:description elements. | In 1969, a Soul/Funk group called The Winstons came out with an single called Color Him Father. On the B-side of that single was a song called "Amen Brother". It contained within it a 5 second drum solo. This drum break, called the Amen Break, has the distinction of being the single most sampled piece of music in modern history. Every genre, from Hip Hop, to Techno, to Rock has used it at one time or another. It is one of the most ubiquitous pieces of music in modern pop culture. Whole genres of music owe their very existence to it. The genre(s) of Jungle and/or Drum and bass[1] are pretty much built entirely around the creative use of the Amen Break; sometimes chopping the sample into tiny pieces and building completely new beats out of pieces. |