Video explains the world's most important 6-sec drum loop

This fascinating, brilliant 20-minute video narrates the history of the "Amen Break," a six-second drum sample from the b-side of a chart-topping single from 1969. This sample was used extensively in early hiphop and sample-based music, and became the basis for drum-and-bass and jungle music -- a six-second clip that spawned several entire subcultures. Nate Harrison's 2004 video is a meditation on the ownership of culture, the nature of art and creativity, and the history of a remarkable music clip.

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• Amen
• break
• nate
• harrison
• jungle

[kmdasein]

Excellent information and discussion. And your voice is fine. (Not everyone prowling Youtube is looking for fart videos--hang in there. Have you thought about posting this to Vimeo? Definitely a more intelligent audience there.)

[allaroundchris]

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[MrJusde]

Interesting....

[KaputOtter]

I learned a lot from this and I really appreciate your tie-in to public domain philosophy at the end! Well done and thank you!

[supatroopa411]

You gotta love the poorly written spam ad involving some sort of software on every music video.

[Enzymeable]

Luckily, THIS dubplate has made it through 3.717679 spins!!

[MidoriFan10]

Informative and overall enlightening.

[arvatotns]

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[Jay C. Kirkenson]

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[kaishaku72]

The audio from this documentary itself has been sampled.

[leftwingedlib]

Brings me back! Haw far back? Way back...And it goes a little sontin dis...