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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[111RichardC111]

'You're listening to K Billy's super sound of the seventies...'

[unclefishbits]

B-Sides are necessary.

[MicrosoftsourceCode]

Great video. it has answered many questions I have wanted to know. only problem is I could not make out the name of the site you gave. It sounded like ragad or ragaurd

[scope66pl]

@wolfaxe123 he doesn't have face

[beatweezl]

Very enlightening piece!!!!! Thank you!!!!

[unclefishbits]

@TejasM14 good point, but when you are talking about stuff like Amen Brother, or other bits of gold mined from the vaults of history, we are talking about archivists, DJ's, and other crate diggers searching the annals of music past to find a zombie beat, & bring it back to life with modern production magic. So the passive, bubble gum chewing pop listener might not need B-Sides, but they are a proving ground & hallmark of innovation, creativity, & experimentation for most bands & musicians.

[TejasM14]

@unclefishbits people of my generation are people of the playlist generation. For most to hear an entire CD is by itself a miracle. So b-sides, do you think people would even care about them. It is a harsh truth, but nonetheless a fact.

[unclefishbits]

@OldCorpBLT13 You have NO IDEA how much that hit's home. I just played out Quantic's Un Canto a Mi Tierra w/his Combo Bárbaro - and the singer Nidia Gongora had an acapella version of the track on the B-Side. It was so bangin', i stopped by whole set to drop an acapella track. That's so rare. Weird timing on your comment... I was playing that and the whole bar was quiet, listening. Too rare... B-Sides are so important! =) Cheers!

[greezusbreakcore]

@juliaisafilmbuff123 It would probably be thousands of pages long lol.

[juliaisafilmbuff123]

@Jairinho2006 Thanks!