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
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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.

Category Entertainment

Tags break, Jungle, nate, harrison, Amen