How An Obscure B-Side Became The Most Sampled Song Ever

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Six seconds of drums that reshaped music forever. Here’s the full story behind the break that changed everything.

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The Amen Break has been sampled thousands of times — in rap records, rave anthems, TV shows, and video games — but the full story behind it is deeper than most people realise. This video traces the journey of a six-second drum solo from the B-side of a 1969 soul single to the backbone of hip-hop, jungle, and drum & bass. From The Winstons’ segregated club gigs in D.C. to breakbeat crate-digging in the Bronx and pirate radio in London, we explore how the Amen Break travelled the world, changed music forever — and how the musicians who created it were left behind.

⏰ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:40 - The Story of the Winstons
02:42 - Digging Up The Break
04:22 - Enter The Sampler
06:28 - The Birth of a Genre
08:44 - The Break That Didn't Pay