The “Amen break” is one of music’s most beloved and essential samples, ranking up there with “Funky Drummer” and “Think (About It)” as the most used breaks in hip-hop, dance and rock. Snatched from ...

The "Amen break" is arguably the most important 6 seconds of music ever recorded. With the popularization of sampling, the 4-bar drum solo (originally from The Winstons' 1969 track "Amen, Brother") ...

A six second drum break from The Winstons‘ “Amen, Brother” (the b-side to their 1969 hit “Color Him Father”) is arguably the most famous “break” ever. The “Amen Break” has been sampled on countless ...

Back in 1969, a drum solo that would direct hip hop and electronic music for 30-plus years was recorded. Gregory C. Coleman of Washington funk and soul band The Winstons was the man responsible for ...

Don’t mess with classics, they say, and drummer Merlin Mathews - co-founder of drum and percussion loop/sample library The Beat Shed - is happy to agree that you can’t improve on the “perfect” Amen ...

You may have absolutely no idea what the Amen Break is, but you’ve probably heard it a hundred times before. Artists ranging from N.W.A and Amy Winehouse to Oasis and Slipknot have all sampled the 6-7 ...

What is one of the most sampled bits of music in hip-hop history? Amazingly, The Winstons are now best known not for their big hit song, but for the single's B-side: "Amen, Brother." Their uptempo, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Don’t mess with classics, they say, and drummer Merlin Matthews - founder of drum and percussion ...