Art and Music - The World's Most Important 6-sec Drum Loop

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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 Harrisons 2004 video is a meditation on the ownership of culture, the nature of art and creativity, and the history of a remarkable music clip.