The Second Track

The Drum Break That Built Hip-Hop: Six Seconds That Changed Everything

Episode Summary

In 1969, The Winstons recorded a B-side called 'Amen, Brother' with a six-second drum solo that nobody cared about. Until DJs in the Bronx discovered it fifteen years later and turned those six seconds into the foundation of hip-hop, jungle, and breakbeat culture—making it the most sampled recording in music history.