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Breakbeat is a broad type of electronic music that uses drum breaks, often sampled from early recordings of funk, jazz, and R&B.Breakbeats have been used in styles such as Florida breaks, hip hop, jungle, drum and bass, big beat, breakbeat hardcore, and UK garage styles (including 2-step, breakstep and dubstep).
We trace the influence of breaks in music-making from the birth of hip-hop through breakbeat hardcore, rave, jungle and DnB
Break-beat music and hip-hop culture were happening at the same time as the emergence of disco (in 1974 known as party music). Disco was also created by DJs in its initial phase, though these tended to be club jocks rather than mobile party jocks – records by Barry White, Eddie Kendricks and others became dancefloor hits in New York clubs ...
Florida breaks, which may also be referred to as The Orlando Sound, Orlando breaks, or The Breaks, is a genre of breakbeat dance music that originated in the central region of Florida, United States. [1] Florida Breaks draws on hip-hop, Miami bass and electro. It often includes samples of early jazz or funk beats from rare groove or popular film.
Jungle is a genre of electronic music that developed out of the UK rave scene and Jamaican sound system culture in the 1990s. Emerging from breakbeat hardcore, the style is characterised by rapid breakbeats, heavily syncopated percussive loops, samples, and synthesised effects, combined with the deep basslines, melodies, and vocal samples found in dub, reggae and dancehall, as well as hip hop ...
The single was popular amongst hip hop fans, and received airplay and often crops up on compilation albums. [7] More singles followed, as well as the follow-up album Return of the Dread-I (Music of Life, 1991), [6] but Duke parted company with Music of Life. Following this, he guested on other artists' tracks, such as Phat Skillz' "Dress Like ...
David Mays is an American media executive and entrepreneur who founded The Source Magazine [1] and co-founded Hip Hop Weekly.He is the co-founder of Breakbeat Media, a multimedia podcast network launched in September 2021 that is dedicated to serving the interests and perspectives of the hip-hop community across the globe.
Nu skool breaks or nu breaks is a subgenre of breakbeat originating during the period between 1998 and 2002. [1] The style is usually characterized by more abstract, more technical sounds, sometimes incorporated from other genres of electronic dance music , including UK garage , electro , and drum and bass .