This simple act of musical resourcefulness changed the course of musical history. Enter the B-boys Though they’re now associated with dance music genres like jungle and drum & bass, the use of ...

Breakbeat is yet another music genre that spread from America, took on a dose of European ingenuity, and then led a life of its own to become one of the biggest beats of the dance world. This is how ...

Some songs receive cover versions by other artists over and over again. Some are sample bedrocks. A few are both—and perhaps the greatest and most emblematic of these is “Apache.” Written in the late ...

DJ Kool Herc is known as the father of the DJ breakbeat — isolating and repeating breaks, the most danceable portions of songs that form part of the foundation of modern hip-hop. He also wrote the ...

A genre, a technique and a way of life: from ’70s New York roots to today, breakbeats have shaped music culture When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...