amen break

possibly the most used and sampled breakbeat of all time. comes from the winston brothers' "amen brother" used mainly in drum 'n' bass, jungle, even some hip hop. chances are, if you listen to dnb, then you've heard it at least once.

the amen break is cool because it is so heavily compressed and it doesn't sound like banging on a tin can when you speed it up.

amen break by karl July 8, 2004

Amen break

A sample of the drum break from the 1969 soul song "Amen, Brother" by the Winstons. Commonly heard in various hard-hitting electronic music, especially breakcore, jungle, drum 'n' bass, etc.

The Amen break was made popular when N.W.A. used its original sample in a song called Straight Outta Compton.

Amen break by 7568ino November 3, 2023

the Amen Break 

The most famous drum beat in the world, in a duration of 6 seconds. This drum beat alone has been sampled about 3,000 times in many songs of different genres, including Hip Hop, Jungle, Drum & Bass, and others. It was sampled from a B-Side track called "Amen, Brother" by The Winston's from their 1969 album, "Color Him Father". Barely noticed at the time until the sampler was introduced, it became widely known and inspired by many music artists of today.

A few example songs that use the Amen Break sample:

N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
μ-Ziq - Carpet Muncher
Michel Van Den Bos - Foregone Destruction (from the Facing Worlds CTF map in Unreal Tournament '99)
Salt-N-Pepa - I Desire
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock - Keep It Going Now
Mantronix - The King of Beats

the Amen Break by ROFLcycle June 18, 2021

The Amen Breakers 

A group of amens that break your breaks known as the "The Amen Breakers"

The Amen Breakers: A group of amen breakers that break your amens

You: "Holy shit! The amen are breaking my amen!"
Amen Breaker #1: "kick kick snare kick snare"
Amen Breaker #2: "snare cymbal kick automation kick snare hihat"
Amen Breaker #3: "YEAH WO YEAH WO YEAH WO YEAH WO YEAH WO"
Amen Breaker #4: *fucking disconnects*
Amen Breaker #5: "Y ̼̙̍̈́E̴̛̗̖A̵͖̰̓A̵̼̓̔A ̢̘͆̾H ͇́ ̴̡̜͊W̵̻̪̄O ͔͝O ̨̥̇̎O ̼̖̇O ͓̏̚ Y ̼̙̍̈́E̴̛̗̖A̵͖̰̓A̵̼̓̔A ̢̘͆̾H ͇́ ̴̡̜͊W̵̻̪̄O ͔͝O ̨̥̇̎O ̼̖̇O ͓̏̚"
Amen Breaker #6: *plays dumbass sonic.exe music*

The Amen Breakers by theouterm February 9, 2024