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It comes from the 1969 track "<b>Amen, Brother</b>" by the American soul group <a href="/wiki/The_Winstons" title="The Winstons">the Winstons</a>, released as the <a href="/wiki/B-side" class="mw-redirect" title="B-side">B-side</a> of the 1969 single "<a href="/wiki/Color_Him_Father" title="Color Him Father">Color Him Father</a>". The drum break lasts seven seconds and was performed by <a href="/wiki/Gregory_C._Coleman" class="mw-redirect" title="Gregory C. Coleman">Gregory Coleman</a>. </p><p>With the rise of <a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music">hip hop</a> in the 1980s, the Amen break was used in hits including "<a href="/wiki/Straight_Outta_Compton_(song)" title="Straight Outta Compton (song)">Straight Outta Compton</a>" by <a href="/wiki/N.W.A" title="N.W.A">N.W.A</a> and "<a href="/wiki/It_Takes_Two_(album)" title="It Takes Two (album)">Keep It Going Now</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Rob_Base_%26_DJ_E-Z_Rock" title="Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock">Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock</a>. In the 1990s, it became a staple of <a href="/wiki/Drum_and_bass" title="Drum and bass">drum and bass</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jungle_music" title="Jungle music">jungle music</a>. It has been used in thousands of tracks of various genres, making it one of the most sampled recordings in music history. </p><p>The Winstons received no <a href="/wiki/Royalties" class="mw-redirect" title="Royalties">royalties</a> for the sample. The bandleader, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Lewis_Spencer" title="Richard Lewis Spencer">Richard Lewis Spencer</a>, was not aware of its use until 1996, after the <a href="/wiki/Statute_of_limitations" title="Statute of limitations">statute of limitations</a> for <a href="/wiki/Copyright_infringement" title="Copyright infringement">copyright infringement</a> had passed. He condemned its use as <a href="/wiki/Plagiarism" title="Plagiarism">plagiarism</a>, but later said it was flattering. He said it was unlikely that Coleman, who died homeless and destitute in 2006, realized the impact he had made on music. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recording">Recording</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amen_break&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Recording"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Winstons.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/The_Winstons.png/220px-The_Winstons.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/The_Winstons.png/330px-The_Winstons.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/The_Winstons.png/440px-The_Winstons.png 2x" data-file-width="575" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>The Winstons in 1969</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/The_Winstons" title="The Winstons">The Winstons</a> were a <a href="/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">soul</a> band from Washington, D.C., who played throughout the southern United States. They were led by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Lewis_Spencer" title="Richard Lewis Spencer">Richard Lewis Spencer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_News-2015_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News-2015-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In early 1969, the Winstons recorded the single "<a href="/wiki/Color_Him_Father" title="Color Him Father">Color Him Father</a>" in Atlanta.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_six_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_six-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the <a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a>, they recorded an instrumental based on the gospel song "<a href="/wiki/Amen_(gospel_song)" title="Amen (gospel song)">Amen</a>" and a guitar riff <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Mayfield" title="Curtis Mayfield">Curtis Mayfield</a> had played for Spencer.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_six_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_six-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Economist-2011_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Economist-2011-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The result was "Amen, Brother",<sup id="cite_ref-The_Economist-2011_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Economist-2011-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which Spencer said they composed in about 20 minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_six_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_six-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though "Color Him Father" became a top-10 R&B hit and won a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a>, "Amen, Brother" received little notice.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_six_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_six-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a mixed-race group, the Winstons struggled to secure bookings and disbanded in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_six_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_six-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Drum_break">Drum break</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amen_break&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Drum break"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/75px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg/100px-Gnome-mime-sound-openclipart.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="160" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Amen_Break,_in_context.ogg" title="File:The Amen Break, in context.ogg">The Amen break</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="15" data-mwtitle="The_Amen_Break,_in_context.ogg" data-mwprovider="local"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/80/The_Amen_Break%2C_in_context.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/transcoded/8/80/The_Amen_Break%2C_in_context.ogg/The_Amen_Break%2C_in_context.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">As it originally appears on "Amen, Brother" by <a href="/wiki/The_Winstons" title="The Winstons">the Winstons</a></div></div></div></div> <div class="side-box-abovebelow"><hr /><i class="selfreference">Problems playing this file? See <a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">media help</a>.</i></div> </div> <p>At about 1 minute and 26 seconds into "Amen, Brother", the other musicians stop playing and the drummer, <a href="/wiki/Gregory_C._Coleman" class="mw-redirect" title="Gregory C. Coleman">Gregory Coleman</a>, performs a four-bar <a href="/wiki/Break_(music)" title="Break (music)">drum break</a> that lasts for seven seconds. For two bars, Coleman plays the previous beat. In the third bar, he delays a <a href="/wiki/Snare_drum" title="Snare drum">snare</a> hit. In the fourth bar, he leaves the first beat empty, then plays a <a href="/wiki/Syncopation" title="Syncopation">syncopated</a> pattern and an early <a href="/wiki/Crash_cymbal" title="Crash cymbal">crash cymbal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Economist-2011_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Economist-2011-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The drum break was added to lengthen the track, which had been too short with just the riff. Spencer said he directed the break, but Phil Tolotta, the only other surviving member of the band in 2015, credited it solely to Coleman.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_six_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_six-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amen_break_notation.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Amen_break_notation.svg/480px-Amen_break_notation.svg.png" decoding="async" width="480" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Amen_break_notation.svg/720px-Amen_break_notation.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Amen_break_notation.svg/960px-Amen_break_notation.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="140" /></a><figcaption>Drum notation for the Amen break</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sampling">Sampling</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amen_break&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Sampling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 1980s, with the rise of <a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music">hip hop</a>, DJs began <a href="/wiki/Turntablism" title="Turntablism">using turntables</a> to loop drum breaks from records, which MCs would <a href="/wiki/Rapping" title="Rapping">rap</a> over.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Economist-2011_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Economist-2011-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1986, "Amen, Brother" was included on <i><a href="/wiki/Ultimate_Breaks_and_Beats" title="Ultimate Breaks and Beats">Ultimate Breaks and Beats</a></i>, a compilation of old <a href="/wiki/Funk" title="Funk">funk</a> and soul tracks with clean drum breaks intended for DJs.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Economist-2011_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Economist-2011-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Salt-N-Pepa" title="Salt-N-Pepa">Salt-N-Pepa</a>'s 1986 single "<a href="/wiki/Hot,_Cool_%26_Vicious" title="Hot, Cool & Vicious">I Desire</a>" has one of the earliest uses of the Amen break. A number of releases in 1988 took it into the mainstream, including "<a href="/wiki/Straight_Outta_Compton_(song)" title="Straight Outta Compton (song)">Straight Outta Compton</a>" by <a href="/wiki/N.W.A" title="N.W.A">N.W.A</a> and "<a href="/wiki/It_Takes_Two_(album)" title="It Takes Two (album)">Keep It Going Now</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Rob_Base_%26_DJ_E-Z_Rock" title="Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock">Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Amen break has been in used in thousands of tracks, making it one of the most widely sampled tracks in history.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Economist-2011_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Economist-2011-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was widely sampled in British <a href="/wiki/Dance_music" title="Dance music">dance music</a> in the early 1990s, especially in <a href="/wiki/Drum_and_bass" title="Drum and bass">drum and bass</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jungle_music" title="Jungle music">jungle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-butler_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-butler-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-The_Economist-2011_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Economist-2011-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been used in multiple genres, including rock music by acts such as <a href="/wiki/Oasis_(band)" title="Oasis (band)">Oasis</a>, in commercials, and television themes such as <i><a href="/wiki/Futurama" title="Futurama">Futurama</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Economist-2011_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Economist-2011-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Amen break became popular as it was easy to manipulate and offered a simple way to create jungle music.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Economist-2011_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Economist-2011-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The English drummer <a href="/wiki/Tom_Skinner_(drummer)" title="Tom Skinner (drummer)">Tom Skinner</a> cited the appealing "crunch" of the recording quality.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Economist-2011_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Economist-2011-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Producers have manipulated it by altering its pitch or speed, or re-ordering its components to mimic <a href="/wiki/Ghost_note" title="Ghost note">ghost notes</a> or other effects.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Economist-2011_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Economist-2011-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Royalties">Royalties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amen_break&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Royalties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a> owner of "Amen, Brother", including the Amen break, was the Winstons bandleader, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Lewis_Spencer" title="Richard Lewis Spencer">Richard Lewis Spencer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Economist-2011_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Economist-2011-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Neither he nor Coleman received <a href="/wiki/Royalty_payment" title="Royalty payment">royalties</a> for the break.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Economist-2011_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Economist-2011-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spencer was not aware of its use until an executive contacted him asking for the <a href="/wiki/Master_tape" class="mw-redirect" title="Master tape">master tape</a> in 1996, when he was working for the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Metro" title="Washington Metro">Washington Metro</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Economist-2011_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Economist-2011-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The journalist <a href="/wiki/Simon_Reynolds" title="Simon Reynolds">Simon Reynolds</a> likened the situation to "the man who goes to the <a href="/wiki/Sperm_bank" title="Sperm bank">sperm bank</a> and unknowingly sires hundreds of children".<sup id="cite_ref-The_Economist-2011_3-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Economist-2011-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spencer was unable to take legal action, as the <a href="/wiki/Statute_of_limitations" title="Statute of limitations">statute of limitations</a> for <a href="/wiki/Copyright_infringement" title="Copyright infringement">copyright infringement</a> is three years in the US.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_News-2015_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News-2015-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Spencer condemned the sampling as <a href="/wiki/Plagiarism" title="Plagiarism">plagiarism</a> and said he "felt ripped off and raped".<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_six_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_six-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He said in 2011: "[Coleman's] heart and soul went into that drum break. Now these guys copy and paste it and make millions."<sup id="cite_ref-The_Economist-2011_3-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Economist-2011-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in 2015, he said: "It's not the worst thing that can happen to you. I'm a black man in America and the fact that someone wants to use something I created – that's flattering."<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_six_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_six-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Coleman died homeless and destitute in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_six_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_six-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spencer said it was unlikely he was aware of the impact he had made on music.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_six_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_six-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, a <a href="/wiki/GoFundMe" title="GoFundMe">GoFundMe</a> campaign set up for Spencer by the British DJs Martyn Webster and Steve Theobald raised more than £18,000 ($26,000).<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_six_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_six-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spencer died in 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amen_break&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Think_break" title="Think break">Think break</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Funky_Drummer" title="Funky Drummer">Funky Drummer</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breakbeat" title="Breakbeat">Breakbeat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breakcore" title="Breakcore">Breakcore</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34785551">"Amen Break musician finally gets paid"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/BBC_News" title="BBC News">BBC News</a></i>. 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(2006), <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/unlockinggroover00butl/page/78"><i>Unlocking the groove: Rhythm, meter, and musical design in electronic dance music</i></a></span>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana_University_Press" title="Indiana University Press">Indiana University Press</a>, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/unlockinggroover00butl/page/78">78</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-253-34662-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-253-34662-9"><bdi>978-0-253-34662-9</bdi></a>, <q>Even more common, especially in jungle/drum 'n' bass, is a break ... which fans and musicians commonly refer to as the 'Amen' break.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Unlocking+the+groove%3A+Rhythm%2C+meter%2C+and+musical+design+in+electronic+dance+music&rft.pages=78&rft.pub=Indiana+University+Press&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-253-34662-9&rft.aulast=Butler&rft.aufirst=Mark+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Funlockinggroover00butl%2Fpage%2F78&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmen+break" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNorton2008" class="citation magazine cs1"><a href="/wiki/Quinn_Norton" title="Quinn Norton">Norton, Quinn</a> (December 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=L9IDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA12">"Sample This, Lawman"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Maximum_PC" title="Maximum PC">Maximum PC</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Future_US" title="Future US">Future US</a>. p. 12. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1522-4279">1522-4279</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220803030042/https://books.google.com/books?id=L9IDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA12">Archived</a> from the original on August 3, 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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New York: Hudson Music.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Live+Drum+%26+Bass+written&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Hudson+Music&rft.date=2018&rft.au=Ryan+Alexander+Bloom&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmen+break" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGerwin_Eisenhauer2005" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-interwiki-linked-name cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerwin_Eisenhauer" class="extiw" title="de:Gerwin Eisenhauer">Gerwin Eisenhauer</a> <span class="cs1-format">[in German]</span> (2005). <i>Welcome to the Jungle</i> (in German). Germany: Dux.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Welcome+to+the+Jungle&rft.place=Germany&rft.pub=Dux&rft.date=2005&rft.au=Gerwin+Eisenhauer&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAmen+break" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Amen_break&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pedagonet.com/quickies/tutorial.htm">"A Tutorial on Cutting Up a Breakbeat Using a Tracker"</a>. PedagoNet.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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