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Breakbeat

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).

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Cultural origins
Mid-1970s, US (hip-hop production) Late 1980s, US and UK (electronic genre)
Derivative forms
Jungle · drum and bass · 2-step garage · 4-beat · breakbeat hardcore
Stylistic origins
Electro · freestyle · hip-hop · funk · post-disco

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Sampled breakbeats

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Breakbeat

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Triples179
Avg. degree1.98
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Breakbeat

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related to The "Amen break" · 21
Breakbeat → About It, Amen, Apache, Beats, Brother, Funky Drummer, Give It Up, Incredible Bongo Band's, James Brown's, King, Loose, Lyn Collins's, Mantronix, One, Other, Shadows, The Amen, The Winstons, Think, Turnit
related to Andalusian breakbeat · 19
Breakbeat → Ale Baquero, Andalusia, Anuschka, Artists, Canal Fiesta, Canal Sur Radio, Dani Moreno, Digital Base, Dj Nitro, Evassion Planet, Fórmula, In Spain, Jan, Jordi Slate, Kultur, Largely, Man, Mundo Evassion, Wally
related to Asian breakbeat · 17
Breakbeat → DJs, Florida, It, Loopy, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Orleans's DJ Babyboi, North Carolina, Notable, South, Southeast Asian DJs, Southern, Texas, The Asian, Tinman, Vietnamese American
related to Progressive breaks · 15
Breakbeat → BT, Burufunk, Digital Witchcraft, Fourthstate, Fretwell, However, Hybrid, Its, Momu, Much, Progressive, Typical, Under This, Way Out West, Wrecked Angle
related to 1990s: Evolution as electronic dance genre · 8
Breakbeat → An, Goldie's, In, Josh Lawford, Miami, Ravescene, The, Timeless
related to Big beat · 8
Breakbeat → Big, British, Chemical Brothers, Crystal Method, Cut La Roc, Fatboy Slim, Prodigy, Propellerheads
Derivative forms · 7
Breakbeat → 2-step garage, 4-beat, big beat, breakbeat hardcore, drum and bass, dubstep, Jungle
related to Electro breaks · 7
Breakbeat → Afrika Bambaataa, Cybotron, Electro, Kraftwerk, Man Parrish, Newcleus, Soulsonic Force
related to Etymology · 7
Breakbeat → About It, Amen, Brother, Lyn Collins, The, Think, Winstons
Stylistic origins · 6
Breakbeat → Electro, freestyle, funk, hip-hop, post-disco, turntablism

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breaks music breakbeats hip-hop drum break progressive electronic beat house electro acid jungle hardcore sampled big tracks artists early funk

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BreakbeatCultural originsMid-1970s, US (hip-hop production) Late 1980s, US and UK (electronic genre)1.00infobox
BreakbeatDerivative formsJungle1.00infobox
BreakbeatDerivative formsdrum and bass1.00infobox
BreakbeatDerivative forms2-step garage1.00infobox
BreakbeatDerivative forms4-beat1.00infobox
BreakbeatDerivative formsbreakbeat hardcore1.00infobox
BreakbeatDerivative formsbig beat1.00infobox
BreakbeatDerivative formsdubstep1.00infobox
BreakbeatStylistic originsElectro1.00infobox
BreakbeatStylistic originsfreestyle1.00infobox
BreakbeatStylistic originship-hop1.00infobox
BreakbeatStylistic originsfunk1.00infobox
BreakbeatStylistic originspost-disco1.00infobox
BreakbeatStylistic originsturntablism1.00infobox
Breakbeatis abroad type of electronic music that uses drum breaks0.90text

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