The plot thickens
Jan. 29th, 2007 08:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mmcirvinOn the other hand: then (link via ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ronebofh) there's the Amen break, which predates the Incredible Bongo Band "Apache" by four years. The Apache break sounds like it begins almost the same way, only slowed down, and I wouldn't be surprised if it were somehow a derivative of the Amen. Or maybe the stretch over which they're the same is too basic to claim as anyone's property. Or maybe the similarity is a coincidence but the recent popularity of the Amen break as a sample is related to Apache's role in rap. Maybe that guy in the video talks about the relationship but I can't be bothered to listen to him go on for the whole twenty minutes.
ronebofh) there's the Amen break, which predates the Incredible Bongo Band "Apache" by four years. The Apache break sounds like it begins almost the same way, only slowed down, and I wouldn't be surprised if it were somehow a derivative of the Amen. Or maybe the stretch over which they're the same is too basic to claim as anyone's property. Or maybe the similarity is a coincidence but the recent popularity of the Amen break as a sample is related to Apache's role in rap. Maybe that guy in the video talks about the relationship but I can't be bothered to listen to him go on for the whole twenty minutes.![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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Date: 2007-01-29 08:04 pm (UTC)