Breaks drum patterns.

1. 1960s

   1. 1969
      

      Breaks

      Amen, Brother

      The Winstons

      G.C. Coleman's ~7 s four-bar solo at 1:26; the most-sampled break and the foundation of jungle and drum & bass

2. 1970s

   1. 1970
      

      Breaks

      Funky Drummer

      James Brown

      Clyde Stubblefield's improvised ghost-note break; from 1986 on it was sampled by Public Enemy, Eric B. & Rakim and countless others
   2. 1972
      

      Breaks

      Think (About It)

      Lyn Collins

      Jabo Starks' Think break plus the yeah-woo shout; looped thousands of times across hip hop and dance music
   3. 1973
      

      Breaks

      Apache

      Incredible Bongo Band

      Jim Gordon's kit-and-bongo break, championed by Afrika Bambaataa and dubbed hip hop's national anthem

3. 1990s

   1. 1991
      

      Jungle

      We Are I.E.

      Lennie De Ice

      Often named the first jungle record: a looping Amen break pushing a ragga-style sub-bass line, recorded back in 1989
   2. 1992
      

      Jungle

      Terminator

      Rufige Kru (Goldie)

      Darkcore cut credited with pioneering time-stretched, pitch-shifted breakbeats, so the drum loop itself phases like a lead line
   3. 1994
      

      Jungle

      Original Nuttah

      UK Apache & Shy FX

      Shy FX's rapid-fire chopped breaks under UK Apache's ragga vocal; one of the first jungle tunes to reach the UK top 40
   4. 1995
      

      Jungle

      Pulp Fiction

      Alex Reece

      Metalheadz single that popularised the sparse two-step break with Reese bass, moving drum & bass off full Amen rolls
   5. 1997
      

      Breaks

      Block Rockin' Beats

      The Chemical Brothers

      Distorted Bernard Purdie drum loop driving a UK No. 1 and Grammy winner; big beat's breakbeat at full volume
   6. 1998
      

      Jungle

      Wormhole

      Ed Rush & Optical

      Title track of the album credited as the first neurofunk LP; drums cut into single hits and re-sequenced at original pitch

Press play to loop each record's busiest two bars. Patterns are machine-detected from the recordings, not verified transcriptions.