How important was the break beat to music.

Without it I'd lose half my library :(

If they hadn't invented the breakbeat we'd still be listening to drum machines

Breakbeat is a broad style of electronic or dance-oriented music which utilizes breaks, often sampled from earlier recordings in funk, jazz, and R&B, for the main rhythm. Breakbeats have been used in styles such as hip hop, jungle, drum and bass, hardcore, UK garage, 2-step, breakstep, dubstep, and even pop and rock.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, hip hop turntablists, such as DJ Kool Herc, began using several funk breaks in a row, using irregular drum patterns from songs such as James Brown's "Funky Drummer" and The Winstons' "Amen Brother", to form the rhythmic base for hip hop songs.

In the early 1990s, acid house artists and producers started using breakbeat samples in their music to create breakbeat hardcore.[2] The hardcore scene then diverged into subgenres like jungle and drum and bass, which generally had a darker sound and focused more on complex sampled drum patterns.

In the late-1980s, breakbeat became an essential feature of many genres of breaks music which became popular within the global dance music scene, including big beat, nu skool breaks, acid breaks, electro-funk, and Miami bass.

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>>74484424
>If they hadn't invented the breakbeat we'd still be listening to drum machines