8/28/2023 0 Comments Old school sample beats![]() ![]() Herc is also credited as the innovator of another key characteristic of hip-hop music that would become essential to the art of sampling: the backspin. Kool Herc began mixing the breaks of popular songs into others and the hip-hop technique of sampling was born. While DJing at block parties and dances, Herc realized that the crowd responded best to the “breaks” in the funk records he played – the moments where the melody stopped and only the rhythm section was heard. Instead of using two turntables to eliminate pauses between songs, he used them to mix two different songs together. ![]() Legendary hip-hop innovator, Kool Herc, is credited as being the first DJ to adapt the technique developed by disco DJs of “mixing” into hip-hop culture. The roots of sampling songs into other tracks dates back to the very origins of hip-hop itself: 1970s New York City. Sampling and hip-hop music were formed out of the creation of the other.
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