the amen break
I realized that I had never realized this history of this break. The Amen Break. And it is a holy break. This break created a fissure in the continuum of the history of the music, giving rise to the power of hip hop, a vehicle expressing the desire of millions and billions of people to change the course of fascist, corporate, oppressive, imperial history.
The power of hip hop is that it is the creation of those downpressed to celebrate their lives, struggles and dreams. This too has been co-opted by the very powers that the music was confronting and resisting.
Amen.
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