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JAZZ
1978
98 BPM
F major

I Love Music

Became essential to jazz-influenced hip-hop and the Native Tongues movement

Ahmad Jamal
"I Love Music"
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Original Track

Ahmad Jamal - "I Love Music" (1978)

The original track containing the legendary 7.9-second drum break

Break occurs at 1:30 - 1:37.900000000000006

The History

Became essential to jazz-influenced hip-hop and the Native Tongues movement. Connected modern jazz to hip-hop's sophisticated branch, influencing alternative rap.

Ahmad Jamal was a major influence on Miles Davis

Essential to the jazz-influenced alternative hip-hop movement

The piano melodies defined sophisticated rap production

Connected modern jazz to hip-hop's artistic branch

Who Sampled It

De La Soul

"Stakes Is High"

Stakes Is High

1996

Pete Rock

"Multiple Productions"

Various

1992

Guru

"Jazzmatazz Tracks"

Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1

1993

💡 This breakbeat has been sampled 3 times in our database

Tags

jazz
ahmad-jamal
native-tongues
sophisticated
alternative-rap

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