FUNK
1974
125 BPM
Am
Pick Up the Pieces
A Scottish funk band's most famous track provided a tight, clean break that became a hip-hop staple
Average White Band
"Pick Up the Pieces"
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Original Track
Average White Band - "Pick Up the Pieces" (1974)
The original track containing the legendary 6.0-second drum break
Break occurs at 0:00 - 0:06
The History
A Scottish funk band's most famous track provided a tight, clean break that became a hip-hop staple.
Proved that funk could transcend racial and geographical boundaries, with a Scottish band creating one of the most sampled breaks.
Who Sampled It
Mark the 45 King
"The 900 Number"
The 900 Number
1987
Tone Loc
"Wild Thing"
Loc-ed After Dark
1988
Young MC
"Bust a Move"
Stone Cold Rhymin'
1989
Digital Underground
"Doowutchyalike"
Sex Packets
1989
Cypress Hill
"How I Could Just Kill a Man"
Cypress Hill
1991
💡 This breakbeat has been sampled 5 times in our database
Tags
funk
scottish
tight
clean