Editing Breakbeat (section)

===1970s—1980s: Classic breaks and hip hop production===
Beginning in 1973 and continuing through the late 1970s and early 1980s, [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] [[Turntablism|turntablists]] such as [[DJ Kool Herc]] began using several [[funk]] [[Break (music)#Breakbeat (element of music)|breaks]] in a row, using [[drum break]]s from [[jazz-funk]] tracks such as [[James Brown]]'s "[[Funky Drummer]]" and [[The Winstons]]' "[[Amen break|Amen, Brother]]", to form the rhythmic base for hip 

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hop songs. DJ Kool Herc's breaks style involved playing the same record on two turntables and playing the break repeatedly, alternating between the two records. [[Grandmaster Flash]] perfected this idea with what he called the "quick-mix theory": he would mark the points on the record where the break began and ended with a crayon, so that he could easily replay the break by spinning the record and not touching the tone arm.<ref>{{Citation|last=Necroguttural|title=Hip-Hop Evolution - "Grandmaster Flash" The Origin of Scratching on Vinyl|date=2016-12-07|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA-OpvH4CIQ| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/oA-OpvH4CIQ| archive-date=2021-11-17 | url-status=live|access-date=2017-12-09}}{{cbignore}}</ref> This style was copied and improved upon by early hip hop DJs [[Afrika Bambaataa]] and [[Grand Wizard Theodore]].<ref name="Modulations">Modulations: A History of Electronic Music, Peter Shapiro, ed. New York: Caipirnha Productions Inc., 2000, p. 152</ref>{{dubious|date=September 2011}} This style was extremely popular in clubs and dancehalls because the extended breaks compositions provided [[Breakdancing|breakers]] with more opportunities to showcase their skills.

In the late 1970s, breakbeats had attained a large presence in hip hop. In the 1980s, the evolution of technology began to make sampling breaks easier and more affordable for DJs and producers, which helped nurture the commercialization of hip hop. Through early techniques such as pausing tapes and then recording the break, by the 1980s, technology allowed anybody with a tape recorder to find the breakbeat.<ref>{{Cite book|title=History in Making Beats: The Art of Sample-Based Hip-Hop|last=Schloss|first=Joseph|publisher=Wesleyan University|year=2004|location=Middletown, CT|pages=40}}</ref>