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One of the most frequently used music samples of all time is the 'amen break' - a 5 second snippet of a drum break performed by Gregory Cylvester Coleman  in 1969.   The wikipedia entry has an excellent history of the amen break and use - but to really get a feel for the amen break it is best to listen to how it is used.  Last.fm tag radio helps here.  There are 23 songs tagged with 'amen break' - last.fm users  can listen to them here: lastfm://globaltags/Amen%20break