The world's most important 6-second drum loop

Via http://chillipaprika.com/?p=687:

Perhaps not for everybody, as you will have to bite through the Stephen-Hawking-like voice, but if you want to know the history behind this super-important piece of sound, I know you will love this:

This video narrates the history of the “Amen Break,” a six-second drum sample from 1969, used extensively in early hiphop and sample-based music, became the basis for drum-and-bass and jungle music — a six-second clip that spawned several entire subcultures.