That trend followed with jungle and drum 'n' bass producers, with artists from Photek and LTJ Bukem to Shy FX and Chase & Status utilising it. Not long after, UK breakbeat and hardcore producers grabbed hold of the sample, sped it up and unleashed it into raves, securing its place in dance music history. Salt-N-Pepa were one of the earliest hip hop acts to use the sample - in their 1986 track 'I Desire' - but most will recognise as the impactful opening - and foundation - of N.W.A's 1988 single 'Straight Outta Compton'. The E-mu SP-12 sampler was released soon after and you can guess what happened next. It'd be another 16 years until 'Amen, Brother' would start its journey into the limelight, when a version of it was included on the 'Ultimate Breaks & Beats' compilation in 1986. However, a GoFundMe page was set up in 2015, raising £24,000 which went to The Winstons frontman Richard L Spencer.įunnily enough, 'Amen, Brother' was just a B-side when it was released in 1969, the overlooked track that accompanied 'Colour Him Father', a Grammy winner for Best R&B Song in 1970. The Winstons never received any royalties for the sample and Gregory Coleman passed away in 2006, homeless and penniless. There is a sad part to the story, though.
Little known to the band, it'd become the most sampled drumbeat ever, appearing in over 2500 tracks, from hip hop in the '80s to breakbeat, jungle, hardcore and drum 'n' bass through rave's early days up until the present day. Coleman of Washington funk and soul band The Winstons was the man responsible for the drumbeat on their track 'Amen, Brother'. Back in 1969, a drum solo that would direct hip hop and electronic music for 30-plus years was recorded.
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