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300 Classic Hip Hop Drum Breaks, Samples, and Loops

February 18, 2007

For those who don’t know, breakbeat samples are the lifeblood of Hip Hop and Rap music.   They have been the basis of virtually all of the classic hit that you hear today.  Nowadays many producers have preferred to use more prechopped and engineered or factory drum kits, but there will always be a group of folks who choose to sample and chop records by hand.

300 Drum Breaks Part 2 (101 – 200)

300 Drum Breaks Part 3 (201 – 300)

Lee Dorsey – Get Out of My Life Woman
Allen Toussaint – Get Out of My Life Woman
Soloman Burke  – Get Out of My Life Woman

The Honeydrippers – Impeach The President
Little Feat – Fool Yourself
Lou Donalson – Ode To Billie Joe

Al Green – I’m Glad Your Mine
Tom Scott – Sneakin In The back
Billy Squier – The Big Beat

Skull Snaps – It’s A New day
Melvin Bliss – Syntheitc Substitution
Lafayette Afro-Rock Band – Hihache

The Five Stairsteps & Cubie – Don’t Change Your Love
The Soul Searchers – Ashley’s Roachclip
Annette Peacock – Survival

Assagai – Telephone Girl
Bob Azzam – Rain Rain Go Away
Clyde McPhatter – Mixed Up Cup

Gladys Knight & The Pips – Who Is She (And What Is She To You)
Black Heat – Zimba Ku
Fancy – Feel Good

Edwin Birdsong – Rapper Daper Snapper
Captain Sky – Super Sperm
Herman Kelly & Life – Dance To The Drummer’s Beat

Power of Zeus – The Sorcerer of Isis
Aerosmith – Walk This Way
Thin Lizzy – Johnny The fox Meets Jimmy The Weed

Harlem Underground Band Ft. Willis Jackson – Ain’t No Sunshine
Michael Jackson – Ain’t No Sunshine
Temptations – Ain’t No Sunshine

Kool And The Gang – N.T.
Junior Mance – Thank You Fallentin Me Be Mice Elf Agin
Isley Brothers – Footsteps In The Dark

Q65 – Get Out of My Life Woman
The Mad Lads – Get Out of My Life Woman
Iron Butterfly – Get Out of My Life Woman

Jeff Beck – come Dancing
Christine McVie – And That’s Saying A Lot
Fleetwood Mac – Prove Your Love

mountain – Long red (Live)
Love – Doggone
Manzel – Midnight Theme

Ocean – Put Your Hand In The Hand
Les Humphries Singers – Put Your Hand In The Hand
Elvis Presley – Put Your Hand In The Hand

The Meters – Hey! Last Minute
The Meters – Hey! Last Minute
The Meters – Here Come The Metermen

The Meters – Sing A Simple Song
Sly & The Family Stone – Sing A Simple Song
Please – Sing A Simple Song

The Whatnauts – Why Can’t People Be Colors Too
The Headhunters – God Made Me Funky
Monk Higgins – One Man Band Plays All Alone

Dexter Wansel – Theme From the Planets
Cameo – Rigor Mortis
Funkadelic – You’ll Like It Too

Gaz – Sing Sing
Tanya Gardner – Heartbeat
Pleasure – Bouncy Lady

Steve Arrington – Weak At The Knees
Steve Arrington – Nobody Can Be You
Rose royce – Do Your Dance

Young Holt Unlimited – Wah Wah Man
I Gres Restless
Lee Dorsey – Sneakin’ Sally

The Winstons – Amen Brother
Ike & Tina Turner – Cussin’, Cryin’ And Caryin’ On’
Ike & Tina Turner – Honky Tonk Woman

Lou Rawls = Lifetime Monologue
Ray Charles – Never Ending Song of Love
The Temprees – Explain It To Her Mama

Roy Ayers – The Boogie Back
Deodato – September 13th
24 Carat Black – Foodstamps

James Brown – Funky President
Fred Wesley – Four Play
Fred Wesley – Four Play
Fred Wesley & The Horney Horns – A Blow For Me, A Toot For You

Orange Krush – Action
Orange Krush – Action
Orange Krush – Action

Rufus Thomas – Do The Funky Penguin (Pt. 1)
Rufus Thomas – Do The Funky Penguin (Pt. 2)
Rufus Thomas – The Breakdown (Pt. 2)

David Bowie – Five Years
Led Zeppelin – When The Levee Breaks
Black Oak Arkansas – Hot And Nasty

Otis Reading & carla Thomas – Tramp
Lowell Fulsom – Tramp
Joe Tex – Papa Was Too

Mary Jane Girls – All Night Long
Miami – Chicken Yellow (Give It To Me Baby)
Wild Sugar – Bring It Hear

Funk, Inc – Kook Is Back
Silhouettes – Fonky First
S.O.U.L – Buring Spear

Jackie Jackson – Is It Him Or Me
Sugar Billy Garner – I Got Some
Ohio Players – Never Had A Dream

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{ 14 comments… read them below or add one }

Carnage March 7, 2007 at 6:17 pm

Sorry if I’m missing something, but how do I go about about downloading or buying this break collection? peace

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JCnyc April 8, 2007 at 3:32 am

turntablelab.com sells the cd

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Jalil Smith April 12, 2007 at 3:39 pm

Amazing. I love it. I could just play these breaks all day!!

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Cooper Lee June 6, 2008 at 5:59 pm

Wow. This is by far the largest and highest quality collection of fat breaks that i’ve found on the net. I cried tears of joy when i stumbled upon this site. For anyone who is interested in the this stuff, the true roots of hip hop that is, check out the-breaks.com. Along with crate-kings these sites changed the way i think about music. THANK YOU!

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player June 17, 2008 at 11:48 am

every time i open a player in this page my pc crashes,
few days ago i can listen to the breaks in this page, not now! i don’t know why, i’m using the same computer and the same browser… have u got some problems?
good site, thanx

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intro November 9, 2008 at 2:18 pm

this site would be great if the sound clips played!!

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wackmc October 27, 2009 at 2:59 am

they do play

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Mike November 14, 2008 at 11:30 am

This is a good list…But I failed to see some breaks that I thought would’ve been nice to see on the list.

Like Boz Scaggs- Lowdown.

And what about the infamous Amen Brother break??? I know it’s a bit obvious, but still…

Idk. Pretty good list, but still needs a little work.

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Q March 4, 2009 at 10:56 pm

How you get these for free? I know they worth the 30 bones but I am broke! Good lookin, 1

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SoundsAndGear.com May 5, 2009 at 3:31 pm

Good stuff man, I love this collection, being able to have all the classics in one spot is def worth 30 bones yo

yo fam, why don’t you have the plugin so we can subscribe to your posts, that way folks can keep coming back when others comment…

otherwise we just have to check back on our own and forget about it.

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Haaris May 26, 2009 at 10:06 am

I have a question…. where do people get cymbal and hi hat sounds from? I know you could find a sound in a drum loop from a song, but most of the time, they are timed on or flammed on the kick/snare beat.

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Joel Puente November 28, 2009 at 6:57 pm

could i get the free break beats link?

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questor December 24, 2009 at 10:31 pm

can i get a link to the downloads also

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tafstrumentals December 5, 2009 at 8:48 pm

How can I download it?
Help me, I need those!

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