The most important (and ubiquitous) 6-second drum beat

RetroThing calls attention to this short YouTube documentary about the "Amen Break," the world's most important drum loop:

It's not new, but Nate Harrision's six-year-old look at one of the most sampled drum beats in the world is still worth a listen.

"This sample was used extensively in early hip hop and sample-based music, and became the basis for drum-and-bass and jungle music -- a six-second clip that spawned several entire subcultures. Nate Harrison's 2004 video is a meditation on the ownership of culture, the nature of art and creativity, and the history of a remarkable music clip."

Very interesting stuff.