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What do David Bowie, NWA, and the theme song to Futurama all have in common? They’ve all used the Amen break, a four-bar drum solo that has become the most sampled loop in recorded music. The six second sample originates from the 1969 song “Amen, Brother” by a band called The Winstons. For years, the solo was buried deep in the musical archives, until hip-hop pioneer “Breakbeat Lou” Flores and his partner featured it on their compilation, “Ultimate Breaks and Beats.

At the heart of CIA headquarters stands an enigmatic sculpture called Kryptos, encoded with a secret message. For over 30 years, it's stumped an entire community of puzzle solvers. Master cryptologist Elonka Dunin refuses to give up on this challenge and today, she may be inching closer and closer to cracking the code.

Why did it take you 5 days to say anything about the 5 year old white boy killed execution style by a black man

loyal brave true by Christina Aguilera out now

Nobody cares. CannonHinnant is more important. But I heard nothing from cnn about that!

One can become their own super soaker after dining at Panda Express

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DaveBautista greatbigstory *Whew* It's just an interview with a living legend. 2020's got me on edge, man.

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Sounds like a plan.

Where’s Fred Sanford and LaMont

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Just from the naked eye looks like their plants are struggling. Very yellow.

If they’re off the grid how’d you reach them for the podcast?

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That Break is 'OK'. What drummers do is make VARIATIONS of different breaks whether they realize it or not. - Some breaks are just naturally more popular than others.

Yes please

It's an 'OK' Break.

We owe an incredible debt to the Winstons, as well as the early experimenters in sampling.

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It appears to be an elaborate marketing campaign from Hormel Foods. Or it's junk mail....

Please, I already deciphered the code. It says: 'Arrest the cops that killed Breonna Taylor'.

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Зря любопытствуете!

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It probably says, 'Beware of Donald J. Trump. He will destroy the democracy.'

Your mom!

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