SONG.REVIEWSStudio percussion project assembled by producer Michael Viner, best known for its 1973 instrumental cover of "Apache" on the album Bongo Rock. The track never charted as a single but became the most sampled breakbeat in hip-hop history after DJ Kool Herc began looping it at Bronx block parties in the mid-1970s.
Greatest of All Time!The Incredible Bongo Band's 1973 instrumental never charted as a single, but its drum break became the foundation DJ Kool Herc built hip-hop on top of at Bronx block parties -- and the most sampled breakbeat in music history.
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