Sampling Puzzle Behind De La Soul's 'Breakadawn'

Welcome to 'Anatomy of Beat', new series where we zoom in on one classic track and break down samples, production choices and tiny decisions that made it work. In this first episode, we dive into De La Soul's 'Breakadawn' from Buhloone Mindstate, tracing how handful of records from completely different worlds were layered, pitch-shifted and shaped into one seamless beat. Then, using the same source material, we build alternate version to show how many different directions sample-based record can take. Timecodes: 00:00 - Introduction 00:39 - Anatomy of 'Breakadawn' 05:26 - Same Records, Different Day Playlists: | #DeLaSoul Original video: