Eddie Bo was a New Orleans R&B and funk musician who spent decades recording for local labels, never achieving the national fame of his contemporaries but building a legacy among musicians and crate diggers as one of the city's most inventive artists. "Hook and Sling" (1969) is a funky, percussion-heavy track that channels the energy of New Orleans' second line parade tradition into a raw, propulsive recording.

The break's deep New Orleans groove — rolling, syncopated, and impossible to sit still to — gave hip-hop producers access to a rhythmic tradition that most funk records didn't capture. Eddie Bo's relative obscurity only added to the break's value among crate diggers, who prized records that their competitors hadn't discovered.