Foreigner's "Hot Blooded" (1978) is arena rock at its most unsubtle — a driving, guitar-heavy track designed to fill stadiums. But beneath the blaring guitars and Robert Plant-influenced vocals, the drum groove is tight, powerful, and remarkably well-suited to sampling. The break's raw, room-shaking energy gave hip-hop producers access to a sound that funk and soul records rarely offered.

Like Billy Squier's "The Big Beat" and Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks," "Hot Blooded" represents the small but significant category of rock breakbeats that crossed over into hip-hop. These breaks offered producers a different sonic palette — heavier, more aggressive, and drenched in a live-room ambience that studio-recorded funk sessions didn't have.