SOUTH BRONX POST-PUNK
1981
118 BPM
A minor
UFO
Four sisters from the South Bronx created the perfect bridge between post-punk and hip-hop
ESG
"UFO"
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Original Track
ESG - "UFO" (1981)
The original track containing the legendary 6.0-second drum break
Break occurs at 0:00 - 0:06
The History
Four sisters from the South Bronx created the perfect bridge between post-punk and hip-hop. Recorded in three spare minutes of studio time, this minimalist masterpiece became one of the most sampled tracks in history, sampled 560+ times by everyone from Public Enemy to J Dilla to Miles Davis.
Recorded in three spare minutes of studio time with legendary producer Martin Hannett at Factory Records
The four Scroggins sisters (Renee, Valerie, Deborah, Marie) were from the South Bronx housing projects
Inspired by the conclusion of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' - imagining a UFO landing in the Bronx
Sampled 560+ times by artists including J Dilla, Public Enemy, MF DOOM, 2Pac, Nas, N.W.A, Miles Davis, and Nine Inch Nails
ESG didn't receive royalties for 20 years, releasing the EP 'Sample Credits Don't Pay Our Bills' in 1992
The band was part of the crucial downtown/uptown New York cultural exchange that bridged post-punk and hip-hop
Who Sampled It
Public Enemy
"Night of the Living Baseheads"
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
1988
Nas
"Halftime"
Illmatic
1992
Gang Starr
"Take a Rest"
Step in the Arena
1990
Big Daddy Kane
"Raw"
Long Live the Kane
1988
J Dilla
"Multiple Productions"
Various
2000
TLC
"What's Up"
FanMail
1999
Wu-Tang Clan
"Various Tracks"
Various
1993
💡 This breakbeat has been sampled 7 times in our database
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south-bronx-post-punk
four-sisters
scroggins-sisters
minimalist-funk
factory-records
martin-hannett
downtown-uptown-bridge
99-records