[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Breakbeat" (Adjective)

[Shapiro, Fred]

breakbeat, adj. (OED 1987)

1985 San Diego Union-Tribune 2 Aug. D-1 ff. (LexisNexis)

These deejays ... "played break after break to create a endless peak of dance beats."  This style of mixing became known as "break-beat" music and its dancers were called "b-boys" or "break-dancers."

Fred Shapiro




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