In Today’s Google Doodle Fab Five Freddy Celebrates The Invention Of The Breakbeat With An Interactive DJ Tutorial

In Today’s Google Doodle Fab Five Freddy Celebrates The Invention Of The Breakbeat With An Interactive DJ Tutorial

Forty-four years ago today, DJ Kool Herc threw a back-to-school party in the Bronx and ended up inventing the breakbeat, the foundational unit of hip-hop production. To commemorate this moment, generally regarded as hip-hop’s Big Bang, Google has gone all-out with today’s Google Doodle. Early hip-hop luminary Fab Five Freddy hosts the interactive animation, which allows you to practice your own beat-matching skills with two turntables, a fader, a BPM controller, and a virtual stack of records. It’s a lot of fun, so enjoy it by pressing play at Google.com.

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