songs in both funk and disco always featured instrumental sections somewhere in the middle. The song would be jammin’ along, and then it would begin to rise, until it reached a soaring crescendo with every instrument at full blast, and then BOOM! Nothing but the drummer. This became known as the “break.” Break beats were designed to have a little extra spladow to ’em. The break was the time for performers like James Brown to show off their dance moves, but as it turned out, the breaks became the hottest part of the song and always set the party on fire.
