Breakbeats come from funk and soul records of the late 1960s and 1970s, where DJs looped the drum-only breaks to keep dancers moving. Producers in hip hop, jungle and drum and bass later chopped and sped up those breaks, turning a few seconds of drums into the backbone of whole tracks. Short breakbeat loops like this one spread online as reusable editing assets, shared for remixes, video transitions and meme soundboards where a recognizable rhythm is needed without using a full copyrighted song in productions today.