This web text needle drops into the drum breaks of funk, soul, and jazz records that make up the sonic and conceptual foundation of hip-hop. By working with these records on two turntables, Petchauer considers the break not only a musical unit of sound but a conceptual unit of possibility within hip-hop aesthetics. He invites listeners to consider the different ways panelists "theorize from the break" by using the material affordances associated with it as a conceptual filter for imagination and understanding.