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Led Zeppelin album cover
Sample SourceRock/Blues

When the Levee Breaks

Led Zeppelin·1971

from Led Zeppelin IV

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Led Zeppelin's towering blues-rock epic — featuring John Bonham's most iconic drum sound, recorded in a stairwell at Headley Grange — has one of the most sampled drum breaks in music history. Its use in the Vultures 2 sessions brought classic rock's heaviest rhythmic foundation into Kanye's production.

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