BPM Explained For B Boys, B Girls & DJs by DJ Timber

When it comes to breakin and music, throughout the years I’ve heard so many (IMO) misguided subjective words such ’fast’, ’slow’, ’hype’ & ’energy’ used to describe music. However, there’s another way to measure music that is less commonly spoken about, one which is based on fact, not opinion, and that’s tempo. Tempo is measured in BPM (Beats Per Minute). There is a tendency with a lot of the DJs on the B-Boy scene to either speed up tracks, or play music which, in my researc