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What about this one, is this the amen break but super slow? (it's from 1968 and it's close no?)

(and one of the rare comments on that vid says: "The original drum and bass", so I'm not the only one confused)

Not an amen. I noticed a lot of people refer to breakbeats in general as "amen". The "correct" term for drum breaks and solos of old funk and soul records is "Breakbeat" as defined by a lot of Hip Hop Artists. A dead and flagged comment in this thread mentioned the "Ultimate Beats & Breaks" records, which are the basis for HipHop from 1988 onwards and of course UK Hardcore/Jungle/DnB.

YouTube has speed controls, if you speed it up, you can tell it's not in the same rhythm as either amen break nor other common DNB drum patterns.

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