The pattern
105 BPM · 4/4 · 16 step · swing 15%
| Instrument | Beat 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Beat 2 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 | Beat 3 | Step 10 | Step 11 | Step 12 | Beat 4 | Step 14 | Step 15 | Step 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest |
| Clap | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest |
| Rim shot | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | hit |
| Closed hi-hat | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest |
| Shaker | hit | rest | hit | hit | hit | rest | hit | hit | hit | rest | hit | hit | hit | rest | hit | hit |
| High conga | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest |
| Low conga | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest |
How to play it and where it comes from
Modern Afrobeats (Wizkid, Burna Boy, Davido) between 95 and 115: soft kick in a 3-3-2 figure in the first half (1, the "a" of 1, the "and" of 2) plus the "and" of 3; clap or snare on 2 and 4. The identity lies in the syncopated percussion: rim/log and congas interlocking off the beat, shaker in an eighth + two sixteenths figure with light swing (15). Hi-hat only on the offbeats. Lots of open space for voice and guitar. Variants: kick on the quarter notes (amapiano influence), clap only on 3, sampled talking drum in the fills.