The pattern
90 BPM · 4/4 · 16 step · swing 25%
| 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 | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest |
| Snare | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest |
| Closed hi-hat | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest |
| Open hi-hat | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest |
How to play it and where it comes from
Sampler groove (MPC/SP-1200): kick on 1, on the last sixteenth of 2 and on the "and" of 3; full, dry snare on 2 and 4, often a hair late. The identity lies in the sixteenth-note swing (25 here equals about 56–58% MPC style) and in the contrast between fat kick and "crack" snare. Eighth-note hi-hat with an opening on the "and" of 4 that breathes toward the next bar. Variants: double kick on the "and" of 1 in bar 2, snare ghost note on the last sixteenth of 4, sampled breaks underneath (Funky Drummer, Impeach the President). Typical fills: an extra snare on the last sixteenth before the turnaround.