The pattern
142 BPM · 4/4 · 32 step
| 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 | Beat 5 | Step 18 | Step 19 | Step 20 | Beat 6 | Step 22 | Step 23 | Step 24 | Beat 7 | Step 26 | Step 27 | Step 28 | Beat 8 | Step 30 | Step 31 | Step 32 |
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| Kick | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest |
| 808 | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest |
| Snare | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest |
| Rim shot | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest | rest |
| Closed hi-hat | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | rest | hit | hit | rest | hit |
How to play it and where it comes from
Half time around 140: snare on 3 of every bar plus a "displaced" snare on the "and" of 4 in the second bar, which creates the stumble typical of London drill. The hi-hats are not regular eighths but in 3-3-2 groups (a triplet feel over the 4/4) with short rolls at the end of the phrase. The 808 is the protagonist: long notes with slides of 3–7 semitones, answering the kick instead of doubling it. The rim on the last sixteenth of 2 acts as extra percussion. Variants: triplet snare before 3, kick on the "and" of 1, hats that skip a hit to "breathe" under the vocal.