Drum patterns, by genre or artist.

Hip hop

• 772 grooves
• 5 styles
• 1979–2019
• 22 landmarks

Looped breaks, sampled drums and 808s under the voice.

• Hip hop 349
• Boom bap 130
• Trap 118
• Drill 116
• Grime 59

Electronic

• 323 grooves
• 4 styles
• 1981–2010
• 20 landmarks

Drum machines keeping the pulse, from four on the floor to broken rhythms.

• Electronic 66
• House 75
• UK garage 93
• Dubstep 89

Breaks

• 173 grooves
• 2 styles
• 1969–1998
• 10 landmarks

Funk and soul drum solos, chopped and sped up.

• Jungle 81
• Breaks 92

Pop & soul

• 400 grooves
• 4 styles
• 1963–2000
• 20 landmarks

Backbeats a session drummer played, then a machine did.

• Pop 130
• R&B 124
• Funk 72
• Disco 74

Global

• 455 grooves
• 5 styles
• 1950–2023
• 24 landmarks

Caribbean, African and Latin rhythms built on the offbeat.

• Reggae 116
• Dancehall 100
• Reggaeton 92
• Afrobeats 70
• Latin 77

• 652 grooves

Records still waiting for a genre.