The art of the sample is intertwined with the history of hip-hop, beginning in the 1970s, when DJs would cut bits and pieces of disco and soul tracks together while MCs rhymed over the beat.

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So "off-beat" is a musical term, commonly applied to syncopation, that emphasizes the weak even beats of a bar, as opposed to the usual on-beat. This is a fundamental technique of African polyrhythm that …

Define beat. beat synonyms, beat pronunciation, beat translation, English dictionary definition of beat. strike repeatedly; vanquish; sound a signal: beat a drum; a rhythmical unit of time: The metronome …

BEAT meaning: 1. to defeat or do better than: 2. to be better or more enjoyable than another activity or…. Learn more.

6 days ago · (music) A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece. A rhythm.

If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard. My sister tried to stop them and they beat her. [VERB noun]

Idioms off one's beat, outside of one's routine, general knowledge, or range of experience: He protested that nonobjective art was off his beat. Music and Dance, Idioms on the beat, in the correct rhythm or …

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BEAT definition: to strike violently or forcefully and repeatedly. See examples of beat used in a sentence.