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 …

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 …

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

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