The Roots · 1999 · drums by Questlove
You Got Me
From Things Fall Apart. Intermediate · Straight · hip-hop
Tempo
81BPM
- Time signature
- 4/4
- Feel
- Straight
- Tempo band
- Under 90
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
"Work up to it" opens the tempo trainer at 51 and climbs to 81 in steps of four every eight bars. Members get the climb; everyone gets the click.
What the drums do
A slow hip-hop backbeat with the snare dead on and the kick loose around it, then the drum-and-bass outro where Questlove doubles the tempo into a breakbeat. Two feels at one tempo: the switch is the study.
Intermediate: Needs independence, a feel, or fills you have to learn.
Questlove
- Read the Questlove feature →Who they are, how they play, and what to listen to next.
- Questlove's drum rig in the Rig Vault →The kit, snare, cymbals and hardware, era by era — look for the 1999 setup.
- Log the sessionNote the BPM you got it clean at, and next time starts from there.
More Questlove songs
Songs at about 81 BPM
Practise these together: one click, several songs.