You Know How We Do It · Ice Cube

87 bars of 4/4 at a walking 93 BPM, 3:45 of playing, on hi-hat, snare and kick.

Hip Hop / Reggae90 to 119 BPMFour drums or fewer
TEMPO
93 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
87
LENGTH
3:45
DIFFICULTY
37/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 95% of the song

The beat the song is built on is one bar, played through bars 1-23, 25-43 and 45-51, and 2 more places -- 95.4% of every bar the kit plays. Learn that one and the song is very nearly finished.

LOOP · 93 BPM
YOU KNOW HOW WE DO IT · BAR 1
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

87 bars: 87 keep time. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 1-87.

OUTRO
1 grooveAFill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is You Know How We Do It?

93 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. The room plays it at any tempo from a quarter of that up to the written one, against the record where the record can follow.

Is You Know How We Do It hard to play on drums?

37 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with the independence between the hands and the feet the part that decides it. The beat itself is 26 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

87 bars, about 3:45 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 4 exercises over 2 sittings, about 19 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

hi-hat, snare and kick. Three pieces and no more -- this one is playable on almost anything with a kick, a snare and something to keep time on.

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