Hip-hop drum beats to play online

Hip-hop beats come from breakbeats and drum machines: laid-back swing in boom bap, fast hi-hat rolls in trap. Play them relaxed and slightly behind the beat.

The style in numbers (from our 7 grooves)

Tempo range

80–150 BPM

Typical tempo

93 BPM

Most common groove

boom bap beat (5/7)

Grooves with ghost notes

29%

Shuffle or triplet feel

71%

Time signatures

4/4

Learn The median hip-hop tempo here is 93 BPM, against 118 BPM across all 150 songs. Compare tempos by genre →

Hip-hop songs

• ▶ Still D.R.E. Dr. Dre · 93 BPM
• ▶ In Da Club 50 Cent · 90 BPM
• ▶ Lose Yourself Eminem · 86 BPM
• ▶ Juicy The Notorious B.I.G. · 96 BPM
• ▶ Gangsta's Paradise Coolio · 80 BPM
• ▶ HUMBLE. Kendrick Lamar · 150 BPM
• ▶ Old Town Road Lil Nas X · 136 BPM

Typical hip-hop drum patterns

The grooves most songs in this genre are built on. Learn these and the rest are small variations.