Drum beat in the style of “Lose Yourself” — Eminem

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Eminem’s 2002 song builds tension over a driving, steady beat. The drums stay simple so the vocals can take over.

Tempo
86 BPM
Time signature
4/4
Groove
boom bap beat
Genre
Hip-hop
Difficulty
Easy
Loop
2 bars

Drum pattern

Main groove × 1
Hi-hat
Snare
Kick
Variation × 1
Hi-hat
Snare
Kick

Each row is one drum, each column one step. Large dots are accents, small dots normal hits, faint dots ghost notes.

Who plays what: notes per bar

Cymbal hand8
Snare hand2
Kick foot3
Kick notes without a cymbal1

The tricky spot is the one kick note that fall between cymbal strokes — practice hand and foot on their own there before playing the whole groove.

About this groove

At about 86 BPM it has a medium tempo: one beat lasts 698 ms and a 4/4 bar takes 2.8 seconds. Use the tempo buttons to slow it down while you learn.

Practice plan

BPM

Learn At 86 BPM, “Lose Yourself” is faster than 10% of the 150 songs in our catalogue. See all song tempos →

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Tempo among our hip-hop songs

Step-by-step breakdown of the boom bap beat →

How it differs from similar beats

Compared with “Wonderwall” (Oasis, rock beat with 8th notes), this groove adds kick notes on 2a and leaves out the kick on 3 — and it runs 1 BPM slower. If you can already play that one, this is your next step. Wonderwall →

“In Da Club” (50 Cent) uses exactly the same simplified pattern, 4 BPM faster — a good next step once this one feels easy. In Da Club →

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This is a simplified rhythm pattern in the style of “Lose Yourself” by Eminem, written for drum practice. It is not a transcription of the recording and contains no audio, lyrics or artwork. Drums3D is not affiliated with Eminem.