Pickup kick
Soul & R&B
Kick on the "and" of 3 and a pickup into each bar.
The pattern
Bar 1
Closed hat
Open hat
Kick
Crash
Snare
Bar 2
Closed hat
Open hat
Kick
Crash
Snare
What you'll play
Kick on the "and" of 3 and a pickup into each bar. Kick on 1, the "and" of 3 and the last 16th, which picks up the next bar. Bar 1 has a soft snare drag after each backbeat. Bar 2 plays plain backbeats and opens the hat on the "and" of 4.
Hear it first
The last kick of each bar pushes you into the next.
Play it clean
Keep the pickup kick short and soft. Pass with 85% as the tempo goes 88 → 96 BPM.