2Pac

2Pac

Style marker

32nd-note pair

2Pac often inserts a single pair of 32nd notes into a line otherwise comprised mostly of 8th and 16th notes.

He used this technique on his earliest recorded verses as a member of Digital Underground, but it's especially characteristic of his late-career work.

References in later music

Eminem

Eminem's Soldier uses a pair of 32nd notes in several places, and one accompanying lyric suggests an intentional stylistic reference to 2Pac.

Transcript of a line from Eminem's 2002 song Soldier.

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