Run-D.M.C.

Run-D.M.C.

Style markers
- Syncopated third-beat rhythm

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Syncopated third-beat rhythm

Run-D.M.C.'s My Adidas (1986) uses the highlighted rhythm pattern, typical of rap in the '70s and '80s:

Transcript of a line from Run-D.M.C.'s 1986 song My Adidas.

My Adidas (1986)

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