Producers signature drum patterns

[On The Edge of Insanity]

When listening to beats by certain producers you can tell its them sometimes just by the drums they use for tracks.

For instance Kanye West always used a slightly delayed second kick before the snare/handclap. So that instead of being K _ K _ S, it goes K _ _ K S.

And Pete Rock always used to put a double snare hit in his tracks, which 9th Wonder now does quite a lot as well.

Anyone else notice stuff like this?

[CRAFTY]

I always reckognize Premo's beats. Same goes for Eminem, Battlecat & Dr. Dre.

[West C. Connected]

Usually it's the sounds they use.
Ex.: Swizz' snare from '98-'01

Dre usually has almost the exact same drumpattern though.
K: Kick
H: Hi-Hat
S: Snare

K H S H K H S H K H S

[Maestro Minded]

Usually it's the sounds they use.
Ex.: Swizz' snare from '98-'01

Dre usually has almost the exact same drumpattern though.
K: Kick
H: Hi-Hat
S: Snare

K H S H K H S H K H S

actually... its more like


K          K         K
      S         S
H H H H H H H H H H H

[West C. Connected]

Yeahhhh that's that shit I'm talking about.

[Dave Shining]

yo im lookin for a good bass i use fruity loops and suggestions?

[Juronimo]

Most DJ Quik beats alternate kick and snare on each 1/4 note and his hi-hats come on the 1/4 while most hip hop producers have their high hats coming on the 1/8 notes.

[Kill]

I don't pay a lot of attention to the drum patterns, but there's sum stuff I notice, like Dre's pattern based on constant use of Hi-Hats, but usually I'm more interested in the melodic part of a beat. The drum pattern is just the rhythmic background, it's more subtle