Some listen to hip-hop and just hear the beat.

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In the selection I'll play now, hear how the guitar states the beat after James Brown sings new breed babe, and follow it from there.

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Listening to Leal's recitation is jarring for me because I hear it in a different rhythm, as though it were a song with the down-beat on every other digit.

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Although his choice of apparel is off-beat, his songs consisted of standard French romance songs, as you would expect to hear played on an accordion.

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