broken beat

broken beat
 n.— «Broken beat: It’s simple: Imagine hip-hop beats falling down stairs. It’s been the sound of Detroit’s Woodbridge neighborhood for the last five years.» —“Technical English” by Carleton S. Gholz, Walter Wasacz Metro Times Detroit (Mich.) May 25, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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