Four-on-the-floor is a rhythm pattern used in disco and electronic dance music. 

"As you'll notice, I don't have a drum machine. I WAS the drum machine back then" RIGHT ON

I can barely pat my head and rub my belly. This guy has 4-5 things going... Man.

This dude ain't lying, he is a MACHINE. He developed GROOVE.

This guy started a revolution. Even rock has incorporated disco influence into the genre.

This man basically invented house lol. Amazing. I love how it all evolved and connects.

Him talking through his beats literally makes it sound like a song, I love it

"So if you notice I dont have a drum machine: I was the drum machine back then!" - Priceless!!! And so, so, beautiful and interesting for anyone interested in what we call today Electronic Dance Music's History.

I kept expecting a bass line to kick in :)

This guy is good, he don't lose his concentration. Keep the beat going. Good stuff 👍

best drum lesson i've had in years. excellent material here.

Thanks for showing this. I always wondered how disco cymbals were done

The man is an absolute genius, arguably the greatest drummer of all time. There is no such thing as a bad song with four-on-the-floor. That takes some serious individuality and talent.

I LOVE IT! 😝😝😝😝 Who else was dancing while he was doing this?

The House music bounce at 2:17 🔥🔥🔥

Eloquently explained! Even someone like me gets it! I just love having the world at our fingertips! :-D

This man is a genius. Thanks for the lesson.👍🏼🔥🔥

BEAUTIFUL EXPLANATION ---I WAS THE DRUM MACHINE

Earl Young! What a Star!

Earl Young > legend. And I *love* the Trammps, especially their first album. Even seen 'em live once way back. Earl of course also did vocals. Love his vocal intro to my favorite Trammps song, "Where Do We Go From Here."

Still disco ❤

Earl Young was THE best drummer ever!!

3:18 "I don't have a drum machine, I was the drum machine back then"

Stayin' alive, stayin' alive Ah, ah, ah, ah!

The coolest older guy that I know! Really interesting! Many thanx Earl!!

I love disco

This man was born in 1940, but he looks like he's in his 50s!

Props to the sound recording engineer. He is banging away on the bass drum and the vocals are being picked up as if there are no drums being played.

If you want a good example of four on the floor disco with a really good drumbeat, check out Blondie's Heart of Glass.

I also know that there is a simple drum fill that happens on that "four on the floor" classic disco groove. The most common one is on the 4th beat....on the first half of 4, do the snare hit, then on the 2 sixteenths of the second part of 4, do 2 more snare drum hits double-timed. Finally, do a blast beat of sorts - cymbal crash on 1 and the bass drum hit on 1 at the same time, and then go back to the disco basic groove with the 2nd half of one with the open hi-hat again. You hear this fill in lots of early classic disco songs, and some later ones too. I also know that the basic disco groove of open hi-hatting on every eighth was inspired by first the beginning years of reggae, and then, later on, ska music, which both have that type of off-beating. Later on in American rock history, this was known in the drum set performances as skanking. But in disco-grooving, you only skank on the "open hi-hats."

unimaginable nobody thought of that ever before

Earl young and Earl stubblfield both Genius.

MFSB is my dna . Earl Young is a genius!

Thank you for uploading this

Someone sample this demonstration into a song. Still disco.

Earl Young. I just watched it tonight

Love this sound!!

I do not have the coordination for even this, holy crap I coild never play drums. Well, anyway, great explanation.

At 2:16, I like when the hi hat starting sounding like that. I dont know why, but it makes the song so much more danceable

Look up four on the floor-Latroit for some fun

Pretty much the same exact beat that became house music. It's no shock that some called house music "disco's revenge". Also the comment everyone loves, "I was the drum machine". I'm assuming that back in the '70s the drum machine technology wasn't there yet to really pull off his beats and that sound. I mean, I love the 808, but even the 808 didn't have his sound. Maybe the 909 finally could completely replicate him. So back then it was just all analog.

"Four on the floor, and one more four than the Four before!"

Really awesome video! That man is a great drummer!

This explains PHONK HOUSE music and basic House music like Bass House, my fav genres, woww, this is the Man that invented the 4 on the floor for most songs I like! :DDD

THIS IS THE SAMPLE ON FOUR ON THE FLOOR

the songs listed below had a very distinctive drum beat that i say was indicative of early disco. sons of robin stone - got to get you back Philly Devotions - I Just Can't Sat Goodbye - sister sledge - love don't go through no changes love committee - one day of peace trammps - where do we go from here trammps - love epidemic. trammps - i know that feeling

"I was the drum machine back then". 😂😂😂😂😂

Thank god for Earl Young..

Beautiful

This is crazy to think about.

Straight outta Philadelphia!!!!

Add the Stones "Miss you" to this beat.

Would it be a stretch to say this man basically invented disco?

very interesting, what's the name of the documentary? I'd like to watch the whole thing

this is so sickkkkk

I DANCE TO THIS BEAT EVERY DAY ^.^

this is the link to the documentarywww.npo.nl/disco/07-02-2015/VPWON_1238293

Awesome.

Really like this! :)

All metal, mainstream and extreme, can be traced back to this

Very useful information, I'm a bassist, thanks for sharing

How does this video have thumbs down? WTF?

Came here because of a new track "HUGEL, Stefy de Cicco, Hugo Cantarra - 4 to the Floor (feat. Nikol Apatini) [Official Lyric Video]". This seems not that 4 to the Floor, but interesting anyway

Damn good drummer.

And now I know why the mutant hijacker from tiberian sun says "four on the floor"... because he can hijack any vehicle and make it rock

when he added the hi hat i made the stank face lol

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отлично!

por videos assim que eu amo a internet

Still the back bone of EDM think about that for a sec!

Wow! He started disco? His royalty checks must be enormous. LOL

awesome

Thank you!

Grroooooovy !!!!❤❤❤

the hardest button to button

I remember seeing this in a film. What documentary is this from?

Ehy, nice video! Do you think is possible to re-use the audio from this videoclip?

So this is how the snare on the 2 and 4 started? Ever?

NICE

It is kind of great when you invent a music style. Let me gues USA made it!

And lo House music is created 😊

T is echt random dat dit op Nederlandse tv was

whos here from whitcliffe

Billie Jean.

Multitasking , this dood is running Pentium 50 lol

Killer

schitterend!!!

Nice''

Is all disco four on the floor

when i started the video, thought the guy was speaking swedish or something

Not sure why I keep trying to read the subtitles

Hey. Anyone know the song that starts playing towards the end?

Wall full of platinum records- grabs drum sticks- proceeds to play the most basic beat I've ever heard in my life

How high are those cymbals

0_o waow

Philly is near the bottom of my favourite music styles. Violins? Bwah!

Who here from tiktok ?

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It's a shame how hip-hop has wasted generations of black talent. No musicians anymore. Just fast talkers screaming over the recycled digital sounds traveling out of their MacBooks.

Lol.... disco duck and all that shit