I was lis­ten­ing to a jun­gle remix of The Perfect Drug by Nine Inch Nails, when I real­ized that jun­gle artists can car­ry phras­es with their beats instead of the sam­ples. Since most of the sound in drum and bass comes from the way the DJ plays with an alter­nat­ing kick drum/snare break­beat, the (more dis­cernible) empha­sis shifts to the style of the beat rather than the singer or melody. By syn­co­pat­ing the break­beat for a few bars in a row, the final bar can have no syn­co­pa­tion and give clo­sure to the phrase. Genius.