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The kick and the 808 are inextricably linked for a variety of reasons, the most important of which is hip-hop’s as well as the manner it’s generated in modern popular music. The name 808 comes from Roland’s TR-808 machine, which produced a kick and a low-end frequency, but it has since become a cliche in the sense that its true intent has been lost. The connection between an 808 drum and a kick drum is that an 808 only refers to the kick drum’s low-end bass sounds, not the kick drum’s attack. Another way, an 808 is the bass, the sounds, and the frequency, while the kick is the real kick drum.