Four on the Floor

If the vocal track is the heart of a song, the rhythm track--the beat--is its body. It is the sonic element that taps into the most primal part of us and makes us want to move. The Rhythm Track breaks the beat down, and examines the endless experimentation that has taken place in its core, the very bedrock of all music. Charting the progression of the beat from drum and bass to beatbox and beyond--from Little Richard and James Brown to disco and EDM--Episode Five listens in on the ongoing dialogue between dance floor and recording studio, and captures the ever-evolving process of building an irresistible beat.

Guest Stars (34)

Annie Lennox as Self

Todd Boyd as Self

Questlove as Self

Jeff Beck as Self

Arthur Baker as Self

Q-Tip as Self

Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels as Self

Fredara Hadley as Self

Mark Ronson as Self

Dee Dee Bridgewater as Self

Smokey Robinson as Self

The-Dream as Self

Nile Rodgers as Self

Mickey Hart as Self

Greg Phillinganes as Self

Giorgio Moroder as Self

Tiësto as Self

Nelson George as Self

Vivien Goldman as Self

Dion DiMucci as Self

Paul Anka as Self

Lamont Dozier as Self

Sheila E. as Self

Carlos Santana as Self

Ashley Kahn as Self

Carol Kaye as Self

Chuck D as Self

Barry Gibb as Self

Jellybean Benítez as Self

Jeff Ayeroff as Self

Michelangelo Maio as Self

Moby as Self

Paul Kalkbrenner as Self

Kenny Gamble as Self