His interests were jazz, rhythm and blues, and rock music. It combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. Its sound also demonstrates influences from traditional rhythm and blues. His music encompassed elements of folk, soul, and rhythm and blues. The group came to prominence playing rhythm and blues music. Its cardinal trait is its syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. The songs are in the genre of rhythm and blues. Durham has a rich history of African American rhythm and blues, soul, and funk music. The young Riperton was, however, becoming interested in soul, rhythm and blues, and rock. A normal pulse is regular in rhythm and force. The song uses a type of clave rhythm. The live element of a slow, repetitive entrained rhythm can regulate sucking behavior. Reich's work is marked by its use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm, and canons. Occasionally it may result in an abnormal heart rhythm. It plays as a full story and even a better rhythm.