Part 5 · Other Styles · Chapter 67
The one drop is the classic reggae groove. The bass drum and snare land together on beat 3 only, and beat 1 is left empty. The snare is usually played as a cross-stick: the tip of the stick rests on the head and the shaft clicks on the rim.
Snare (cross-stick) and bass drum together on 3.
Every instinct says to play the bass drum on 1. Don’t. The empty 1 is what makes the groove float.