Yes, but......too much rhythm beat can walk on the lyrics too much. Too much tamborine or "trap set" can be especially distracting. I'm going with Dick's suggestion of phrasing, plus diction, syllable emphasis and emoting.

Back when we had a wash tub bass, we would lay a tamborine on his bass board so that it "played itsself". Guy once asked us to "turn off the bells". We are entirely acoustic, so it took us a while to figure out what he meant!