what am i hearing in this track?

[supergroover]

i dont think its common to put reverb on the kick. Make sure you have a nice decent kick to start with. Put several kicks on top of eachother, one for the punch, one for the bottom end. Or just make your own kick from the start. and dont add to much to it effect wise.
in the track it indeed sounds like there is some reversed percussion going on just before the kick. It could be anything. Try the kick reversed but lower the volume a little or take out most of the punch on the reversed kick.

There is shitloads of percussion going on in the track. I think thats where you want to add some fxs instead of the kick. Some examples of your stuff would indeed help.
Good luck!