Jun 11, 2020·1 replyNotice how all the GOATs are in the middle columns
Jun 11, 2020TI should be at the top expeditiously
Jun 11, 2020NF lost
Jun 11, 2020·3 replies
sabadabadoo“first 35,000 lyrics” well this chart means nothing
one-word choruses are more common in rappers’ earlier careers, and a lot of rappers get more technically skilled as they age, so ofc the first 35k lyrics (which isn’t a lot tbh) are gonna look low. especially now that we’re in an age where rappers’ first tapes are publicly available, as opposed to how it used to be where demo tapes were given to the label & not released in that form
The average song has 200-500 words, you can assume that less than 75 percent of those are not repeated through out someone’s discography. So in reality the first 35,000 UNIQUE words are a pretty good measure of someone’s lyrical ability
- sabadabadoo 🧔🏻Jun 11, 2020·editedphil trout
The average song has 200-500 words, you can assume that less than 75 percent of those are not repeated through out someone’s discography. So in reality the first 35,000 UNIQUE words are a pretty good measure of someone’s lyrical ability
what’s the starting point & ending point they used? what do they mean by “first”? if we go by songs having 2-500 words in them, that’s 70-175 songs, which is around 4-17 albums, depending on words per song & album length. i’m certain some rappers on this graph didn’t have that extensive a discog when this data was collected. avg unique words per song might’ve been a better measurement, with full discog included
- sabadabadoo 🧔🏻Jun 11, 2020·1 reply
also, do ad libs count? where is the guy getting his lyrics from? how does he know they’re accurate?
Jun 11, 2020not surprised some of those left side rappers read at a 4th grade level
Jun 11, 2020sabadabadoo“first 35,000 lyrics” well this chart means nothing
one-word choruses are more common in rappers’ earlier careers, and a lot of rappers get more technically skilled as they age, so ofc the first 35k lyrics (which isn’t a lot tbh) are gonna look low. especially now that we’re in an age where rappers’ first tapes are publicly available, as opposed to how it used to be where demo tapes were given to the label & not released in that form
Where is ur source tho
Pretty bold claims about one word choruses....plus allot of rappers get progressively worse
- Jun 11, 2020sabadabadoo
“first 35,000 lyrics” well this chart means nothing
one-word choruses are more common in rappers’ earlier careers, and a lot of rappers get more technically skilled as they age, so ofc the first 35k lyrics (which isn’t a lot tbh) are gonna look low. especially now that we’re in an age where rappers’ first tapes are publicly available, as opposed to how it used to be where demo tapes were given to the label & not released in that form
And I’m sure they did first 35,000 cuz some careers don’t make it that far
Jun 11, 2020sabadabadooalso, do ad libs count? where is the guy getting his lyrics from? how does he know they’re accurate?
I think it’s just for some fun dude idk if this is a peer reviewed thesis
Jun 11, 2020will never in my f***ing life believe that rocky knows (not even uses) so many words. it can't be true
Jun 11, 2020·edited·2 repliesI don't like how this ranking is sorted by their first 35k lyrics. I think it would be more accurate if they used the most recent 35k
Jun 11, 2020rhyming rhino· editedI don't like how this ranking is sorted by their first 35k lyrics. I think it would be more accurate if they used the most recent 35k
Same
- Jun 11, 2020rhyming rhino· edited
I don't like how this ranking is sorted by their first 35k lyrics. I think it would be more accurate if they used the most recent 35k
Would be interesting to see them at diff points in their careers too
- Jun 11, 2020Pusha P
Notice how all the GOATs are in the middle columns
Balance
- Jun 11, 2020·1 reply
FOH with this hiphopbythenumbers ass thread
no one listens to rap for a***ytical purposes
- Jun 12, 2020·edited·1 replydoot doot
FOH with this hiphopbythenumbers ass thread
no one listens to rap for a***ytical purposes
MF Doom and Kendrick fans in shambles
- Jun 12, 2020rhyming rhino· edited
MF Doom and Kendrick fans in shambles
Facts
- Jun 12, 2020
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Jun 12, 2020Thug surprisingly low
He says all sorts of outlandish s***
Jun 12, 2020White
Jun 12, 2020
santiCarti gotta be like <300
He invents words though so in that sense he's comparable to Shakespeare
- Jun 12, 2020·1 replyphil trout
The average song has 200-500 words, you can assume that less than 75 percent of those are not repeated through out someone’s discography. So in reality the first 35,000 UNIQUE words are a pretty good measure of someone’s lyrical ability
your talking about at worst 70 to 175 songs
not that i have any opinion just saying
- Jun 12, 2020·edited·1 reply
the question you should all be asking is what is the definition of a unique word
personally i dont care i think the use of rare words is useless, meaning can generally be transfered thru common words. this s*** is basically just a measure of whos trying too hard