The 20 Most Verbally Complex Rappers – Rap Music Analysis
In the rap community, it is a point of pride for who is the best wordsmith in a technical sense. …
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The Rap Analyzer Is Now…The Rap Maestro
One of the reasons that I am able to analyze music so incisively isn’t just because I listen to a …
Clipping. Rap Music Analysis
I recently received a request from a reader to analyze the musical group headed up by lyricist Daveed Diggs, of …
Kendrick Lamar, “For Free? (Interlude)” Sheet Music Transcription & Notation
Below is the sheet music for Kendrick Lamar’s vocals rhythms on his 2015 song, “For Free? (Interlude.)” In addition to …
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Logic, Growing Pains, Rap Analysis
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Excuse My French, But Is This REALLY French?
Today, I started listening to Polish Hip Hop for a graduate project I’m working on at the University of Colorado …
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Bone Thugs…Explained, With Rap Analysis!
So, I haven’t talked about Bizzy Bone of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony much in my writing not because I didn’t think …
Kweli Vs. Beethoven: What Does Jazz Really Mean In Rap?
After having dealt with how jazz has influenced rap in a general sense, I’ll now mention the specific, strictly musical …
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Rap Music Analysis – The 23 Most Repetitive Rappers
There is a lot of debate over some rappers being boring, and, more specifically, about which rappers are overly repetitive, …
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Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly Review – Rap Music Analysis
Let me set the tone for this piece right off the bat: To Pimp A Butterfly is the greatest rap …
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