Yasiin Bey - Niggas In Poorest
Fake Gucci My Nigga. Fake Louis My Killa. Real Drugs My Dealer. Who The Fuck Is Margiela? 
Kanye West: DONDA Introduction (Via @KanyeWest)
The Hip-Hop Word Count is a searchable ethnographic database built from the lyrics of over 40,000 Hip-Hop songs from 1979 to present day.
The Hip-Hop Word Count describes the technical details of most of your favorite hip-hop songs. This data can then be used to not only figure out interesting stats about the songs themselves, but also describe the culture behind the music.
How can analyzing lyrics teach us about our culture?
The Hip-Hop Word Count locks in a time and geographic location for every metaphor, simile, cultural reference, phrase, rhyme style, meme and socio-political idea used in the corpus of Hip-Hop.
The Hip-Hop Word Count then converts this data into explorable visualisations which help us to comprehend this vast set of cultural data.
This data is being used to chart the migration of ideas and builds a geography of language.
The readability scores are on a scale from 0 (illiterate) to 20 (post-graduate degree). Learn more about the Hip-Hip Word Count.
Pilgrim Marketing Plan Rebuttal: Take Seven
It’s A Feeling. It’s A Feeling. It’s A Feeling. It’s A Feeling.
Interactive Infographic: Champagne Always Stains My Silk
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We’ve built a browser based infographic that visualizes all the mentions of Champagne by U.S. rappers from 1980-2010. The infographic has 3 views: Map View, Graph View and Song View. The slider allows users to choose the range of time they want to look at. The graphic is rich with storytelling: on one hand the image of Rappers & Champagne have a legendary place in pop culture. On the other hand when you consider Champagne as an aspirational product, this infographic tells a nuanced story of Rapper’s relationship to The American Dream. Browse the datavis here.
Seun Kuti On Commercial Hip-Hop
“They Forgot Their People. They Are All Traitors To Hip-Hop. They Need To Heal It. Sorry.” - Seun Kuti






















