August 11, 2010 Written by Tahero at 11:19 am · Filed under AIR, Creative Enterprise, Hip Hop Word Count, Social Studies
Our Proposal The Hip-Hop Word Count: A Searchable Rap Almanac was accepted into the 2011 SXSW PanelPicker! Vote for it multiple times daily until August 27th; so we can present at SXSW. Here is the link: http://bit.ly/hhwcxsxsw
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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 can be used to chart the migration of ideas and builds a geography of language.
August 9, 2010 Written by Tahero at 1:30 pm · Filed under Hip Hop Word Count, Social Studies
I recently used my morning commute to the studio to write down a list of acronyms found in Rap music. The first 3 people to send a correct list of what the acronyms stand for get a STCR gift in the mail. Shout out to @jeffdtaylor, @Combat_Jack, @meaganshea, @Gudtyme @MattyHo & @minchovega for adding on.
L.A.S.M.
T.H.U.G.L.I.F.E.
R.A.W.
D.M.C.
F.A.Y.B.A.N.
B.O.N.E.
R.B.G.
T.R.O.Y.
B.B.E.
U.N.I.T.Y.
N.W.A.
B.W.P.
A.L.L.A.H.
K.O.S.
G.O.D.
B.I.G.
B.M.W.
B.I.B.L.E.
B.D.P.
C.N.N.
E.P.M.D.
L.O.N.S.
L.P.
I.M.P.
P.E.
U.G.K.
M.J.G.
T.I.
N.E.R.D.
B.O.B.
B.Y.S.
Rebel I.N.S.
K.I.M.
K.R.S.O.N.E.
H.E.R.
Goodie M.O.B.
D.A.I.S.Y. Age
R.O.C.
D.I.T.C.
W.U.T.A.N.G.
M.O.P.
July 6, 2010 Written by admin at 4:13 pm · Filed under AIR, Hip Hop Word Count, Social Studies
I used a new free and open-source data visualization application called Protovis to make interactive parallel coordinate graphs of the entire catalogs of 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Biggie & Nas through the Hip-Hop Word Count analysis. In honor of his Bornday 50’s is posted here.
July 1, 2010 Written by Tahero at 1:23 pm · Filed under Culture Snob, Social Studies
Metrocards At Canal Street Station, June 30, 2010.
June 30, 2010 Written by admin at 10:14 am · Filed under AIR, Hip Hop Word Count, Music Theory, Social Studies
I used a new free and open-source data visualization application called Protovis to make interactive parallel coordinate graphs of the entire catalogs of 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Biggie & Nas through the Hip-Hop Word Count analysis. Jay-Z’s is posted here.
June 21, 2010 Written by admin at 7:37 pm · Filed under AIR, Hip Hop Word Count, Music Theory, Social Studies
I will unveil the Hip-Hop Word Count at Eyebeam Open Studios
Where: Eyebeam Atelier: 540 West 21 Street Between 10th & 11th Avenues
When: Friday June 25th 3PM-6PM & Saturday June 26th 3PM-6PM
The Hip-Hop Word Count (HHWC) is a searchable ethnographic database built from the lyrics of over 40,000 Hip-Hop songs from 1979 to present day. The database is the heart of an online analysis tool that generates textual and quantified reports on searched phrases, syntax, memes and socio-political ideas.
May 29, 2010 Written by Tahero at 2:12 pm · Filed under AIR, Hip Hop Word Count, Social Studies
I’ve decided to release a new Rap Data Pack™ every month until Labor Day. Vote below to let me know who you would like to see next.
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May 20, 2010 Written by Tahero at 3:00 pm · Filed under AIR, Hip Hop Word Count
May 20, 2010 Written by Tahero at 10:22 am · Filed under AIR, Hip Hop Word Count
I uploaded the Rap Data Pack™ Jay-Z to Many Eyes. Click the *View Data* link below and make your own visualizations.
May 18, 2010 Written by admin at 9:09 am · Filed under AIR, Social Studies
There are currently 724+ Anonymous users looking at the Jay-Z Rap Data Pack™ in Google Docs. They’re giving me feedback through the built in chat function. Nice! bit.ly/a5zjbp
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