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SATURDAY MATINÉE: Rapping, Deconstructed: The Best Rhymers Of All Time
Vox asked some of the greatest rappers ever how they made rhymes. We featured a Vox analysis on our sister site, Cultureface, a few days…
DeepBeat – A Program That Writes Its Own Rap Lyrics. Apparently.
A group of Finnish programmers have come up with “DeepBeat”, an algorithmic program that learns how to rhyme based on the analysis of nearly 10,000…
Interview: Davu Flint
We interviewed Philly’s Davu Flint about his musical upbringing, how his home state has moulded his music and another life as an international gigolo. Of…
VIDEO: Ice Cube – Ghetto Bird (Muppet Flow)
Big Bird and the Sesame Street gang star in a video for Ice Cube’s classic Ghetto Bird. There was Barney rapping to Tupac and Barney…
SATURDAY MATINÉE: Marshall Pope’s Failed Bible Freestyle
Not even the Good Book could help bible rapper Marshall Pope with his attempted freestyle, a short but sweet feature video for Saturday Matinée. It’s…
Word Up! Data Scientist Maps Out The Largest Vocabulary in Hip Hop
Data scientist Matt Daniels has examined rappers and their lexicon and discovers who has the largest vocabulary in hip hop. It’s fair to say words…
Hip Hop And The “F” Word
Hip hop hasn’t always had a harmonious relationship with the F word – feminism – but where does it stand now and is it any…
Hip-Hop Word Count – A Database Of Every Word In Every Rap Song Ever
Imagine a database of every word from every recorded rap song. Ever. Well, it is now a reality thanks to Hip-Hop Word Count. “Who’s the…