Rappers, sorted by the size of their vocabulary (Updated January 16, 2019)
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Re: Rappers, sorted by the size of their vocabulary (Updated January 16, 2019)
#2I wish he would add mc chris[0] to this. I have no idea where mc chris would fall, but I suspect it would be to the right, simply because of his use of unique sci fi words.
Re: Rappers, sorted by the size of their vocabulary (Updated January 16, 2019)
#3The most surprising one for me is DMX. There is a lot of repetition in his songs, though I remember thinking that he was a solid lyricist spitting bars much more complex than his beats, which are certainly a bit more mundane.
Re: Rappers, sorted by the size of their vocabulary (Updated January 16, 2019)
#4The most surprising one for me is DMX. There is a lot of repetition in his songs, though I remember thinking that he was a solid lyricist spitting bars much more complex than his beats, which are certainly a bit more mundane.
You don't have to use a very large vocabulary to be a solid lyricist.
Re: Rappers, sorted by the size of their vocabulary (Updated January 16, 2019)
#5I would love to see Dessa and Kate Tempest on there.
Re: Rappers, sorted by the size of their vocabulary (Updated January 16, 2019)
#6The most surprising one for me is DMX. There is a lot of repetition in his songs, though I remember thinking that he was a solid lyricist spitting bars much more complex than his beats, which are certainly a bit more mundane.
Literally came here to say this!! I think more of his sound comes from his fast delivery, his different voices, and of course, his ridiculously unique beats. The Damien songs come to mind.
I think X achieves his lyricism through the combination of small and simple words into unique phrases. "Yall been eating long enough now, stop being greedy" is a unique phrase that no other rapper would ever utter, but it isn't made from complex words like Aesop Rock or Eminem would use.
Re: Rappers, sorted by the size of their vocabulary (Updated January 16, 2019)
#7I like the "Just W" filter. Also Action Bronson surprised me.
Re: Rappers, sorted by the size of their vocabulary (Updated January 16, 2019)
#8This has been posted several times, but it was updated with fresh and interesting data today--for the first time in several years. Is it possible to get that [dupe] flag removed?
Re: Rappers, sorted by the size of their vocabulary (Updated January 16, 2019)
#9Has someone tried quantifying those who create something maximally spectacular from the smallest number of words possible? This seems to be the theme in math: gargantuan universes out of minimal number of axioms.
Re: Rappers, sorted by the size of their vocabulary (Updated January 16, 2019)
#10This has been posted several times, but it was updated with fresh and interesting data today--for the first time in several years. Is it possible to get that [dupe] flag removed?
author here, that'd be great!