Vocab of Hip Hop by Nicholas Hart

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Vocab of Hip Hop

Published on Nov 19, 2015

An illustrated exploration of data from the report "The Largest Vocabulary in Hip Hop" by Matt Daniels (@matthew_daniels).

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Vocab of HIP HOP

numbers and patterns in lyrics illustrated

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THE LARGEST VOCABULARY
IN HIP HOP

by Matt Daniels
@matthew_daniels

Read "The Largest Vocabulary in Hip Hop" by Matt Daniels (@matthew_daniels) here: http://bit.ly/1hnnRzJ

the project:

pick 85 popular hip hop artists
enter their lyrics into a database
count the unique words
look for patterns
plot an interactive chart of awesome

Read "The Largest Vocabulary in Hip Hop" by Matt Daniels (@matthew_daniels) here: http://bit.ly/1hnnRzJ

the results

#1 aesop rock

7392 words: his vocab is off the charts

Aesop Rock leads the charts in vocabulary size by a wide margin. Apparently he should actually be off the chart in the original report (here: http://bit.ly/1hnnRzJ).

Wu-Tang Clan

they dominate the charts with their vocabulary

Wu-Tang Clan has ten members and are ranked at number five on the chart. Several of its members as solo artists are in the top ten.

Wu-Tang's Contributions

Calculating Wu-Tang's word count from their ten members was complicated. It involved measuring number of words by each member. Their percentage contributions towards the count are shown here. (The author's methodology excluded Ol' Dirty Bastard, Cappadonna, and Masta Killa from the band's count--shown in the chart lumped together under "the rest").