Michelle*s_Farm
05-06-2014, 05:51 AM
Interesting analysis (http://rappers.mdaniels.com.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/?utm_content=buffer19af9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer)
Breakdown of findings:
New York-based data scientist analysed 35,000 lyrics of 85 hip-hop artists to find the number of unique words.
The analyst used the number of unique words for the first 35,000 words of Shaksepeare’s plays.
(1) Shakespeare used 5,170 unique words, about the same as Beastie Boys (5,090 unique words)
(2) Aesop Rock came top with 7,392 unique words, while DMX sat at the other end of the scale with 3,214 unique words
Breakdown of findings:
New York-based data scientist analysed 35,000 lyrics of 85 hip-hop artists to find the number of unique words.
The analyst used the number of unique words for the first 35,000 words of Shaksepeare’s plays.
(1) Shakespeare used 5,170 unique words, about the same as Beastie Boys (5,090 unique words)
(2) Aesop Rock came top with 7,392 unique words, while DMX sat at the other end of the scale with 3,214 unique words