Creative Capital

Description

The Hip-Hop Word Count is a visualization series of data abstracted from a searchable database of lyrics from over 40,000 Hip Hop songs spanning 1979 to the present day. Drawing on a dataset that locks in a time and geographic location for every metaphor, simile and cultural reference used in the corpus of Hip Hop, The Hip-Hop Word Count data visualization series produces textual views of searched phrases, syntax, memes and socio-political ideas, charting the migration of these themes and building a geography of language in Hip Hop.