Ha, rap songs! They are wordy, very wordy and I often can’t keep up with the speed of the delivery,… I have no idea how many words are in an average rap song or how many times you will hear ‘bitch’ in current rap hits, but Rap Genius has now the answer with Rap Stats, a feature dedicated to break down the words in rap lyrics over time. Some other website had already accomplished something similar with songs in general, but rap songs are more than appropriate for these genre of statistics. The frequency of words appearing in rap songs since 1988, haven’t you always wanted to know this? I have… and you can do your own research with the word of your choice here… I tried Jesus, because, you know Yeezus! And yeah, it’s currently a very trendy word, almost in constant ascension since the 90s… and you know what else is trendy? Diamonds (just try), money and rich… not a real surprise.
But Rap Genius did all the work for you, overanalyzing the key words for you: ‘the entire history of Southern rap’s rise to commercial dominance can be told in one word — and that word is “crunk.” The popularity of the word rose and fell after 2005… On the contrary ‘Molly’ has undergone a big jump since 2010 after being close to non existent. You can go through rap’s entire history with ‘Twerk’ which appeared in 1993 but only became proeminent very recently.
More than ever, money is much more important than weed and pussy, and even bitches can’t keep up with the green power….sad reality of the rap world. So go ahead, try your own word, I have tried Paris which is following a huge ascending curve since the 2000s, versus New York (declining since 2005), whereas Los Angeles stagnates after a huge drop during the 90s. I bet every word tells a story, and here every word can tells a part of rap history.