Morphine Prince 105,674 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 (CNN) - Varun Jewalikar and Nishant Verma, who put the report together for the lyrics site Musixmatch, looked at 93 artists across 25 genres from pop to new age."The aim is to compare the vocabulary size of these musicians," they say in the study. "Some of them have released a lot more songs than the others because of the sheer longevity of their career and how prolific they are."Using a list of 99 of the best-selling artists of all time, the pair compared "across the 100 densest songs (by total number of words) that they have released." However, the a--lysis excluded Bruce Springsteen, Chicago, Def Leppard, Journey, The Beach Boys and The Doors because they haven't granted permission for Musixmatch to use their lyrics.Eminem topped the list with 8,818 unique words used, followed by Jay Z with 6,899, the late Tupac Shakur with 6,569 and West with 5,069. Legendary singer-songwriter Dylan came in fifth with 4,883. Perhaps the top four was to be expected, as rap is by nature dense, given the focus on lyricism.The study weighed vocabulary size (the number of unique words across any language used by an artist in the 100 -- or fewer -- densest songs across their career), lyrical density (the total number of words used) and "new word interval" (the number of words after which a new word is used).Jewalikar and Verma point out that "There is a large variation of vocabulary size in the 93 top selling musicians and there is no overall correlation between the commercial success of a musician and their vocabulary size."This a--lysis should not be interpreted as saying that one musician is better than the other, it is just another insight into the work of these amazing artists," they write. "It gives us a peek into the minds of different songwriters, some tear your heart with just a few words while others paint an intricate picture with a thousand words."Source: http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/24/entertainment/eminem-kanye-bob-dylan-study-music-feat/index.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 109,304 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Well, no winder tbh.I remember I read his bio that early in his career,he was always find references in English dictionary whenever writing verses.Like, he literally read dictonary as if a novel.So all hard work paid off tbh. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘢, 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riot Poof 2,236 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 When you use every slur in the English language, it's bound to happen. I'm not a woman. I'm not a man. I am something that you'll never understand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barcodemonster 3,525 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 He insulted the LBGT community and women in various different ways scan my barcode Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanko 9,860 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterdreams 1,529 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 He insulted the LBGT community and women in various different ways true Haters gonna need more than a flashlight for my shade Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcina Dimitrescu 1,156 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Yeah i recall reading he was academically poor but he memorized those dictionaries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PEDRO98 1,003 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 When you use every slur in the English language, it's bound to happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mucinex 4,260 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 so when he writes he has a dictionary near him? isn't that similar to how we make fun of people like iggy for probably using rhyme zone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlayLin 1,557 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 yaaasss eminem slay + this the alpha 본전 + Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pure Adrenaline 1,518 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing It's much more fun to have hizophrenia... u never get lonely Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanko 9,860 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 so when he writes he has a dictionary near him? isn't that similar to how we make fun of people like iggy for probably using rhyme zone?he's one the few rappers who freestyle todayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwyOfqbP8JUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQeZDzO_AgQ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativenewyorker 1,190 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 http://lab.musixmatch.com/largest_vocabulary/are these in order for pop? if so:1. Katy Perry2. Michael Jackson3. Lady Gaga4. Britney Spears5. Madonna6. Elton John7. ABBA Cant believe Katy's music has a bigger vocabulary but I guess that's what happens with so many writers. Slay MJ. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyliesChild 16,907 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 http://lab.musixmatch.com/largest_vocabulary/are these in order for pop? if so:1. Katy Perry2. Michael Jackson3. Lady Gaga4. Britney Spears5. Madonna6. Elton John7. ABBA Cant believe Katy's music has a bigger vocabulary but I guess that's what happens with so many writers. Slay MJ. Where is Mariah? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 680 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 So Spice Girls have weakest vocab in pop and AC/Dc have weakest vocab in hard rock. That doesn't surprise me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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