Roar
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5:47PM // 107 notes // Hemphill sees the Hip Hop Word Count as a resource for settling arguments. “There’s a lot of disputes in rap—who influenced whom—who came first,” he said. “Everybody is always asking, ‘Who is the goat rapper, the greatest of all time?’ Mostly, it’s settled by who has the loudest voice in the room, but now people will be able to put some metrics to it. Is it the guy with the most complicated lyrics, or the most innovative? The one with the densest words? You could even answer something like ‘Which sneaker is more hip-hop, Nike or Adidas?’ ”
Hemphill entered both terms in the database. “Two hundred and fifty-two entries for Adidas, and Nike has five hundred and fifty-eight,” he said. With the reserve of the social scientist, however, he added, “But you have to take into account that Nike is way easier to rhyme than Adidas.
Alec Wilkinson talks to Tahir Hemphill about Hip Hop Word Count, a database of fifty thousand rap songs, beginning in 1979, that traces how words travel through rap music, and how slang evolves: http://nyr.kr/ZGIOib (via newyorker)
Rap. Hip hop. Words.
(Source: newyorker.com, via newyorker)
March 12th
6:57PM // 1 note
I wish I could see Jeff Buckley live.
Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye - Live at MTV 1-15-95 (by MojoPin1983)
March 8th
4:59PM // 129 notes
Japan Earthquake, 2 Years Later: Before and After
[Image: Mike Clarke, Toru Yamanaka, Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images]
Nuts
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December 20th
9:27AM // 502 notes
npr:
Here are just a few of the positions Santa would need to fill to pull off Christmas.
* 46 international distribution centers, to allow Santa to reload as he crosses the globe. That means 400,000 workers for loading presents onto Santa’s sleigh.
* 60,000 workers to develop optimized flight plans and communicate with the FAA, secure flyover rights, etc.
* 7,000 people monitoring demand and tweaking his route in real time.
* 100 meteorologists to make sure Santa doesn’t fly into a blizzard.
* 40,000 people to help Santa clear customs.
(via Without Magic, Santa Would Need 12 Million Employees : Planet Money : NPR)
In case you or you wondering child were curious - this is how the magic happens!
December 13th
8:12AM // 570 notes
Is it too early for this photo? - Heidi
[Image via Flavorwire, Retronaut]
Popeye!
November 20th
11:00AM // 40 notes
The latest segment of HBO’s four-part Witness series follows the French photojournalist Véronique de Viguerie in South Sudan, where thousands have been murdered, kidnapped, or displaced by Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army.
Watch a clip from the film (which aired last night on HBO), and click-through for more from Maria Lokke on de Viguerie.
If you have HBO… Might be worth watching. Especially IC supporters.
