Word of the Day
Lop (v., LOP)
To cut a part off. Often refers to shrubbery but can refer to anything superfluous. Also one of the most useful rhymying words and a very solid Scrabble word as well.
Gif of the Day
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Link of the Day
The biggest vocabularies in hip-hop, visualized
Well, it's the verbal Herman Munster
The word enhancer, sick of phony mobsters controllin' the dance floor
Jurassic 5, "What's Golden"
Pop Chart Lab did a great infographic comparing the vocabularies of 100 rappers (and the freshest MC from the 16th century, Billy Shakes). The Pop Charters took each artist's first 35,000 lyrics (roughly 3–5 albums) and calculated the number of unique words each of them used. The results are fascinating to see:
A full, zoomable image is available at the link. A few quick thoughts:
1. Aesop Rock is very much the outlier.
2. The spread of the regions is almost as interesting as the rappers themselves.
3. Lol Drake.
4. Wu-Tang Clan ain't nothing to mess with.
InfographicsHip HopSpitting Hot FireWu-Tang ClanBilly Shakes, MC