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The lyrics file generally has the same name as the audio file, just with a different filename extension, and operates as a sidecar file. For example, if a song's main file is song.mp3, its LRC file would most commonly be song.lrc. The LRC format is text-based and similar in form to subtitle files. It was first introduced by Taiwan-based Kuo ...
"The Name Game" is a song co-written and performed by Shirley Ellis [2] as a rhyming game that creates variations on a person's name. [3] She explains through speaking and singing how to play the game. The first verse is done using Ellis's first name; the other names used in the original version of the song are Lincoln, Arnold,
Genius is an American digital media company founded on August 27, 2009, by Tom Lehman, Ilan Zechory, and Mahbod Moghadam.The company is known for its eponymous website that serves as a database for song lyrics, news stories, sources, poetry, and documents, in which users can provide annotations and interpretations for.
Rap is a primary ingredient of hip-hop music, and so commonly associated with the genre that it is sometimes called "rap music". Precursors to modern rap music include the West African griot tradition, [ 7 ] certain vocal styles of blues [ 8 ] and jazz , [ 9 ] an African-American insult game called playing the dozens (see Battle rap and Diss ...
In an interview with NPR Music, André 3000 explained the track's title saying: "So the title, "I Really Wanted To Make A Rap Album, But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time" [is] because this album is about wind and breathing. In that way, it is true.
How to Rap: The Art & Science of the Hip-Hop MC was published by Chicago Review Press on December 1, 2009 with a foreword by Kool G Rap. [2] [5] [6] Publishers Weekly states that it “goes into everything from why rappers freestyle to the challenges of collaboration in hip-hop”, [7] and Library Journal says, "instruction ranges over selecting topics and form, editing, rhyming techniques ...
Multisyllabic rapping is mostly included hardcore, gangsta or mafioso rap and is rarely included in mainstream hip-hop music. Examples of multisyllabic rhymes being included in mainstream hip-hop music include rapper AZ 's 1995 single " Sugar Hill ", Big Pun 's 1997 single " Still Not a Player ", and Cuban Link 's " Sugar Daddy " single from 2005.
The more humorous satirical sub-genre meme rap was created with the intent of becoming viral. In the context of mumble rap, a satirical hip-hop song might involve lo-fi production, use of personas/pseudonyms (e.g. George "Joji" Miller), simplistic music videos, lazy rhymes, and intentionally stereotypical lyrics/topics.