The image above (50 Cent and Jay-Z) are from Tahir Hemphill‘s “Hip-Hop Word Count” project.  Using seven criteria, the software: …estimates the education level needed to understand each rhyme as well as, rates the artistic sophistication employed through the metaphors, similes, cultural references, consonantal/vocalic alliteration and overall pattern of each rhyme. We calculate the final … Continue reading “Hip-hop Word Count”