Hip-Hop Word Count
The Hip-Hop Word Count is a searchable ethnographic database built from the lyrics of over 40,000 Hip-Hop songs from 1979 to present day. The database is the heart of an online analysis tool that generates textual and quantified reports on searched phrases, syntax, memes and socio-political ideas.
The next development phase of the Hip-Hop Word Count includes adding: data, a basic visual identity and data visualization to the prototype and developing a mathematics and language arts teaching curriculum that helps students in the critical, but difficult middle-school years.
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