Well Connected
It would seem hip hop graphs are the new Cross Colors. I just copped an all over print pie chart hoodie. But Jamphat’s got nothing on this guy. I stumbled upon MIT student Reginald Smith’s research site via google. Entitled “The network of collaboration among rappers and it’s community structure” (.pdf), he traces the interconnectivity of more than 5,000 collaborating rappers (culled from the ever so accurate ohhla.com). I’m not entirely sure what Smith is looking to prove (presumably it’s just a way to show off his community network tracking methods). But it’s an admirable and interesting effort, sort of the academic equivalent of writing down all the words to “Rappers Delight” and pinning it to the inside of the sleeve.
Network Connectivity Diagrams
Full chart of Rap Collabs
Kurupt’s sort of a wild card in the top ten, huh? Bear in mind, this data was compiled in late 2005. I’m pretty sure Lil’ Wayne has knocked out 246 guest spots in the time it took me to write this post.
Bonus Beat: Scientific Fallacies in Hip Hop.
November 16th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Interesting kind of a flip of “six degrees of separation”
November 16th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
scientifical madness!
this is cool stuff, and i’m parsing the ohhla lyrics myself these days.
his first example on scientific fallacies is flawed though. yes, some people conflate red dot laser-sights with infrared but there also is such a thing as an infrared lasersight and it does create an infrared dot. it’s only visible for someone looking with infrared vision though (typically via a scope or set of goggles).
b-real says “now do you believe in the unseen?”
November 16th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Oh man.. I’ve never seen the graphs before, that TOTALLY cracked me up.. especially the afroman one..
November 16th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
this is what happens when rap wisdom meets practical knowledge… pure gold.
November 16th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
uh, Bun B and Wayne?
November 16th, 2007 at 11:31 pm
Although I’ll take him on a hook over the other two, I find it hard to believe that Z-Ro’s had more guests spots than either R. Kelly or Pharrell.
November 17th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
This guy doesn’t always do rap but when he does he’s the best.
November 17th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
:’(
you make me cry
November 19th, 2007 at 10:26 am
1589 Lenny Kravitz 9
2169 Phil Collins 6
-Not bad!
21 Twista 135
2241 Tung Twista 6
-Oops!
November 27th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
this shit is shit, you cant tell me mac mall, yukmouth, b-legit, all rank lower than black thought? this shit is obv. an old amazon web crawl or someting.
lol@ rock = 183, ruck = 184
and whats up, that cant include producer collabos, juju = #247? no beatnuts?
this is a funny science experiment tho. bet it got some laughs in (whichever the fuck college class wants shit like this to go down)