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Award Tour by A Tribe Called Quest

Award Tour by A Tribe Called Quest runs at 97 BPM in the key of G minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.

Measured

Tempo
97 BPM
Key
G minor
Length
3:46
Genre
boom-bap hip hop
Mood
brooding
Vocals
Vocal

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A brooding boom-bap hip hop track blending jazz with explosive energy and a swung feel at 97 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under a programmed drum machine with a tight and dry snare and sizzling cymbals. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A warm male vocal delivers a rhythmic and percussive performance. Analog hiss adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on simple triad chords, leaving a calm and settled atmosphere.

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What the analysis found

Bass instrument
electric bass
Bassline style
root-note anchored
Tempo
97
Chords
simple triad
Cymbals
sizzling cymbals
Energy
explosive
Atmosphere
calm and settled
Genre
boom-bap hip hop
Second genre
jazz
Harmonic instrument
warm analog pads
Harmonic style
fingerpicked
Mixing style
lo-fi and saturated
Mood
brooding
Percussion
a programmed drum machine
Rhythmic style
swung
Snare
tight and dry
Sonic focus
harmonic warmth
Secondary focus
atmospheric space
Space
a slapback delay
Structure
intro-verse-chorus-outro
Textural detail
analog hiss
Vocal style
rhythmic and percussive
Vocal
a warm male vocal

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This is an independent acoustic analysis. Tempo and key are measured from the audio; instrumentation and production characteristics are classified against a fixed vocabulary. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes, and no lyrics from it are stored. The measurements and classifications are automated estimates, so use them as a starting point and trust your ears.

Planetary Records is not affiliated with A Tribe Called Quest. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording. The only audio hosted here is an AI generation of that prompt, not the recording it describes.

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