Check the Rhime by A Tribe Called Quest
Check the Rhime by A Tribe Called Quest runs at 97 BPM in the key of D minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 97 BPM
- Key
- D minor
- Length
- 3:37
- Genre
- boom-bap hip hop
- Mood
- brooding
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A brooding boom-bap hip hop track blending jazz with explosive energy and a broken-beat 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 washy crash-led cymbals. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A warm male vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance. Vinyl crackle adds texture, with a slapback delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding vocal clarity and harmonic warmth, 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
- washy crash-led 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
- broken-beat
- Snare
- tight and dry
- Sonic focus
- vocal clarity
- Secondary focus
- harmonic warmth
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- vinyl crackle
- Vocal style
- smooth and melismatic
- Vocal
- a warm male vocal
About this page
This is an independent acoustic analysis. Tempo and key use acoustic measurement; descriptor claims use the commercially cleared classifier recorded with this analysis. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes. This page does not reproduce its lyrics. This analysis has not been checked by a person. Tempo, key, and genre come straight from the software, so treat them as a starting point and trust your ears.
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