Scenario by A Tribe Called Quest
Scenario by A Tribe Called Quest runs at 103 BPM in the key of A minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 103 BPM
- Key
- A minor
- Length
- 4:10
- Genre
- boom-bap hip hop
- Mood
- restless
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A restless boom-bap hip hop track with explosive energy and a broken-beat feel at 103 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. Grand piano carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows verse-chorus. 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 vocal clarity and low-end weight, built on chromatic and shifting chords, leaving a tense and coiled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- electric bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 103
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- washy crash-led cymbals
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- boom-bap hip hop
- Harmonic instrument
- grand piano
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- restless
- Percussion
- a programmed drum machine
- Rhythmic style
- broken-beat
- Snare
- tight and dry
- Sonic focus
- vocal clarity
- Secondary focus
- low-end weight
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- verse-chorus
- Textural detail
- analog hiss
- Vocal style
- rhythmic and percussive
- 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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