DNA. by Kendrick Lamar
DNA. by Kendrick Lamar runs at 140 BPM in the key of B minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 140 BPM
- Key
- B minor
- Length
- 3:06
- Genre
- trap
- Mood
- restless
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A restless trap track blending boom-bap hip hop with high energy and a swung feel at 140 BPM. The low end is 808 bass playing root-note anchored, under a programmed drum machine with a tight and dry snare and tight closed hats. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, rhythmic stabs. The arrangement follows verse-chorus. A gritty 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
- 808 bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 140
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- tight closed hats
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- trap
- Second genre
- boom-bap hip hop
- Harmonic instrument
- warm analog pads
- Harmonic style
- rhythmic stabs
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- restless
- Percussion
- a programmed drum machine
- Rhythmic style
- swung
- 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 gritty male vocal
About this page
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 Kendrick Lamar. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.