Black Milk by Massive Attack
Black Milk by Massive Attack runs at 85 BPM in the key of F# minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 85 BPM
- Key
- F# minor
- Length
- 6:22
- Genre
- lo-fi hip hop
- Mood
- brooding
- Vocals
- Instrumental
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The prompt
A brooding lo-fi hip hop track with high energy and a swung feel at 85 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under a programmed drum machine with a brushed snare and sparse dark cymbals. Grand piano carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows verse-chorus with a bridge. A grand piano leads, building through repetition. Analog hiss adds texture, with a short room reverb on the lead. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on suspended 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
- 85
- Chords
- suspended
- Cymbals
- sparse dark cymbals
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- calm and settled
- Genre
- lo-fi hip hop
- Harmonic instrument
- grand piano
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Lead instrument
- a grand piano
- Lead style
- building through repetition
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- brooding
- Percussion
- a programmed drum machine
- Rhythmic style
- swung
- Snare
- brushed
- Sonic focus
- harmonic warmth
- Secondary focus
- atmospheric space
- Space
- a short room reverb
- Structure
- verse-chorus with a bridge
- Textural detail
- analog hiss
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.
Planetary Records is not affiliated with Massive Attack. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.