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.
Measured
- 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 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 Massive Attack. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.