I Against I by Massive Attack
I Against I by Massive Attack runs at 100 BPM in the key of G# minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 100 BPM
- Key
- G# minor
- Length
- 5:44
- Genre
- boom-bap hip hop
- Mood
- brooding
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A brooding boom-bap hip hop track with high energy and a motorik feel at 100 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a tight and dry snare and tight closed hats. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A full-voiced female vocal delivers a layered in close harmony performance. Analog hiss adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on suspended 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
- 100
- Chords
- suspended
- Cymbals
- tight closed hats
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- boom-bap hip hop
- Harmonic instrument
- warm analog pads
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- brooding
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- motorik
- Snare
- tight and dry
- Sonic focus
- harmonic warmth
- Secondary focus
- atmospheric space
- Space
- a dub-style tape delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- analog hiss
- Vocal style
- layered in close harmony
- Vocal
- a full-voiced female 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.
Planetary Records is not affiliated with Massive Attack. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.