The Way You Move by OutKast
The Way You Move by OutKast runs at 125 BPM in the key of C minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 125 BPM
- Key
- C minor
- Length
- 3:54
- Genre
- funk
- Mood
- brooding
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A brooding funk track with explosive energy and a swung feel at 125 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under a programmed drum machine with a clap-layered snare and sizzling cymbals. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A warm male vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance. Analog hiss adds texture, with a dub-style tape 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 euphoric and open atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- electric bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 125
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- sizzling cymbals
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- euphoric and open
- Genre
- funk
- Harmonic instrument
- warm analog pads
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- brooding
- Percussion
- a programmed drum machine
- Rhythmic style
- swung
- Snare
- clap-layered
- Sonic focus
- vocal clarity
- Secondary focus
- low-end weight
- Space
- a dub-style tape delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- analog hiss
- Vocal style
- smooth and melismatic
- 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.
Planetary Records is not affiliated with OutKast. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.