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Can't Truss It by Public Enemy

Can't Truss It by Public Enemy runs at 102 BPM in the key of D# minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.

Measured

Tempo
102 BPM
Key
D# minor
Length
5:22
Genre
boom-bap hip hop
Mood
tender
Vocals
Vocal

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The prompt

A tender boom-bap hip hop track blending funk with explosive energy and a broken-beat feel at 102 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under a programmed drum machine with a clap-layered snare and washy crash-led cymbals. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, fingerpicked. 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
electric bass
Bassline style
root-note anchored
Tempo
102
Chords
chromatic and shifting
Cymbals
washy crash-led cymbals
Energy
explosive
Atmosphere
tense and coiled
Genre
boom-bap hip hop
Second genre
funk
Harmonic instrument
warm analog pads
Harmonic style
fingerpicked
Mixing style
lo-fi and saturated
Mood
tender
Percussion
a programmed drum machine
Rhythmic style
broken-beat
Snare
clap-layered
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

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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 Public Enemy. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

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