Bonita Applebum by A Tribe Called Quest
Bonita Applebum by A Tribe Called Quest runs at 92 BPM in the key of B minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.
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Measured
- Tempo
- 92 BPM
- Key
- B minor
- Length
- 3:37
- Genre
- boom-bap hip hop
- Mood
- brooding
- Vocals
- Vocal
Suno prompt
A brooding boom-bap hip hop track blending lo-fi hip hop with explosive energy and a broken-beat feel at 92 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under a programmed drum machine with a tight and dry snare and sizzling cymbals. Grand piano carries 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 harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on chromatic and shifting 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
- 92
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- sizzling cymbals
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- calm and settled
- Genre
- boom-bap hip hop
- Second genre
- lo-fi hip hop
- Harmonic instrument
- grand piano
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- brooding
- Percussion
- a programmed drum machine
- Rhythmic style
- broken-beat
- 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
- smooth and melismatic
- Vocal
- a warm male vocal
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