Cruisin' by D'Angelo
Cruisin' by D'Angelo runs at 80 BPM in the key of E major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.
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Measured
- Tempo
- 80 BPM
- Key
- E major
- Length
- 6:25
- Genre
- soul
- Mood
- tender
- Vocals
- Vocal
Suno prompt
A tender soul track with explosive energy and a swung feel at 80 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a tight and dry snare and shimmering open hats. Electric piano carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows verse-chorus with a bridge. A warm male vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance. Analog hiss adds texture, with a slapback 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
- 80
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- shimmering open hats
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- calm and settled
- Genre
- soul
- Harmonic instrument
- electric piano
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- tender
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- swung
- Snare
- tight and dry
- Sonic focus
- harmonic warmth
- Secondary focus
- atmospheric space
- Space
- a slapback delay
- Structure
- verse-chorus with a bridge
- 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 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.
Planetary Records is not affiliated with D'Angelo. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.