I apologize again for existing

I’ve actually had the pleasure of hanging out with Tahir, and this is the most incredible project I’ve ever seen. Dodai first let me know about it, but I’ve been watching all his youtube videos, and it’s much more extensive then just this video can show.

Tahir’s even smarter in real life, but I wasn’t aware of the Hip Hop Word Count project when we played Monday night bingo together (he might actually be there right now). The project’s in the process of quantifying rap with geo-location, release date, education and reading level for the lyrics, and the list goes on and on. It’s incredible.

I’m excited for the whole thing.

Here’s another video from Ignite New York, where Tahir goes into more depth about the project and what led him to it.

“The case that modern hip hop was making me stupider…”