Hip hop is a music genre that originated in African American and Latino communities in the 1970s. It is characterized by its rhythmic and rhyming lyrics, often accompanied by electronic beats or samples. Hip hop has evolved over the years and has become a mainstream genre with a global audience. It often addresses social and political issues and can be both uplifting and confrontational. Some of its sub-genres include trap, gangsta rap, and conscious rap.
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# | name | Popularity | instrumentalness | danceability | energy | acousticness | Happiness | tempo | followers |
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1 | 96 | 1 | 66 | 55 | 25 | 39 | 117 | 75467555 | |
2 | 91 | 3 | 74 | 75 | 12 | 53 | 115 | 70867094 | |
3 | 91 | 2 | 82 | 55 | 7 | 36 | 129 | 13550040 | |
4 | 90 | 2 | 58 | 60 | 25 | 40 | 112 | 20063001 | |
5 | 90 | 0 | 67 | 60 | 15 | 31 | 127 | 22486571 | |
6 | 90 | 2 | 76 | 58 | 13 | 33 | 132 | 13920154 | |
7 | 89 | 0 | 64 | 63 | 28 | 45 | 115 | 24021239 | |
8 | 88 | 10 | 54 | 66 | 19 | 49 | 112 | 11519172 | |
9 | 87 | 0 | 68 | 59 | 30 | 39 | 110 | 20184716 | |
10 | 86 | 0 | 67 | 69 | 10 | 53 | 125 | 13562233 | |
11 | 84 | 0 | 65 | 70 | 31 | 32 | 120 | 8359694 | |
12 | 84 | 0 | 65 | 81 | 12 | 63 | 115 | 8378985 | |
13 | 84 | 0 | 70 | 61 | 10 | 36 | 134 | 5604648 | |
14 | 84 | 1 | 60 | 67 | 30 | 42 | 116 | 8991915 | |
15 | 83 | 2 | 69 | 72 | 16 | 63 | 105 | 11234722 | |
16 | 83 | 2 | 71 | 72 | 13 | 56 | 107 | 9704655 | |
17 | 82 | 3 | 64 | 65 | 24 | 41 | 123 | 12273382 | |
18 | 82 | 0 | 84 | 66 | 8 | 63 | 130 | 10828017 | |
19 | 82 | 1 | 70 | 70 | 14 | 51 | 121 | 11050946 | |
20 | 81 | 1 | 78 | 73 | 13 | 64 | 106 | 15317128 | |
21 | 81 | 0 | 70 | 49 | 19 | 45 | 113 | 4624690 | |
22 | 80 | 12 | 66 | 82 | 3 | 52 | 100 | 9696652 | |
23 | 80 | 18 | 64 | 63 | 34 | 47 | 127 | 6477175 | |
24 | 80 | 0 | 79 | 62 | 15 | 45 | 112 | 6818955 | |
25 | 79 | 7 | 61 | 57 | 20 | 43 | 120 | 10884992 | |
26 | 78 | 1 | 78 | 55 | 14 | 40 | 130 | 4841004 | |
27 | 78 | 10 | 70 | 68 | 17 | 60 | 114 | 2349617 | |
28 | 78 | 2 | 77 | 70 | 26 | 62 | 107 | 8892707 | |
29 | 77 | 0 | 58 | 71 | 10 | 45 | 118 | 6809640 | |
30 | 77 | 0 | 67 | 63 | 19 | 37 | 114 | 10818217 | |
31 | 77 | 0 | 84 | 65 | 13 | 44 | 135 | 13184018 | |
32 | 77 | 0 | 62 | 82 | 9 | 45 | 120 | 9749953 | |
33 | 77 | 0 | 66 | 60 | 30 | 49 | 112 | 1216134 | |
34 | 77 | 2 | 59 | 59 | 11 | 37 | 123 | 4344972 | |
35 | 77 | 2 | 68 | 76 | 21 | 55 | 125 | 5901159 | |
36 | 76 | 3 | 82 | 59 | 14 | 65 | 110 | 1433231 | |
37 | 76 | 0 | 81 | 50 | 12 | 38 | 117 | 3078132 | |
38 | 76 | 0 | 69 | 79 | 11 | 65 | 128 | 2591342 | |
39 | 76 | 41 | 63 | 66 | 20 | 76 | 110 | 1980289 | |
40 | 76 | 2 | 76 | 75 | 9 | 61 | 109 | 6930305 | |
41 | 75 | 4 | 74 | 72 | 15 | 55 | 112 | 2246560 | |
42 | 75 | 0 | 84 | 60 | 18 | 54 | 124 | 5413363 | |
43 | 75 | 0 | 62 | 69 | 11 | 40 | 119 | 7221310 | |
44 | 75 | 0 | 77 | 71 | 9 | 64 | 120 | 2417374 | |
45 | 75 | 0 | 79 | 66 | 19 | 46 | 130 | 7840125 | |
46 | 74 | 1 | 61 | 75 | 25 | 53 | 111 | 3032799 | |
47 | 74 | 0 | 65 | 64 | 14 | 40 | 132 | 3870674 | |
48 | 74 | 0 | 66 | 78 | 12 | 58 | 102 | 3280738 | |
49 | 74 | 0 | 63 | 54 | 35 | 48 | 118 | 5884517 | |
50 | 74 | 0 | 63 | 77 | 9 | 49 | 121 | 4579238 | |
51 | 74 | 0 | 70 | 71 | 10 | 42 | 115 | 5027514 | |
52 | 73 | 1 | 75 | 65 | 10 | 67 | 111 | 1471984 | |
53 | 73 | 43 | 54 | 64 | 29 | 53 | 101 | 456430 | |
54 | 73 | 0 | 66 | 69 | 16 | 46 | 121 | 1404912 | |
55 | 72 | 8 | 75 | 66 | 11 | 53 | 112 | 1913893 | |
56 | 72 | 0 | 67 | 68 | 15 | 50 | 108 | 4622568 | |
57 | 72 | 4 | 82 | 66 | 21 | 61 | 115 | 2217276 | |
58 | 72 | 0 | 70 | 71 | 19 | 45 | 121 | 4500417 | |
59 | 72 | 0 | 61 | 57 | 32 | 63 | 110 | 2461546 | |
60 | 72 | 4 | 74 | 76 | 16 | 48 | 126 | 3571361 | |
61 | 72 | 0 | 68 | 69 | 19 | 46 | 120 | 2317901 | |
62 | 71 | 3 | 71 | 74 | 9 | 67 | 105 | 2417674 | |
63 | 71 | 4 | 63 | 72 | 8 | 41 | 116 | 2767116 | |
64 | 71 | 0 | 68 | 81 | 10 | 50 | 118 | 4311517 | |
65 | 71 | 16 | 70 | 74 | 14 | 59 | 120 | 2513324 | |
66 | 71 | 1 | 71 | 70 | 23 | 48 | 115 | 2030589 | |
67 | 70 | 0 | 62 | 75 | 8 | 46 | 116 | 3171816 | |
68 | 70 | 2 | 82 | 60 | 9 | 61 | 108 | 887409 | |
69 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 529507 | |
70 | 69 | 0 | 69 | 68 | 4 | 53 | 106 | 1654322 | |
71 | 69 | 0 | 73 | 62 | 24 | 49 | 108 | 1922820 | |
72 | 69 | 39 | 60 | 61 | 20 | 57 | 105 | 414357 | |
73 | 69 | 2 | 53 | 70 | 25 | 48 | 108 | 2014889 | |
74 | 69 | 15 | 70 | 64 | 21 | 55 | 111 | 2736159 | |
75 | 68 | 11 | 74 | 67 | 7 | 52 | 110 | 1813101 | |
76 | 68 | 5 | 73 | 61 | 28 | 47 | 121 | 1748432 | |
77 | 67 | 0 | 77 | 72 | 12 | 65 | 108 | 880745 | |
78 | 67 | 1 | 64 | 80 | 6 | 57 | 113 | 1571065 | |
79 | 67 | 6 | 73 | 72 | 12 | 53 | 103 | 1833968 | |
80 | 67 | 0 | 68 | 71 | 22 | 54 | 120 | 1156656 | |
81 | 67 | 4 | 81 | 58 | 17 | 67 | 99 | 1897388 | |
82 | 67 | 4 | 67 | 65 | 26 | 55 | 114 | 1281076 | |
83 | 67 | 1 | 60 | 79 | 14 | 51 | 121 | 775249 | |
84 | 67 | 0 | 73 | 62 | 16 | 58 | 116 | 2678347 | |
85 | 66 | 53 | 60 | 64 | 24 | 73 | 111 | 539736 | |
86 | 66 | 5 | 73 | 74 | 10 | 65 | 107 | 1811669 | |
87 | 66 | 0 | 60 | 77 | 19 | 47 | 116 | 1858844 | |
88 | 66 | 1 | 81 | 76 | 6 | 70 | 113 | 4982987 | |
89 | 66 | 0 | 74 | 73 | 18 | 59 | 111 | 2574594 | |
90 | 66 | 0 | 71 | 55 | 12 | 55 | 106 | 1241298 | |
91 | 66 | 4 | 77 | 56 | 21 | 47 | 103 | 938339 | |
92 | 65 | 0 | 70 | 67 | 24 | 53 | 122 | 772235 | |
93 | 65 | 0 | 75 | 75 | 2 | 58 | 115 | 4993388 | |
94 | 65 | 0 | 46 | 69 | 32 | 59 | 111 | 370995 | |
95 | 65 | 5 | 72 | 71 | 12 | 64 | 104 | 1361519 | |
96 | 65 | 0 | 75 | 77 | 16 | 59 | 113 | 2849387 | |
97 | 65 | 0 | 75 | 69 | 11 | 63 | 96 | 1599064 | |
98 | 65 | 6 | 79 | 68 | 13 | 65 | 110 | 736272 | |
99 | 64 | 0 | 60 | 73 | 13 | 53 | 117 | 1289383 | |
100 | 64 | 2 | 74 | 71 | 11 | 76 | 101 | 856091 | |
101 | 64 | 0 | 83 | 58 | 9 | 67 | 102 | 2210553 | |
102 | 64 | 0 | 59 | 74 | 25 | 55 | 106 | 322412 | |
103 | 63 | 0 | 53 | 72 | 33 | 55 | 113 | 764263 | |
104 | 63 | 0 | 65 | 72 | 16 | 57 | 115 | 2227867 | |
105 | 63 | 0 | 77 | 67 | 22 | 67 | 100 | 905285 | |
106 | 62 | 23 | 74 | 86 | 4 | 65 | 118 | 27412 | |
107 | 62 | 12 | 77 | 61 | 9 | 61 | 120 | 1512791 | |
108 | 61 | 0 | 60 | 66 | 5 | 37 | 128 | 1038649 | |
109 | 61 | 0 | 70 | 66 | 13 | 60 | 96 | 879878 | |
110 | 61 | 1 | 84 | 83 | 3 | 67 | 115 | 1239737 | |
111 | 61 | 3 | 86 | 65 | 6 | 82 | 116 | 729470 | |
112 | 60 | 0 | 77 | 68 | 5 | 55 | 109 | 119105 | |
113 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2048190 | |
114 | 60 | 0 | 75 | 63 | 11 | 61 | 106 | 1292026 | |
115 | 60 | 2 | 76 | 65 | 9 | 60 | 117 | 577229 | |
116 | 59 | 0 | 82 | 71 | 8 | 65 | 101 | 1038939 | |
117 | 59 | 40 | 56 | 65 | 20 | 61 | 123 | 626277 | |
118 | 59 | 0 | 68 | 67 | 21 | 46 | 107 | 579921 | |
119 | 59 | 4 | 77 | 70 | 16 | 70 | 104 | 656735 | |
120 | 59 | 0 | 67 | 76 | 11 | 61 | 100 | 758411 | |
121 | 58 | 0 | 72 | 70 | 14 | 48 | 128 | 930638 | |
122 | 58 | 0 | 58 | 68 | 20 | 44 | 109 | 1030052 | |
123 | 58 | 0 | 69 | 79 | 17 | 55 | 93 | 2535450 | |
124 | 57 | 1 | 69 | 75 | 17 | 62 | 118 | 800745 | |
125 | 57 | 0 | 42 | 66 | 30 | 38 | 93 | 305585 | |
126 | 57 | 4 | 70 | 65 | 21 | 60 | 103 | 342886 | |
127 | 57 | 3 | 87 | 66 | 4 | 81 | 125 | 579973 | |
128 | 56 | 0 | 80 | 81 | 11 | 51 | 117 | 422737 | |
129 | 56 | 0 | 77 | 67 | 9 | 68 | 112 | 496192 | |
130 | 56 | 45 | 65 | 60 | 15 | 63 | 112 | 193377 | |
131 | 56 | 2 | 71 | 81 | 8 | 64 | 110 | 994633 | |
132 | 56 | 11 | 81 | 57 | 26 | 69 | 100 | 299006 | |
133 | 55 | 1 | 79 | 69 | 9 | 57 | 104 | 741530 | |
134 | 55 | 10 | 73 | 66 | 9 | 62 | 106 | 275382 | |
135 | 55 | 4 | 80 | 75 | 9 | 68 | 115 | 283400 | |
136 | 55 | 0 | 71 | 89 | 15 | 52 | 113 | 385102 | |
137 | 54 | 1 | 70 | 60 | 17 | 59 | 116 | 182524 | |
138 | 54 | 0 | 57 | 83 | 12 | 63 | 115 | 568661 | |
139 | 54 | 8 | 84 | 77 | 18 | 79 | 101 | 421056 | |
140 | 53 | 0 | 43 | 52 | 14 | 58 | 172 | 223280 | |
141 | 53 | 19 | 78 | 47 | 23 | 63 | 117 | 378143 | |
142 | 53 | 0 | 66 | 77 | 10 | 41 | 112 | 337142 | |
143 | 53 | 12 | 78 | 78 | 17 | 72 | 105 | 625229 | |
144 | 53 | 1 | 79 | 77 | 4 | 65 | 114 | 593551 | |
145 | 52 | 1 | 67 | 77 | 17 | 68 | 113 | 371842 | |
146 | 52 | 4 | 74 | 70 | 13 | 65 | 113 | 374667 | |
147 | 52 | 0 | 84 | 59 | 8 | 74 | 106 | 260488 | |
148 | 51 | 2 | 78 | 63 | 8 | 64 | 101 | 434495 | |
149 | 51 | 0 | 66 | 74 | 21 | 68 | 116 | 393786 | |
150 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55522 | |
151 | 50 | 0 | 80 | 81 | 3 | 72 | 98 | 211293 | |
152 | 49 | 0 | 67 | 81 | 12 | 64 | 101 | 201139 | |
153 | 48 | 1 | 71 | 71 | 16 | 64 | 109 | 227590 | |
154 | 48 | 2 | 82 | 75 | 5 | 64 | 108 | 1235486 | |
155 | 48 | 7 | 93 | 69 | 5 | 75 | 114 | 261530 | |
156 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16664 | |
157 | 47 | 1 | 76 | 71 | 10 | 66 | 108 | 182436 | |
158 | 46 | 1 | 79 | 80 | 1 | 64 | 112 | 174145 | |
159 | 44 | 0 | 60 | 78 | 3 | 50 | 94 | 219708 | |
160 | 44 | 0 | 77 | 61 | 16 | 69 | 103 | 201468 | |
161 | 44 | 0 | 87 | 78 | 11 | 72 | 102 | 283557 | |
162 | 43 | 0 | 75 | 74 | 20 | 72 | 94 | 198576 | |
163 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 85573 | |
164 | 42 | 0 | 61 | 71 | 30 | 69 | 103 | 129552 | |
165 | 41 | 6 | 83 | 65 | 13 | 65 | 121 | 130952 | |
166 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60609 | |
167 | 40 | 0 | 82 | 62 | 9 | 68 | 122 | 307415 | |
168 | 39 | 7 | 74 | 65 | 26 | 68 | 102 | 78947 | |
169 | 38 | 0 | 76 | 73 | 5 | 69 | 99 | 70394 | |
170 | 36 | 0 | 82 | 69 | 10 | 65 | 108 | 26852 | |
171 | 34 | 0 | 72 | 75 | 10 | 62 | 95 | 124336 | |
172 | 31 | 0 | 65 | 63 | 15 | 90 | 132 | 108446 |