Philly rap music is a subgenre of hip hop that originated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is characterized by its gritty and aggressive lyrics, often touching on themes of poverty, violence, and struggle. The beats are typically hard-hitting and energetic, with heavy bass and percussion. Philly rap has produced some of the most influential and successful artists in the genre, known for their unique flow and delivery.
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# | name | Popularity | instrumentalness | danceability | energy | acousticness | Happiness | tempo | followers |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 86 | 0 | 66 | 60 | 12 | 27 | 138 | 15105758 | |
2 | 75 | 0 | 62 | 69 | 11 | 39 | 118 | 7221310 | |
3 | 68 | 0 | 75 | 80 | 13 | 64 | 110 | 1234396 | |
4 | 66 | 0 | 55 | 77 | 4 | 40 | 118 | 1439204 | |
5 | 62 | 0 | 70 | 66 | 19 | 52 | 134 | 70139 | |
6 | 59 | 0 | 76 | 63 | 11 | 61 | 105 | 1293387 | |
7 | 53 | 4 | 76 | 71 | 3 | 66 | 110 | 357468 | |
8 | 53 | 1 | 53 | 88 | 10 | 53 | 110 | 261672 | |
9 | 52 | 0 | 67 | 74 | 6 | 50 | 100 | 650988 | |
10 | 51 | 0 | 58 | 77 | 7 | 56 | 124 | 274487 | |
11 | 51 | 5 | 62 | 87 | 4 | 57 | 106 | 363327 | |
12 | 50 | 0 | 69 | 75 | 16 | 57 | 105 | 398741 | |
13 | 48 | 0 | 62 | 79 | 21 | 63 | 120 | 610994 | |
14 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125783 | |
15 | 45 | 0 | 90 | 54 | 22 | 54 | 124 | 44914 | |
16 | 44 | 9 | 69 | 70 | 20 | 69 | 120 | 62723 | |
17 | 44 | 0 | 66 | 61 | 29 | 56 | 144 | 23813 | |
18 | 43 | 0 | 78 | 54 | 11 | 52 | 139 | 60467 | |
19 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 962 | |
20 | 41 | 0 | 69 | 55 | 9 | 57 | 87 | 53176 | |
21 | 40 | 0 | 60 | 86 | 6 | 61 | 111 | 27670 | |
22 | 38 | 0 | 72 | 70 | 7 | 62 | 117 | 18718 | |
23 | 38 | 0 | 88 | 83 | 8 | 59 | 88 | 2983 | |
24 | 37 | 0 | 55 | 81 | 19 | 72 | 96 | 217637 | |
25 | 37 | 0 | 69 | 75 | 3 | 58 | 111 | 38674 | |
26 | 36 | 0 | 59 | 61 | 27 | 45 | 116 | 9327 | |
27 | 34 | 1 | 63 | 55 | 13 | 25 | 99 | 5279 | |
28 | 34 | 0 | 64 | 60 | 13 | 32 | 90 | 6894 | |
29 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2072 | |
30 | 33 | 0 | 67 | 61 | 31 | 41 | 114 | 38427 | |
31 | 32 | 0 | 75 | 81 | 5 | 57 | 90 | 21071 | |
32 | 32 | 0 | 84 | 66 | 9 | 39 | 115 | 14296 | |
33 | 31 | 0 | 58 | 72 | 22 | 48 | 107 | 14298 | |
34 | 31 | 0 | 77 | 50 | 7 | 44 | 122 | 7756 | |
35 | 31 | 0 | 58 | 81 | 5 | 46 | 122 | 33130 | |
36 | 31 | 0 | 70 | 60 | 22 | 38 | 108 | 5182 | |
37 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1322 | |
38 | 30 | 0 | 68 | 61 | 3 | 32 | 124 | 12362 | |
39 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36831 | |
40 | 29 | 0 | 57 | 74 | 18 | 61 | 94 | 17801 | |
41 | 29 | 0 | 67 | 68 | 4 | 39 | 105 | 36939 | |
42 | 29 | 0 | 65 | 56 | 6 | 33 | 159 | 7685 | |
43 | 29 | 0 | 75 | 69 | 2 | 56 | 104 | 29994 | |
44 | 29 | 0 | 79 | 69 | 1 | 44 | 166 | 9384 | |
45 | 28 | 0 | 68 | 61 | 8 | 46 | 115 | 19872 | |
46 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9614 | |
47 | 28 | 0 | 57 | 90 | 3 | 73 | 83 | 1268 | |
48 | 27 | 0 | 81 | 74 | 7 | 59 | 113 | 81440 | |
49 | 27 | 0 | 73 | 52 | 6 | 47 | 103 | 2768 | |
50 | 27 | 0 | 77 | 71 | 5 | 50 | 92 | 2200 | |
51 | 26 | 0 | 59 | 57 | 32 | 27 | 101 | 6381 | |
52 | 26 | 0 | 76 | 48 | 24 | 43 | 137 | 16014 | |
53 | 26 | 0 | 63 | 81 | 14 | 75 | 91 | 3875 | |
54 | 25 | 0 | 67 | 77 | 14 | 61 | 106 | 8592 | |
55 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5829 | |
56 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1335 | |
57 | 22 | 0 | 70 | 71 | 21 | 70 | 84 | 9705 | |
58 | 22 | 0 | 86 | 70 | 4 | 69 | 106 | 34353 | |
59 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 503 | |
60 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1180 | |
61 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
62 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25209 | |
63 | 20 | 0 | 84 | 77 | 11 | 74 | 113 | 15315 | |
64 | 20 | 0 | 82 | 74 | 17 | 77 | 95 | 13223 | |
65 | 20 | 0 | 62 | 68 | 11 | 40 | 111 | 10636 | |
66 | 20 | 0 | 68 | 63 | 17 | 62 | 145 | 5091 | |
67 | 20 | 0 | 76 | 59 | 9 | 39 | 147 | 3302 | |
68 | 19 | 0 | 55 | 74 | 24 | 56 | 129 | 12717 | |
69 | 19 | 0 | 73 | 56 | 24 | 58 | 163 | 1207 | |
70 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1023 | |
71 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1851 | |
72 | 18 | 0 | 72 | 67 | 4 | 38 | 142 | 3800 | |
73 | 17 | 0 | 55 | 89 | 21 | 68 | 136 | 6134 | |
74 | 17 | 0 | 75 | 57 | 41 | 55 | 108 | 1502 | |
75 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2959 | |
76 | 17 | 0 | 76 | 74 | 28 | 75 | 80 | 1625 | |
77 | 17 | 0 | 46 | 70 | 0 | 37 | 167 | 1655 | |
78 | 16 | 0 | 75 | 54 | 35 | 38 | 130 | 2654 | |
79 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1355 | |
80 | 15 | 0 | 82 | 52 | 11 | 33 | 164 | 13773 | |
81 | 15 | 0 | 54 | 60 | 16 | 29 | 125 | 3529 | |
82 | 15 | 0 | 73 | 64 | 28 | 50 | 80 | 5570 | |
83 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2119 | |
84 | 13 | 0 | 84 | 47 | 1 | 80 | 102 | 6414 | |
85 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1146 | |
86 | 12 | 0 | 55 | 74 | 24 | 48 | 116 | 6552 | |
87 | 12 | 0 | 73 | 80 | 44 | 90 | 170 | 2127 | |
88 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3503 | |
89 | 11 | 0 | 74 | 63 | 12 | 57 | 165 | 2990 | |
90 | 10 | 0 | 72 | 74 | 1 | 21 | 156 | 1111 | |
91 | 8 | 0 | 69 | 81 | 10 | 70 | 89 | 5023 | |
92 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1423 | |
93 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2226 | |
94 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1352 | |
95 | 6 | 0 | 60 | 60 | 14 | 42 | 120 | 502 | |
96 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2197 | |
97 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1528 | |
98 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6081 | |
99 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2410 | |
100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 859 | |
101 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 393 | |
102 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1246 | |
103 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 777 | |
104 | 2 | 0 | 86 | 48 | 3 | 48 | 144 | 353 | |
105 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 235 | |
106 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 306 | |
107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 319 |