Rap music is a genre that originated in African American communities in the United States. It is characterized by rhythmic and rhyming speech, often accompanied by beats and electronic instrumentation. The lyrics often address social and political issues, personal experiences, and boastful claims. The genre has evolved over time, with subgenres such as trap and mumble rap gaining popularity. Contemporary rap music often features collaborations with artists from other genres, and has become a mainstream cultural force.
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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 | 92 | 4 | 61 | 53 | 38 | 40 | 113 | 12264179 | |
3 | 91 | 3 | 74 | 75 | 12 | 53 | 115 | 70867094 | |
4 | 91 | 2 | 82 | 55 | 7 | 36 | 129 | 13550040 | |
5 | 90 | 0 | 67 | 60 | 15 | 31 | 127 | 22486571 | |
6 | 90 | 2 | 58 | 60 | 25 | 40 | 112 | 20063001 | |
7 | 90 | 2 | 76 | 58 | 13 | 33 | 132 | 13920154 | |
8 | 89 | 38 | 72 | 49 | 10 | 26 | 125 | 4340772 | |
9 | 89 | 0 | 73 | 58 | 4 | 30 | 120 | 14154233 | |
10 | 89 | 0 | 64 | 63 | 28 | 45 | 115 | 24021239 | |
11 | 89 | 6 | 62 | 59 | 28 | 34 | 125 | 40746775 | |
12 | 88 | 0 | 61 | 63 | 11 | 46 | 116 | 19329979 | |
13 | 88 | 10 | 54 | 66 | 19 | 49 | 112 | 11519172 | |
14 | 88 | 0 | 65 | 63 | 18 | 35 | 130 | 29203200 | |
15 | 87 | 0 | 68 | 59 | 30 | 39 | 110 | 20184716 | |
16 | 87 | 1 | 75 | 73 | 13 | 58 | 128 | 28221921 | |
17 | 86 | 0 | 66 | 60 | 12 | 27 | 138 | 15105758 | |
18 | 86 | 0 | 67 | 69 | 10 | 53 | 125 | 13562233 | |
19 | 84 | 0 | 83 | 52 | 22 | 45 | 127 | 5259015 | |
20 | 84 | 0 | 65 | 81 | 12 | 63 | 115 | 8386986 | |
21 | 84 | 0 | 79 | 55 | 11 | 42 | 125 | 8357479 | |
22 | 84 | 0 | 70 | 61 | 10 | 36 | 133 | 5604648 | |
23 | 84 | 0 | 71 | 67 | 18 | 52 | 134 | 11077918 | |
24 | 84 | 1 | 60 | 67 | 30 | 42 | 116 | 8991915 | |
25 | 83 | 0 | 70 | 58 | 18 | 41 | 129 | 9473305 | |
26 | 83 | 0 | 77 | 63 | 6 | 39 | 139 | 8130231 | |
27 | 83 | 2 | 69 | 72 | 16 | 63 | 105 | 11234722 | |
28 | 83 | 3 | 70 | 58 | 26 | 39 | 127 | 2902997 | |
29 | 83 | 2 | 71 | 72 | 13 | 56 | 107 | 9704655 | |
30 | 82 | 1 | 70 | 70 | 14 | 51 | 121 | 11050946 | |
31 | 82 | 0 | 75 | 60 | 18 | 41 | 127 | 9309323 | |
32 | 82 | 0 | 79 | 62 | 14 | 51 | 116 | 2909499 | |
33 | 82 | 0 | 70 | 61 | 28 | 44 | 119 | 7412812 | |
34 | 82 | 0 | 68 | 66 | 27 | 48 | 121 | 12484858 | |
35 | 82 | 0 | 84 | 66 | 8 | 62 | 131 | 10828017 | |
36 | 82 | 3 | 64 | 65 | 24 | 41 | 123 | 12273382 | |
37 | 82 | 1 | 55 | 39 | 54 | 35 | 112 | 3770683 | |
38 | 81 | 1 | 78 | 73 | 13 | 64 | 106 | 15317128 | |
39 | 81 | 3 | 75 | 68 | 16 | 56 | 129 | 6161658 | |
40 | 81 | 0 | 67 | 57 | 28 | 39 | 122 | 8701723 | |
41 | 80 | 18 | 64 | 63 | 34 | 47 | 127 | 6477175 | |
42 | 80 | 0 | 80 | 66 | 15 | 49 | 137 | 6616584 | |
43 | 80 | 0 | 62 | 59 | 17 | 39 | 120 | 5518770 | |
44 | 80 | 1 | 84 | 63 | 10 | 46 | 131 | 21557440 | |
45 | 80 | 12 | 66 | 82 | 3 | 52 | 100 | 9696652 | |
46 | 80 | 0 | 73 | 55 | 14 | 34 | 125 | 9351978 | |
47 | 80 | 0 | 79 | 62 | 15 | 45 | 112 | 6818955 | |
48 | 80 | 0 | 69 | 56 | 29 | 40 | 118 | 6567442 | |
49 | 79 | 1 | 68 | 60 | 17 | 55 | 114 | 10508757 | |
50 | 79 | 0 | 62 | 53 | 26 | 42 | 122 | 6964686 | |
51 | 79 | 1 | 80 | 53 | 17 | 38 | 123 | 1448562 | |
52 | 79 | 7 | 61 | 57 | 20 | 43 | 120 | 10884992 | |
53 | 78 | 0 | 91 | 57 | 37 | 44 | 118 | 2766877 | |
54 | 78 | 7 | 72 | 46 | 19 | 37 | 144 | 1680379 | |
55 | 78 | 1 | 58 | 51 | 22 | 30 | 114 | 5180010 | |
56 | 78 | 2 | 77 | 70 | 26 | 62 | 107 | 8892707 | |
57 | 78 | 0 | 84 | 70 | 6 | 58 | 139 | 7705560 | |
58 | 78 | 14 | 62 | 62 | 25 | 40 | 128 | 9018404 | |
59 | 78 | 0 | 70 | 56 | 16 | 42 | 123 | 5929739 | |
60 | 77 | 2 | 60 | 59 | 11 | 37 | 122 | 4351715 | |
61 | 77 | 0 | 62 | 82 | 9 | 45 | 120 | 9749953 | |
62 | 77 | 1 | 78 | 55 | 14 | 40 | 130 | 4843850 | |
63 | 77 | 0 | 67 | 63 | 19 | 37 | 114 | 10818217 | |
64 | 77 | 0 | 84 | 65 | 13 | 44 | 135 | 13184018 | |
65 | 77 | 2 | 68 | 76 | 21 | 56 | 124 | 5901159 | |
66 | 77 | 0 | 58 | 72 | 9 | 43 | 118 | 6809640 | |
67 | 76 | 0 | 69 | 79 | 11 | 65 | 128 | 2591342 | |
68 | 76 | 0 | 80 | 64 | 10 | 45 | 125 | 3693342 | |
69 | 76 | 0 | 81 | 50 | 12 | 38 | 117 | 3078132 | |
70 | 76 | 2 | 76 | 75 | 9 | 61 | 109 | 6930305 | |
71 | 76 | 0 | 66 | 60 | 30 | 49 | 112 | 1225758 | |
72 | 76 | 3 | 61 | 54 | 34 | 31 | 111 | 4216830 | |
73 | 76 | 3 | 83 | 58 | 14 | 65 | 109 | 1433231 | |
74 | 75 | 0 | 84 | 60 | 18 | 54 | 124 | 5413363 | |
75 | 75 | 0 | 79 | 66 | 19 | 46 | 130 | 7840125 | |
76 | 75 | 1 | 65 | 64 | 12 | 34 | 115 | 5169706 | |
77 | 75 | 0 | 62 | 69 | 11 | 39 | 118 | 7221310 | |
78 | 75 | 0 | 77 | 71 | 9 | 64 | 120 | 2417374 | |
79 | 75 | 0 | 52 | 46 | 44 | 28 | 110 | 6372698 | |
80 | 74 | 0 | 83 | 72 | 7 | 54 | 142 | 3066236 | |
81 | 74 | 0 | 71 | 69 | 15 | 52 | 131 | 5832322 | |
82 | 74 | 0 | 63 | 54 | 35 | 48 | 118 | 5884494 | |
83 | 74 | 0 | 63 | 77 | 9 | 49 | 121 | 4579238 | |
84 | 74 | 0 | 78 | 56 | 13 | 35 | 137 | 7183242 | |
85 | 74 | 4 | 74 | 72 | 15 | 55 | 112 | 2248481 | |
86 | 74 | 0 | 65 | 64 | 14 | 40 | 132 | 3870674 | |
87 | 74 | 0 | 70 | 71 | 10 | 42 | 115 | 5027514 | |
88 | 74 | 0 | 66 | 78 | 12 | 58 | 102 | 3280738 | |
89 | 74 | 0 | 80 | 59 | 18 | 40 | 136 | 3298506 | |
90 | 73 | 1 | 61 | 75 | 25 | 53 | 111 | 3037207 | |
91 | 73 | 0 | 77 | 67 | 5 | 67 | 97 | 1066147 | |
92 | 73 | 1 | 75 | 65 | 10 | 67 | 111 | 1471984 | |
93 | 73 | 0 | 66 | 69 | 16 | 46 | 121 | 1405330 | |
94 | 73 | 0 | 82 | 56 | 10 | 36 | 109 | 3060051 | |
95 | 73 | 0 | 69 | 65 | 20 | 47 | 121 | 2099538 | |
96 | 72 | 0 | 70 | 71 | 19 | 45 | 121 | 4500417 | |
97 | 72 | 0 | 67 | 68 | 15 | 50 | 108 | 4622568 | |
98 | 72 | 5 | 82 | 66 | 21 | 62 | 115 | 2217276 | |
99 | 72 | 0 | 68 | 69 | 19 | 46 | 120 | 2322239 | |
100 | 72 | 0 | 82 | 62 | 10 | 41 | 138 | 2510306 | |
101 | 72 | 0 | 74 | 55 | 23 | 60 | 116 | 1861094 | |
102 | 72 | 0 | 77 | 57 | 16 | 41 | 131 | 1159979 | |
103 | 72 | 4 | 74 | 76 | 16 | 48 | 126 | 3574596 | |
104 | 72 | 0 | 73 | 56 | 20 | 46 | 132 | 8819265 | |
105 | 72 | 0 | 79 | 62 | 20 | 38 | 131 | 1411271 | |
106 | 71 | 1 | 71 | 70 | 23 | 48 | 115 | 2030589 | |
107 | 71 | 0 | 68 | 81 | 10 | 51 | 118 | 4330955 | |
108 | 71 | 15 | 70 | 74 | 13 | 59 | 119 | 2513324 | |
109 | 71 | 0 | 58 | 55 | 28 | 36 | 113 | 4991398 | |
110 | 71 | 4 | 63 | 72 | 8 | 41 | 116 | 2770684 | |
111 | 71 | 0 | 64 | 72 | 14 | 39 | 127 | 1810946 | |
112 | 71 | 3 | 72 | 73 | 9 | 67 | 105 | 2420404 | |
113 | 70 | 0 | 62 | 75 | 8 | 46 | 116 | 3171816 | |
114 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 530378 | |
115 | 70 | 0 | 62 | 65 | 7 | 34 | 123 | 2333295 | |
116 | 70 | 0 | 76 | 66 | 16 | 55 | 140 | 4496457 | |
117 | 70 | 0 | 68 | 72 | 29 | 55 | 115 | 4088112 | |
118 | 69 | 0 | 69 | 68 | 4 | 53 | 106 | 1654322 | |
119 | 69 | 0 | 73 | 62 | 24 | 49 | 108 | 1922820 | |
120 | 69 | 2 | 53 | 70 | 25 | 48 | 108 | 2014889 | |
121 | 69 | 0 | 68 | 62 | 19 | 42 | 133 | 3844218 | |
122 | 69 | 15 | 70 | 64 | 21 | 55 | 111 | 2739145 | |
123 | 68 | 0 | 85 | 50 | 24 | 50 | 111 | 6069199 | |
124 | 68 | 0 | 72 | 63 | 12 | 45 | 129 | 2992969 | |
125 | 68 | 3 | 60 | 59 | 36 | 39 | 114 | 1864203 | |
126 | 68 | 0 | 76 | 56 | 11 | 33 | 144 | 3186001 | |
127 | 68 | 2 | 64 | 60 | 31 | 48 | 112 | 2107513 | |
128 | 68 | 0 | 79 | 69 | 16 | 46 | 117 | 3357082 | |
129 | 68 | 5 | 73 | 61 | 28 | 47 | 121 | 1748432 | |
130 | 68 | 0 | 80 | 61 | 20 | 54 | 127 | 1794454 | |
131 | 67 | 1 | 64 | 80 | 6 | 57 | 113 | 1571065 | |
132 | 67 | 0 | 68 | 71 | 22 | 54 | 121 | 1156656 | |
133 | 67 | 4 | 67 | 65 | 26 | 55 | 114 | 1281076 | |
134 | 67 | 0 | 73 | 62 | 15 | 58 | 116 | 2678347 | |
135 | 67 | 0 | 62 | 51 | 23 | 44 | 109 | 2457469 | |
136 | 66 | 0 | 73 | 67 | 7 | 49 | 125 | 4255248 | |
137 | 66 | 1 | 81 | 76 | 6 | 70 | 113 | 4982987 | |
138 | 66 | 0 | 88 | 54 | 9 | 49 | 133 | 7984944 | |
139 | 66 | 0 | 74 | 67 | 10 | 48 | 131 | 2645804 | |
140 | 66 | 0 | 78 | 69 | 9 | 47 | 131 | 270392 | |
141 | 66 | 0 | 74 | 73 | 18 | 59 | 111 | 2577127 | |
142 | 66 | 0 | 60 | 77 | 19 | 47 | 116 | 1859400 | |
143 | 66 | 1 | 71 | 60 | 29 | 30 | 97 | 503130 | |
144 | 65 | 0 | 75 | 69 | 11 | 64 | 96 | 1599064 | |
145 | 65 | 12 | 76 | 56 | 17 | 32 | 144 | 1445233 | |
146 | 65 | 0 | 69 | 65 | 10 | 59 | 116 | 2777516 | |
147 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504091 | |
148 | 65 | 0 | 70 | 67 | 24 | 53 | 122 | 772235 | |
149 | 65 | 0 | 75 | 75 | 2 | 58 | 115 | 4993388 | |
150 | 64 | 0 | 68 | 58 | 12 | 50 | 123 | 2764130 | |
151 | 64 | 0 | 60 | 73 | 13 | 52 | 119 | 1289383 | |
152 | 64 | 0 | 78 | 59 | 6 | 43 | 114 | 2977457 | |
153 | 64 | 1 | 59 | 52 | 36 | 48 | 118 | 295571 | |
154 | 63 | 0 | 61 | 68 | 19 | 50 | 120 | 1025431 | |
155 | 63 | 0 | 65 | 72 | 16 | 57 | 115 | 2227867 | |
156 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 58 | 23 | 34 | 127 | 1567102 | |
157 | 63 | 0 | 64 | 69 | 6 | 50 | 128 | 2879039 | |
158 | 63 | 1 | 73 | 63 | 8 | 38 | 132 | 3486762 | |
159 | 62 | 12 | 77 | 62 | 8 | 61 | 119 | 1512791 | |
160 | 61 | 0 | 80 | 58 | 15 | 54 | 126 | 174377 | |
161 | 61 | 0 | 71 | 71 | 19 | 44 | 133 | 1375907 | |
162 | 61 | 1 | 83 | 82 | 4 | 67 | 116 | 1239737 | |
163 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2048190 | |
164 | 60 | 1 | 79 | 59 | 18 | 31 | 120 | 1817263 | |
165 | 60 | 0 | 62 | 65 | 19 | 41 | 111 | 608233 | |
166 | 60 | 0 | 86 | 59 | 8 | 59 | 139 | 1383030 | |
167 | 60 | 4 | 78 | 69 | 11 | 68 | 108 | 1325106 | |
168 | 60 | 25 | 70 | 51 | 50 | 36 | 109 | 914289 | |
169 | 59 | 0 | 72 | 59 | 21 | 46 | 126 | 2462575 | |
170 | 58 | 0 | 58 | 68 | 20 | 44 | 109 | 1030555 | |
171 | 58 | 0 | 79 | 60 | 3 | 34 | 144 | 1434445 | |
172 | 56 | 0 | 77 | 57 | 31 | 34 | 117 | 458825 | |
173 | 56 | 1 | 65 | 60 | 21 | 45 | 112 | 1185922 | |
174 | 53 | 0 | 90 | 56 | 24 | 56 | 116 | 141934 | |
175 | 53 | 0 | 79 | 62 | 9 | 33 | 127 | 272136 | |
176 | 51 | 0 | 82 | 43 | 29 | 38 | 122 | 2081823 | |
177 | 44 | 0 | 87 | 78 | 11 | 72 | 102 | 284631 | |
178 | 43 | 0 | 69 | 56 | 0 | 38 | 125 | 50995 | |
179 | 23 | 0 | 68 | 77 | 3 | 53 | 119 | 19018 |