Rare groove is a music genre that emerged in the 1970s and is characterized by its fusion of funk, soul, jazz, and R&B. It is known for its use of obscure and rare samples, often taken from obscure or forgotten records. The genre has a strong emphasis on rhythm and groove, with a focus on tight, funky basslines and intricate drum patterns. It has been influential in the development of hip hop, particularly in the use of samples.
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# | name | Popularity | instrumentalness | danceability | energy | acousticness | Happiness | tempo | followers |
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1 | 43 | 78 | 52 | 74 | 10 | 64 | 134 | 24100 | |
2 | 36 | 86 | 59 | 76 | 4 | 65 | 119 | 32749 | |
3 | 35 | 13 | 68 | 66 | 25 | 95 | 155 | 12301 | |
4 | 35 | 8 | 61 | 79 | 37 | 83 | 117 | 11583 | |
5 | 32 | 88 | 65 | 89 | 35 | 81 | 110 | 1056 | |
6 | 32 | 0 | 47 | 65 | 44 | 75 | 126 | 4957 | |
7 | 32 | 23 | 53 | 63 | 18 | 51 | 120 | 33574 | |
8 | 32 | 0 | 66 | 81 | 6 | 85 | 108 | 6269 | |
9 | 31 | 19 | 71 | 73 | 11 | 73 | 110 | 122546 | |
10 | 31 | 54 | 59 | 62 | 2 | 74 | 104 | 3761 | |
11 | 31 | 0 | 81 | 85 | 5 | 97 | 128 | 4123 | |
12 | 30 | 25 | 69 | 68 | 34 | 85 | 117 | 29662 | |
13 | 30 | 77 | 67 | 68 | 12 | 96 | 102 | 663 | |
14 | 30 | 71 | 61 | 56 | 68 | 69 | 110 | 12475 | |
15 | 29 | 1 | 42 | 65 | 51 | 56 | 110 | 10211 | |
16 | 29 | 0 | 58 | 58 | 77 | 56 | 83 | 14643 | |
17 | 29 | 33 | 77 | 73 | 23 | 85 | 117 | 6586 | |
18 | 28 | 23 | 72 | 71 | 3 | 77 | 117 | 6917 | |
19 | 28 | 37 | 62 | 79 | 35 | 77 | 127 | 2595 | |
20 | 28 | 2 | 68 | 67 | 19 | 75 | 106 | 27601 | |
21 | 28 | 8 | 43 | 83 | 26 | 52 | 111 | 3315 | |
22 | 28 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 7 | 80 | 110 | 1994 | |
23 | 27 | 2 | 51 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 172 | 7104 | |
24 | 27 | 2 | 64 | 67 | 22 | 82 | 103 | 7133 | |
25 | 27 | 20 | 68 | 82 | 5 | 74 | 120 | 25398 | |
26 | 26 | 65 | 72 | 63 | 32 | 78 | 103 | 12927 | |
27 | 26 | 10 | 77 | 64 | 21 | 70 | 99 | 9475 | |
28 | 26 | 1 | 56 | 50 | 36 | 66 | 125 | 11205 | |
29 | 26 | 8 | 88 | 80 | 6 | 96 | 109 | 1203 | |
30 | 25 | 15 | 57 | 71 | 30 | 74 | 121 | 6644 | |
31 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3164 | |
32 | 25 | 5 | 57 | 69 | 31 | 74 | 112 | 4351 | |
33 | 24 | 59 | 76 | 68 | 7 | 95 | 125 | 1352 | |
34 | 24 | 41 | 73 | 77 | 35 | 89 | 123 | 3813 | |
35 | 24 | 63 | 69 | 71 | 2 | 86 | 107 | 182 | |
36 | 24 | 16 | 67 | 72 | 10 | 76 | 113 | 12104 | |
37 | 24 | 0 | 51 | 56 | 53 | 65 | 107 | 1757 | |
38 | 23 | 96 | 62 | 88 | 6 | 71 | 118 | 2504 | |
39 | 23 | 1 | 76 | 47 | 23 | 54 | 117 | 2201 | |
40 | 23 | 18 | 69 | 80 | 29 | 84 | 128 | 4543 | |
41 | 22 | 0 | 47 | 88 | 8 | 75 | 78 | 1514 | |
42 | 22 | 33 | 51 | 77 | 20 | 74 | 121 | 7362 | |
43 | 22 | 90 | 60 | 59 | 11 | 82 | 103 | 1984 | |
44 | 22 | 0 | 53 | 70 | 36 | 70 | 136 | 1267 | |
45 | 21 | 64 | 64 | 69 | 44 | 72 | 140 | 6249 | |
46 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 346 | |
47 | 21 | 23 | 54 | 68 | 13 | 70 | 95 | 9982 | |
48 | 21 | 58 | 68 | 75 | 9 | 73 | 118 | 12882 | |
49 | 20 | 0 | 73 | 66 | 88 | 94 | 114 | 1454 | |
50 | 19 | 0 | 66 | 66 | 15 | 82 | 117 | 641 | |
51 | 19 | 16 | 61 | 78 | 19 | 82 | 125 | 1502 | |
52 | 19 | 83 | 74 | 76 | 15 | 94 | 117 | 2816 | |
53 | 19 | 1 | 70 | 57 | 15 | 79 | 114 | 3815 | |
54 | 18 | 0 | 46 | 48 | 49 | 57 | 118 | 2660 | |
55 | 18 | 0 | 54 | 57 | 43 | 61 | 101 | 600 | |
56 | 18 | 25 | 57 | 86 | 9 | 84 | 115 | 3423 | |
57 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1142 | |
58 | 16 | 41 | 60 | 62 | 35 | 82 | 142 | 8376 | |
59 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9016 | |
60 | 16 | 3 | 71 | 78 | 5 | 92 | 113 | 2020 | |
61 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3693 | |
62 | 15 | 1 | 62 | 54 | 26 | 77 | 119 | 1643 | |
63 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 629 | |
64 | 15 | 26 | 59 | 72 | 20 | 73 | 106 | 1568 | |
65 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 312 | |
66 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2365 | |
67 | 14 | 0 | 67 | 51 | 51 | 78 | 148 | 789 | |
68 | 14 | 16 | 72 | 36 | 42 | 56 | 119 | 1096 | |
69 | 14 | 0 | 65 | 61 | 38 | 95 | 112 | 1827 | |
70 | 14 | 5 | 73 | 74 | 4 | 65 | 116 | 1102 | |
71 | 13 | 42 | 68 | 67 | 24 | 87 | 97 | 1002 | |
72 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 671 | |
73 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1467 | |
74 | 12 | 73 | 64 | 71 | 36 | 82 | 100 | 1028 | |
75 | 12 | 0 | 72 | 75 | 1 | 94 | 119 | 618 | |
76 | 12 | 0 | 62 | 84 | 3 | 81 | 120 | 395 | |
77 | 12 | 1 | 54 | 65 | 15 | 68 | 144 | 3143 | |
78 | 11 | 75 | 70 | 77 | 5 | 80 | 113 | 1158 | |
79 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3514 | |
80 | 11 | 26 | 56 | 55 | 10 | 77 | 115 | 1479 | |
81 | 11 | 86 | 69 | 84 | 11 | 90 | 104 | 1301 | |
82 | 11 | 12 | 48 | 59 | 8 | 56 | 85 | 1135 | |
83 | 11 | 0 | 63 | 83 | 21 | 81 | 114 | 369 | |
84 | 10 | 87 | 53 | 89 | 0 | 62 | 102 | 291 | |
85 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1654 | |
86 | 9 | 74 | 71 | 78 | 8 | 94 | 98 | 203 | |
87 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1900 | |
88 | 8 | 4 | 70 | 73 | 36 | 73 | 119 | 508 | |
89 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8543 | |
90 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 654 | |
91 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 245 | |
92 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 641 | |
93 | 7 | 0 | 71 | 95 | 39 | 92 | 119 | 80 | |
94 | 7 | 92 | 78 | 41 | 63 | 23 | 111 | 472 | |
95 | 7 | 0 | 46 | 94 | 7 | 94 | 113 | 3258 | |
96 | 6 | 0 | 63 | 63 | 24 | 49 | 121 | 892 | |
97 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | |
98 | 6 | 90 | 77 | 48 | 67 | 90 | 97 | 777 | |
99 | 6 | 0 | 72 | 70 | 16 | 79 | 99 | 394 | |
100 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | |
101 | 5 | 0 | 48 | 63 | 24 | 80 | 93 | 159 | |
102 | 5 | 1 | 66 | 80 | 0 | 76 | 112 | 1262 | |
103 | 5 | 0 | 61 | 89 | 2 | 61 | 159 | 209 | |
104 | 5 | 1 | 69 | 67 | 11 | 89 | 104 | 783 | |
105 | 5 | 96 | 65 | 78 | 7 | 95 | 114 | 235 | |
106 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 874 | |
107 | 4 | 2 | 58 | 71 | 64 | 78 | 115 | 189 | |
108 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 273 | |
109 | 4 | 0 | 54 | 77 | 0 | 54 | 120 | 248 | |
110 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1339 | |
111 | 4 | 20 | 73 | 67 | 1 | 94 | 129 | 57 | |
112 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | |
113 | 3 | 0 | 53 | 40 | 80 | 58 | 131 | 84 | |
114 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 638 | |
115 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 | |
116 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | |
117 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 78 | 28 | 67 | 114 | 85 | |
118 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | |
119 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | |
120 | 2 | 75 | 71 | 72 | 26 | 83 | 92 | 126 | |
121 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 103 | |
122 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | |
123 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 | |
124 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165 | |
125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 277 | |
126 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166 | |
127 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | |
128 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | |
129 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | |
130 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166 | |
131 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | |
132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 426 | |
133 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | |
134 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | |
135 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 77 | 26 | 84 | 119 | 77 | |
136 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | |
137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |