Rapalytics - Profanity Explorer

What is this?

Profanity Explorer lets you explore the usage of profanity in Rap!

You can explore the global trends that compiles profanity usage across all rappers
You can compare rappers across different facets of profanity

How is it measured?

Rapalytics measures a total of 8 types of profanity: N-word, Sh*t, F*ck, A*s, Sexual, Homophobic, Misogynistic. Any word that does not belong to these 7 but is still a dirty word is put into the "miscellaneous" category.
Rapalytics uses a flag list of words for these classes. Any word that matches these words is marked as a profane word under that category.
It is then measured as a simple percentage of the total words (number of profane words/total number of words). The same extends for individual categories as well.

Coverage

Rapalytics has processed about 10,000 songs from over 150 artists between 1987-2013. The next update will expand to 25,000 songs.

This module lets you compare rappers along different lines of profanity
Some artists will be preloaded. You can load top artists and/or select your own artists and add them into the visualization
You can pick any of the profanity type to compare artists by clicking on the appropriate button
You can clear and start over

The trends lets you look at how different types of profanity have varied over time in Rap. The time period is currently between 1987-2013
The visualization is a stream/stackgraph. You can see how much each type of profanity contributes to the overall profane words and how they have varied over time by looking at the thickness of the corresponding layer
The x-axis/horizontal line is the year and the y-axis/vertical line is the % of profane words
Click on a profanity type button to zoom in on it, toggle between stack/stream views and hover for breakdown of word counts!

Profanity Explorer