Hip-Hop artists on the Suede Cosmos map

Artists in the Hip-Hop cluster

Ordered by how many connections each artist has on the map. Names link to the artist's MusicBrainz page, the source of the genre tags listed here.

1. DrakeCanada · 11 connections

   hip hop, r&b, pop rap, contemporary r&b, alternative r&b, trap

2. Megan Thee StallionUnited States · 8 connections

   hip hop, pop rap, southern hip hop, trap

3. The Notorious B.I.G.United States · 8 connections

   hip hop, east coast hip hop, gangsta rap, hardcore hip hop, boom bap

4. A Tribe Called QuestUnited States · 7 connections

   hip hop, east coast hip hop, jazz rap, alternative hip hop, conscious hip hop, boom bap

5. Kendrick LamarUnited States · 7 connections

   hip hop, conscious hip hop, jazz rap, west coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop, pop

6. Wu‐Tang ClanUnited States · 7 connections

   hip hop, boom bap, east coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop

7. 21 SavageUnited States · 6 connections

   trap, hip hop, gangsta rap, pop rap, southern hip hop

8. JAY‐ZUnited States · 6 connections

   pop rap, east coast hip hop, hip hop, boom bap, chipmunk soul, hardcore hip hop

9. Travis ScottUnited States · 6 connections

   hip hop, trap, southern hip hop, experimental hip hop, pop rap

10. Tyler, The CreatorUnited States · 6 connections

    hip hop, hardcore hip hop, horrorcore, west coast hip hop

11. BADBADNOTGOODCanada · 5 connections

    hip hop, instrumental hip hop, jazz

12. CommonUnited States · 5 connections

    hip hop, conscious hip hop, alternative hip hop, boom bap, chipmunk soul, hardcore hip hop

13. Lil WayneUnited States · 5 connections

    hip hop, southern hip hop, gangsta rap, pop rap, r&b, rap rock

14. MF DOOMUnited States · 5 connections

    east coast hip hop, hip hop, underground hip hop, abstract hip hop, experimental hip hop

15. OutKastUnited States · 5 connections

    hip hop, southern hip hop, pop rap, pop, conscious hip hop, contemporary r&b

16. 2PacUnited States · 4 connections

    gangsta rap, west coast hip hop, hip hop, political hip hop, conscious hip hop, g-funk

17. Doja CatUnited States · 4 connections

    hip hop, pop, pop rap, west coast hip hop, alternative rock, grunge

18. EminemUnited States · 4 connections

    hip hop, hardcore hip hop, pop rap, boom bap, conscious hip hop, horrorcore

19. FutureUnited States · 4 connections

    hip hop, trap, southern hip hop

20. J. ColeUnited States · 4 connections

    hip hop

21. NasUnited States · 4 connections

    hip hop, east coast hip hop, boom bap, deep soul, hip hop soul, jazz rap

22. Flying LotusUnited States · 3 connections

    experimental hip hop, hip hop, instrumental hip hop, downtempo, electronic, nu jazz

Strongest connections inside Hip-Hop

The score is the overlap between two artists' MusicBrainz genre and tag sets: shared labels divided by all distinct labels across both. The shared tags listed come from the genre tags shown for each artist above. The 10 highest of the cluster's 58 connections:

1. Travis Scott and Megan Thee Stallion86%

   Shared tags: hip hop, trap, southern hip hop, pop rap

2. Wu‐Tang Clan and The Notorious B.I.G.57%

   Shared tags: hip hop, boom bap, east coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop

3. 21 Savage and Lil Wayne50%

   Shared tags: hip hop, gangsta rap, pop rap, southern hip hop

4. 21 Savage and Megan Thee Stallion50%

   Shared tags: trap, hip hop, pop rap, southern hip hop

5. A Tribe Called Quest and Common50%

   Shared tags: hip hop, alternative hip hop, conscious hip hop, boom bap

6. Wu‐Tang Clan and JAY‐Z50%

   Shared tags: hip hop, boom bap, east coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop

7. 21 Savage and Travis Scott44%

   Shared tags: trap, hip hop, pop rap, southern hip hop

8. Common and JAY‐Z44%

   Shared tags: hip hop, boom bap, chipmunk soul, hardcore hip hop

9. The Notorious B.I.G. and JAY‐Z44%

   Shared tags: hip hop, east coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop, boom bap

10. BADBADNOTGOOD and J. Cole40%

    Shared tags: hip hop

Where Hip-Hop meets other genres

8 connections cross out of the cluster, 5 of them into R&B and Soul. These are the artists whose tags reach across genre lines.

Most common tags in Hip-Hop

How many of the 22 artists carry each label among the top MusicBrainz genre tags stored for them on the map.

• hip hop 22
• pop rap 9
• boom bap 7
• hardcore hip hop 7
• conscious hip hop 6
• east coast hip hop 6
• southern hip hop 6
• trap 5
• gangsta rap 4
• west coast hip hop 4
• experimental hip hop 3
• jazz rap 3

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• Rock 30 artists
• Electronic 25 artists
• Pop 20 artists
• Jazz 23 artists
• Classical 17 artists
• Folk and Country 22 artists
• R&B and Soul 21 artists