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Good things come in threes: triplet flow in recent hip-hop music

Good things come in threes: triplet flow in recent hip-hop music

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Good things come in threes: triplet flow in recent hip-hop music

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Good things come in threes: triplet flow in recent hip-hop music

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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Journal title

Popular music, 2019-10, Vol.38 (3), p.423-456

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English

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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

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MCs (rappers) such as Cardi B, Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Big Sean and Young Thug use triplet rhythms in their rapping, a practice that is known as triplet flow. This paper argues that the prevalence of triplet flow is one of the most aurally salient features of contemporary hip hop, and exemplifies the popularity and influence of the Atlanta-centred g...

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Good things come in threes: triplet flow in recent hip-hop music

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2307346668

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2307346668

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0261-1430

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1474-0095

DOI

10.1017/S026114301900028X

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