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Literary elites love to rep Shakespeare’s vocabulary: across his entire corpus, he uses 28,829 words, suggesting he knew over 100,000 words and arguably had the largest vocabulary, ever.
I decided to compare this data point against the most famous artists in hip hop. I used each artist’s first 35,000 lyrics. That way, prolific artists, such as Jay-Z, could be compared to newer artists, such as Drake.
The winner? Aesop Rock and The Wu Tang Clan.
The Wu Tang Clan aint nothin' ta fuck wit!
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Check the full thing out. I don't know what it says about me that I'm a)super proud to be a Wu Tang fan, and b)fascinated with the results.
The Largest Vocabulary in Hip Hop
If you are going to impose your will on the world, you must have control over what you believe.
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