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[North Star]

The Largest Vocabulary in Hip Hop

"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.
# of Unique words used within artist’s first 35,000 lyrics"

[North Star]

I see I'm not the only one who thinks Stocky's room is like foreign country compared to the rest of GMG 

Yea .. Maconie speaks his mind .. you gotta love that. Welcome abroad.

[EigenUser]

I see I'm not the only one who thinks Stocky's room is like foreign country compared to the rest of GMG 

Haha, that's really funny. I totally missed that!

I think James' goal is to round us all up in there and send the spaceship to Sirius. Stockhausen's final piece -- a true opus posthumous.

[Karl Henning]

I see I'm not the only one who thinks Stocky's room is like foreign country compared to the rest of GMG 

Aye, the land of running/stagnant water!

[Ken B]

Aye, the land of running/stagnant water!

Indeed it is the thread for oxymorons.
Stockhausen's music is like that 

[EigenUser]

Why is GMG showing "Cool Coffee Machines" at the top Amazon banner so much recently (instead of "Really Big Boxes" or "Recently Discussed", etc)? Is this the new listening trend? I mean, I love modern music, but don't we have to draw the line somewhere and have at least some standards and discriminating tastes?

Seriously, though, is anyone else seeing this?

Edit: Maybe it's because I posted this recently --

I also wonder how many members of NARAS who voted for this disc actually listened to it (or anything in the classical category, for that matter). This collection—excuse me, compendium—contains some of the composer's gnarliest music. Fonogrammi, Anaklasis, Partita, and De natura sonoris I consist almost entirely of noise—often wonderful, imaginative noise, but noise nonetheless. When listening to De natura sonoris I, for example, I was so captivated by a strange percussive sound that I went back to listen to it again—only to find it missing. Turns out on closer examination that it was the ice maker in my refrigerator dumping cubes into the hopper. It fit perfectly into the texture of the piece. Indeed, if Mr. Penderecki is listening, I strongly recommend that he consider scoring his next work for a Bosch side-by-side refrigerator-freezer with automatic ice dispenser in the freezer door. It's amazingly musical. - See more at: http://www.classicstoday.com/review/naxos-penderecki-grammy-winner/#sthash.jiZMUf9D.dpuf

[North Star]

This is a highly debatable thought.

The best usually are 

It assumes, I guess, for instance, "the banality of evil".

I certainly agree that not every deed has beauty, although every deed, no matter how bad, has the potential of creating more beauty, too.

[Ken B]

every deed, no matter how bad, has the potential of creating more beauty, too.

You have never watched Gigli I take it.

[North Star]

You have never watched Gigli I take it.

"The violent story about how a criminal lesbian, a tough-guy hit-man with a heart of gold, and a mentally challenged man came to be best friends through a hostage" with Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez? OK, I see that this movie must be a perfect counter to my statement. Unless perhaps someone realized, seeing this, that movies could be better..

[Wakefield]

The best usually are.

Oh, yes, I said "debatable", but I was just avoiding to be rude. 

[North Star]

Oh, yes, I said "debatable", but I was just avoiding to be rude. 

Would you think it to be rude of me if I wrote here what I thought about replies like 'I was just avoiding to be rude'?  0:)
Again, I don't think Confucius was referring to the Holocaust, or any action, but physical objects.

[EigenUser]

Why is GMG showing "Cool Coffee Machines" at the top Amazon banner so much recently (instead of "Really Big Boxes" or "Recently Discussed", etc)? Is this the new listening trend? I mean, I love modern music, but don't we have to draw the line somewhere and have at least some standards and discriminating tastes?

Seriously, though, is anyone else seeing this?

*ahem*

Not important, but I'm so curious every time I see that banner.

Apparently, this is a really cool coffee machine:

[Ken B]

*ahem*

Not important, but I'm so curious every time I see that banner.

Apparently, this is a really cool coffee machine:

There's a Stockhausen concerto for that one.

[Wakefield]

Would you think it to be rude of me if I wrote here what I thought about replies like 'I was just avoiding to be rude'?  0:)
Again, I don't think Confucius was referring to the Holocaust, or any action, but physical objects.

I know, kindness is highly undervalued these days. O tempora, o mores.

It wasn't your original argument, but I guess it's a nice emergency exit.   

[North Star]

I know, kindness is highly undervalued these days. O tempora, o mores.

It wasn't your original argument, but I guess it's a nice emergency exit.   

My 'original argument' was that I agree regarding deeds, and that Confucius' words make more sense if Everything = every thing.

[Wakefield]

My 'original argument' was that I agree regarding deeds, and that Confucius' words make more sense if Everything = every thing.

Perfect! I don't want an argument. I agree on everything, every thing. 

[North Star]

Perfect! I don't want an argument. I agree on everything, every thing. 

I'm glad we have settled this thing.

[Karl Henning]

There's a Stockhausen concerto for that one.

Concerto? That's a recent photograph of Stockhausen.

[EigenUser]

Concerto? That's a recent photograph of Stockhausen.

He really let himself go, didn't he?

[EigenUser]

Why is GMG showing "Cool Coffee Machines" at the top Amazon banner so much recently (instead of "Really Big Boxes" or "Recently Discussed", etc)? [...]

Seriously, though, is anyone else seeing this?

More agitated, yet still politely: *ahem*