Wordy Rappinghood
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"Wordy Rappinghood" is a playful, genre-blending 1981 song by Tom Tom Club that mixes spoken-word rap, catchy pop rhythms, and witty lyrics about language and communication.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wordy Rappinghood canonical | 3 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
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song ⓘ |
| album | Tom Tom Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artist | Tom Tom Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologyPosition | debut single of Tom Tom Club ⓘ |
| composer |
Adrian Belew
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chris Frantz NERFINISHED ⓘ Lani Weymouth NERFINISHED ⓘ Laura Weymouth NERFINISHED ⓘ Steven Stanley NERFINISHED ⓘ Tina Weymouth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| followedBy | Genius of Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format |
12-inch single
ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ |
| genre |
dance-pop
ⓘ
funk ⓘ hip hop ⓘ new wave ⓘ post-disco ⓘ rap ⓘ |
| hasChant | French children’s rhyme-style section ⓘ |
| hasPart |
call-and-response vocals
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percussion break ⓘ rap vocals ⓘ spoken word vocals ⓘ synthesizer riff ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 6 minutes 20 seconds ⓘ |
| lyricist |
Chris Frantz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tina Weymouth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early fusion of new wave and hip hop elements
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mixing spoken-word rap with pop rhythms ⓘ witty lyrics about language ⓘ |
| partOf | Tom Tom Club (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performer | Tom Tom Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
Chris Frantz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Steven Stanley NERFINISHED ⓘ Tina Weymouth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1981 ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Island Records
ⓘ
Sire Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| theme |
communication
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language ⓘ playfulness with language ⓘ power of words ⓘ |
| usesInstrument |
bass guitar
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drum machine ⓘ synthesizer ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.