Jay-Z, "Prelude," from Kingdom Come, meanemotion=Renewal, meanspeed=84.8 beats per minute

Jay-Z released his new album Kingdom Come last week, and we at Meanspeed Music Trust purchased the album in its entirety on iTunes and hence begin a journey of the new Jay-Z speeds. The first track is called "Prelude" and was written by B. Hughes, M. James & Shawn Carter. The self defined "master hustler disguised as a rapper" announces that he is renewed in a song that happens to fall in the speed of renewal (85-89 beats per minute).

The Meanspeed measured speed frequencies of Prelude are:
meanspeed=84.8 beats per minute.
meanemotion=Renewal
meanphase= 1.41 beats per second.
meanspace=707 milliseconds between beats.
meanpitch=361.86 Hertz, 61 cents above F4=349.228 Hertz, 39 cents below Gb4/F#4=369.994 Hertz.

Ian Schneider
November 29, 2006
New York City