Jay-Z, "Oh My God," meanspeed=83.1 beats per minute, meanemotion=Loneliness

Jay-Z released his new album Kingdom Come last week, and we at Meanspeed Music Trust purchased the album in its entirety on iTunes. The second track is called "Oh My God" and was written by Gregg Allman, J. Smith & Shawn Carter and sounds like a sample from Whippin' Post for the Allman Brothers band was used as the harmonic base of Jay-Z's song.

The speed frequencies of "Oh My God" by Jay-Z are:
meanspeed=83.1 beats per minute.
meanemotion=Loneliness.
meanphase= 1.385 beats per second.
meanspace=722 milliseconds between beats.
meanpitch=354.512 Hertz, 25 cents above F4=349.228 Hertz, 75 cents below Gb4/F#4=369.994 Hertz.

Ian Schneider
November 30, 2006
New York City

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

iTunes SINGLE OF THE WEEK: "The Becoming," Little Brother, meanemotion=enthusiasm, meanspeed=90.0 beats per minute

This week, the iTunes "SINGLE OF THE WEEK"--a weekly free download provided courtesy of iTunes, is from the second album, called 'The Minstrel Show,' by the group Little Brother. The genre is "hip-hop/rap" and the song was released today. For more about how iTunes came to choose the song, and to get the song without paying for it, simply go to iTunes or hit this hypertext.

The meanspeed frequencies for “The Becoming” are:
meanspeed=90.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=Enthusiasm
meanspace=0.666667 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.50000 beats per second
meanpitch=384.000 hertz, 64 cents higher than F#4/Gb4=391.995 hertz, 36 cents lower than G4=391.995 hertz.

Ian Schneider
November 28, 2006
NYC