Despite the forum’s thoughts that rap is crap, there is an art to it.

In Hamilton, there’s a song called Guns and Ships, in which the character Lafayette raps 6.4 words a second (in a French accent).
https://youtu.be/0D3zz6byFT4
Broadway actor Daveed Diggs says Guns and Ships is “medium fast”; his song Taking Off apparently gets to 9.4 words a second. https://youtu.be/dwUWTut1bh4

According to Guinness world records, the fastest rap is Eminem’s Godzilla.
in which he raps 7.5 words a second.
https://youtu.be/SmBzqkgdH9I (from 2.57).
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/620871-fastest-rap-in-a-no-1-single
Eminem is a very fast rapper, having held the record for previous raps Rap God, and a bit on a Nicki Minaj song.

For the Australian production of Hamilton, Victory Ndukwe said this about learning the Guns and Ships rap, “I had to have little sessions where I would take little bits of the song and break it down and just say it over and over, so I could get my tongue used to moving that fast.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-27/hamilton-musical-meet-the-australian-cast/100029806

Which brings me to my actual question: how fast is humanly possible? With Godzilla, the words are similar to hold both rhythm and theme. Is it the similarity of words that encourage speed? Taking Off doesn’t have that similarity but doesn’t sound as fast either.

(Although I can’t sing it, I can lip sync Satisfied, also from Hamilton, as long as I don’t think about it. Relying on muscle memory, as it were. It’s only 5 words per second.
Original: https://youtu.be/InupuylYdcY from 2.10)

Divine Angel said:

Despite the forum’s thoughts that rap is crap, there is an art to it.

In Hamilton, there’s a song called Guns and Ships, in which the character Lafayette raps 6.4 words a second (in a French accent).
https://youtu.be/0D3zz6byFT4
Broadway actor Daveed Diggs says Guns and Ships is “medium fast”; his song Taking Off apparently gets to 9.4 words a second. https://youtu.be/dwUWTut1bh4

According to Guinness world records, the fastest rap is Eminem’s Godzilla.
in which he raps 7.5 words a second.
https://youtu.be/SmBzqkgdH9I (from 2.57).
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/620871-fastest-rap-in-a-no-1-single
Eminem is a very fast rapper, having held the record for previous raps Rap God, and a bit on a Nicki Minaj song.

For the Australian production of Hamilton, Victory Ndukwe said this about learning the Guns and Ships rap, “I had to have little sessions where I would take little bits of the song and break it down and just say it over and over, so I could get my tongue used to moving that fast.”
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-27/hamilton-musical-meet-the-australian-cast/100029806

Which brings me to my actual question: how fast is humanly possible? With Godzilla, the words are similar to hold both rhythm and theme. Is it the similarity of words that encourage speed? Taking Off doesn’t have that similarity but doesn’t sound as fast either.

(Although I can’t sing it, I can lip sync Satisfied, also from Hamilton, as long as I don’t think about it. Relying on muscle memory, as it were. It’s only 5 words per second.
Original: https://youtu.be/InupuylYdcY from 2.10)

after getting that COVID-19 vaccine, we’re getting data speeds of 20 Gbps, so that should be pretty good

it did cost us in becoming autistic though

I find some rap is good, but most is not. It seems like some are trying to sing as fast as they can, it might be interesting to check vocal speeds every year.

I don’t know that the forum has a defined opinion on rap.

I’m not a big fan myself, but I note that the time required to rap 100 words at top speed is about the same as the time required to run 100 m.

A coincidence?

I think not.

The Rev Dodgson said:

I’m not a big fan myself, but I note that the time required to rap 100 words at top speed is about the same as the time required to run 100 m.

That’s an interesting observation. Rap and Run could well become a new Olympic event.

Speedy said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I’m not a big fan myself, but I note that the time required to rap 100 words at top speed is about the same as the time required to run 100 m.

That’s an interesting observation. Rap and Run could well become a new Olympic event.

I have a question.

Who is the world’s fastest rap singer?

Speedy said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

I’m not a big fan myself, but I note that the time required to rap 100 words at top speed is about the same as the time required to run 100 m.

That’s an interesting observation. Rap and Run could well become a new Olympic event.

There are too many events at the Olympics already. Maybe running could be abolished.

To my mind the main merit of rap is in the wordplay and polysyllabic rhyme, being a wordy kind of person myself.
But a well-done delivery can also be pleasing.

This lass does Godzilla at 125% speed. The original is at 10.65 syllables per second, so she’s going about 13.3 syllables per second: about 800 syllables per minute.

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSJBwkFfn/

> Which brings me to my actual question: how fast is humanly possible.

It’s in the guiness book of records, fastest talking of understandable words.

“Steve Woodmore can rapidly articulate at a rate of 637 words per minute. That is four times faster than the average human.”