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Author: Martin Connor

Martin Connor is a music teacher & writer from Philadelphia, PA, with a music degree of high distinction from Duke University who is currently studying for a master’s degree at Brandeis University in Boston, MA, while focusing his research on the vocal melodies of the rap genre. He has contributed freelance articles to HipHopDX, Complex, and Pigeons and Planes, and had multiple articles from his website, www.RapAnalysis.com go viral on BET, The Source, XXL, and MTV. He teaches rap lessons online through the music school LessonFace, and has a book, The Artistry Of Rap Music, forthcoming from the McFarland Publishing House, scheduled for release in late 2017, as a follow-up to his 2014 contribution to their anthology "Eminem & Rap, Poetry, Race." He welcomes all comments, compliments, insults, and restaurant suggestions at [email protected].
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Rap Music Analysis #4 – The Rapping Voice As (An Extremely Expressive) Instrument

by Martin Connor / April 3, 2015

If you enjoyed my posts about specific and particular verses in rap, breaking down and analyzing common areas with the …

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Rap Music Analysis #11 – Mos Def’s Block Rhyming

by Martin Connor / April 2, 2015

Time for another analysis. This one goes out to all my new followers on Twitter, as well as Jean Grae, …

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#12 Rap Music Analysis – Big Sean’s Signature Flow

by Martin Connor / March 30, 2015

This rap music analysis may take some of my readers to musical horizons that they have not seen before. In …

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Rap Analysis #13 – How To Make a Pitbull Song

by Martin Connor / March 29, 2015

Today I decided to take a look at someone who’s really popular, Pitbull. Rather than going over his flow, like …

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Hip Hop Headlines Support

by Martin Connor / March 26, 2015

The “Hip Hop Headlines” app, from www.RapAnalysis.com, is easy to use. Just tap any of the rapper’s name on the …

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Rate This App!

by Martin Connor / March 26, 2015

Do it! Right effin’ now! Rate on iTunes Rate on Google Play

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Share The Hip Hop Headlines App!

by Martin Connor / March 22, 2015

#share-buttons img { width: 75px; padding: 5px; border: 0; box-shadow: 0; display: inline; } Share the iTunes app:     …

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Donate For The Hip Hop Headlines

by Martin Connor / March 19, 2015

What’s up! My name’s Martin Connor, a 20-something freelance writer and musician from Philly, PA, and it is I who …

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Rap Music Analysis – Kendrick Lamar – Rigamortis, Pt. 2

by Martin Connor / March 16, 2015

*This article is a continuation of the first part of how to listen to “Rigamortis,” which you can read here. You …

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Rap Music Analysis – Kendrick Lamar – “Rigamortis”

by Martin Connor / March 16, 2015

All of the rappers in my own personal Top 10 are unique and special in their own way, just like …

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