Eminem released his iTunes “celebrity playlist” on December 12, 2006. These are the elemental speeds of all the songs contained thereon.
“Fight Music”
track #1
performer=D12
album=Devil’s Night
Genre according to iTunes=Hip-Hop/Rap
Eminem’s comment regarding choice= “The title says it all. A brawling song for Detroit and beyond.”
a) mean speed/average tempo/median velocity=89.6 beats per minute,
b) mean-emotion according to the meanspeed music conjecture=enthusiasm,
c) average beat length=670 milliseconds
d) corresponding pitch=382.30 hertz, 56 cents above F#4/Gb4=369.994 hertz, 44 cents below G4=391.995 hertz.
“What Up Gangsta”
track #2
performer=50 Cent
album=Get Rich Or Die Tryin’
Genre according to iTunes=Hip-Hop/Rap
Eminem’s comment regarding choice= “The energy you feel when this song comes on makes you want to punch someone. Hard. But don’t do it.”
a) mean speed/average tempo/median velocity=82.5 beats per minute,
b) mean-emotion according to the meanspeed music conjecture=loneliness,
c) average beat length=727 milliseconds
d) corresponding pitch=352.19 hertz, 14 cents above F4=349.228 hertz, 86 cents below F#4/Gb4=369.994 hertz.
“Natural Born Killaz”
track #3
performer=Dr. Dre & Ice Cube
album= Murder Was The Case, soundtrack to the original motion picture
Genre according to iTunes=Soundtrack
Eminem’s comment regarding choice= “You feel like jumping out of the window when this song comes on. It’s totally insane.”
a) mean speed/average tempo/median velocity=91.0 beats per minute,
b) mean-emotion according to the meanspeed music conjecture=enthusiasm,
c) average beat length=659 milliseconds
d) corresponding pitch=388.47 hertz, 84 cents above F#4/Gb4=369.994 hertz, 16 cents below G4=391.995 hertz.
Track #4
“Smack My Bitch Up”
performer=The Prodigy
album=The Fat Of The Land
Genre according to iTunes=Electronic
Eminem’s comment regarding choice= “I’ll plead the 5th.”
a) mean speed/average tempo/median velocity=136.4 beats per minute,
b) mean-emotion according to the meanspeed music conjecture=fast, 2.27 beats per second,
c) average beat length=440 milliseconds,
d) corresponding pitch=581.86 hertz, 83 cents above C#5/Db5=554.365 hertz, 17 cents below D5=587.330 hertz.
The meanspeed music conjecture is summarized on the Newman Stand Tempo Scale, pictured here
