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Title: Snoop is the most connected rapper
Post by: NFX on December 09, 2005, 01:44:58 PM
According to an article which describes a study of rapper collaborations, Snoop is the most connected rapper.

Full Article: http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051205/pf/051205-8_pf.html

Excerpt:

All the same, says Reginald Smith of the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the rap world is not an unfriendly place. As with other human networks, collaborations between rappers bring them together into their own small community. On average, any two artists chosen at random can be linked by a chain of collaborations involving three other people - in other words, they are connected by three degrees of separation.

Smith says that rap music is particularly noted for its collaborative nature; many solo performers or members of rap groups make guest appearances on each other's recordings. In this respect, rap exhibits the same spirit as early jazz, where musicians had on average less than two degrees of separation.

He finds that on average it takes a chain of just 2.9 people in the network to connect one rapper to another; that is, three degrees of separation. This compares with 2.5 people for the network of movie actors (popularized in the Kevin Bacon game ), 3.6 for company board directors3, and 5.9 for collaborations between high-energy physicists.

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And who is the most highly connected rapper? It's Snoop Dogg, naturally, who seems to have justified the title of his 1999 album No Limit Top Dogg.





Title: Re: Snoop is the most connected rapper
Post by: WestCoasta on December 09, 2005, 01:49:25 PM
Bigg Frogg
Title: Re: Snoop is the most connected rapper
Post by: Z the laidback Virus on December 09, 2005, 03:55:47 PM
It's a fact that Snoop has probably worked with the most artists of any rapper. I'd say only Dr. Dre and Jay-Z come close.
Title: Re: Snoop is the most connected rapper
Post by: DatNiggaDazisBack on December 09, 2005, 07:29:51 PM
He's laidback and rarely like to beef, so of course, and he is talented
Title: Re: Snoop is the most connected rapper
Post by: Twentytwofifty on December 09, 2005, 08:01:25 PM
I'd say between Snoop and Jay-Z they could connect with just about anyone in hip-hop with one call.
Title: Re: Snoop is the most connected rapper
Post by: WestCoasta on December 09, 2005, 08:02:13 PM
E-40 has worked with a lot
Title: Re: Snoop is the most connected rapper
Post by: .:Hercy Buggz:. on December 09, 2005, 08:25:43 PM
E-40 has worked with a lot


Snoop Worked with EVERYBODY from reggae , rap, rock, r&B, reggaeton,pop he did it all i think
Title: Re: Snoop is the most connected rapper
Post by: Knoshen on December 09, 2005, 08:32:29 PM
E-40 has worked with a lot
shut up you cunt
Title: Re: Snoop is the most connected rapper
Post by: coola on December 10, 2005, 12:24:04 AM
E-40 has worked with a lot
shut up you cunt

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Title: Re: Snoop is the most connected rapper
Post by: WestCoasta on December 10, 2005, 12:46:01 AM
 :laugh:
Title: Re: Snoop is the most connected rapper
Post by: Darksider on December 10, 2005, 12:47:28 AM
too short has worked with alot people too
Title: Re: Snoop is the most connected rapper
Post by: Paul on December 10, 2005, 04:53:32 AM
nate dogg ?
Title: Re: Snoop is the most connected rapper
Post by: Diggfinger on December 10, 2005, 04:57:48 AM
He's laidback and rarely like to beef, so of course, and he is talented

plus he got mad personality
Title: Re: Snoop is the most connected rapper
Post by: Gotti......Xl on December 10, 2005, 10:52:31 AM
2PAC WAS THE MOST CONNECTED IN THE WORK UNDRGROUND LIKE BOOT CAMP CLICK LITLE PEOPLE
Title: Re: Snoop is the most connected rapper
Post by: Detox Iz Not Active on December 10, 2005, 11:02:08 AM
E-40 has worked with a lot
shut up you cunt


HAHAHAHA
Title: Re: Snoop is the most connected rapper
Post by: Z the laidback Virus on December 10, 2005, 02:22:11 PM
Nate Dogg is a very worthy mention too, but I think he counts as singer rather then rapper..and even when we do count him as rapper,Nate hasn't worked with people outside rap or R&B,whereas Snoop,Jay-Z and Dr. Dre have worked with rock,pop,etc.
Title: Re: Snoop is the most connected rapper
Post by: Matty on December 10, 2005, 02:33:41 PM
don't know if that includes producers but i woulda thought snoop too. who else has worked with dre, primo and big Justin Timberlake.
Title: Re: Snoop is the most connected rapper
Post by: Real American on December 10, 2005, 09:32:06 PM
Here's a good question: what rappers has Snoop NOT worked with.

AS for as I know, he hasn't worked with Nas or Scarface.
Title: Re: Snoop is the most connected rapper
Post by: .:Hercy Buggz:. on December 10, 2005, 09:38:04 PM
Here's a good question: what rappers has Snoop NOT worked with.

AS for as I know, he hasn't worked with Nas or Scarface.

Scarface : World War 3 with jadakiss & Young Wun
Title: Re: Snoop is the most connected rapper
Post by: Meho on December 11, 2005, 02:03:32 AM
He hasnt worked with Nas
Title: Re: Snoop is the most connected rapper
Post by: Paul on December 11, 2005, 06:34:59 AM
lil jon has worked with a gang of artists