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November 14, 2007
Your World In Charts: Rap Edition
There are many more. I'm pretty sure this is why the internet -- and, for that matter, Microsoft Excel -- was invented.
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I'm pretty sure this is the original source. Everyone seems to like the milkshake one. I prefer the Big Pun one ...
Posted by: Nicholas Beaudrot | Nov 14, 2007 11:05:14 PM
I love the bar graph showing the allocation of Jay-Z's problems between "bitches" and "other". There seem to be a lot in the latter category. 99, in fact.
Posted by: Minipundit | Nov 14, 2007 11:12:45 PM
I do like the relationship between money and problems... though "milkshake" is good, too... :)
Posted by: weboy | Nov 14, 2007 11:43:55 PM
Tufte would be proud.
Posted by: Becks | Nov 15, 2007 12:31:31 AM
The underlying data does not always agree with the charts you have posted. For example, the ordinate and abscissa labels are reversed on "Relationship Between Money and Problems"; and there is an obvious bias which could be easily controlled for on "It's like". None of these are Microsoft's fault--and that, in itself, is an unprecedented finding.
Posted by: NrothgalOfTheNorth | Nov 15, 2007 1:18:09 AM
The underlying data does not always agree with the charts you have posted. For example, the ordinate and abscissa labels are reversed on "Relationship Between Money and Problems"; and there is an obvious bias which could be easily controlled for on "It's like". None of these are Microsoft's fault--and that, in itself, is an unprecedented finding.
Posted by: NrothgalOfTheNorth | Nov 15, 2007 1:18:40 AM
There is also the argument that the money and problems relationship should be exponential.
Posted by: Cain | Nov 15, 2007 1:29:38 AM
it was funnier the first time, when i saw it on http://www.the-isb.com/?p=136
and come on, couldnt you randomize those data points so that it doesnt look so damn contrived? you need a linear regression there on the money/problems graph. and who determined the scaling of the freakin x and y axes!?!
Posted by: rageahol | Nov 15, 2007 1:49:05 AM
I'm getting frakin' old. If it was made in this decade, I didn't understand the reference.
Posted by: Kolohe | Nov 15, 2007 1:50:33 AM
Wow, Kol. That 'this/that' graph is, I'm assuming, referencing a song that was out when I was in 6th grade :/. That was over a decade ago...
Posted by: soullite | Nov 15, 2007 7:25:24 AM
"There is also the argument that the money and problems relationship should be exponential."
I think Minipundit and Zeitlin figured that one out; it's more likely logistic. Kids and their math--whatever happened to straight chillin'?
Posted by: Corey | Nov 15, 2007 8:42:26 AM
Not sure how to convey this in a chart format, but I always preferred "Lots of money brings lots of problems, but no money -- now that's a problem!"
Posted by: DavidS | Nov 15, 2007 9:33:20 AM
#2 would be better as a Venn Diagram.
Posted by: Jason C. | Nov 15, 2007 10:23:22 AM
soulite-
what i meant to say was, i really only got the joke on the ones that were based on works from 90's, (or were very mainstream like the 'trailer park individuals'). I never have even heard of, say, tech n9ne. otoh, i'm not much into hip hop.
Posted by: Kolohe | Nov 15, 2007 10:35:13 AM
My personal favorite is the bar chart showing that I've Got More Rhymes Than The Bible's Got Psalms.
Old or new, I still think it's pretty damn funny.
Excuse me, I've got to go jump around now.
Posted by: ajw_93 | Nov 15, 2007 12:42:21 PM
Things you can touch and things you can't is good as well.
Posted by: Dilan Esper | Nov 15, 2007 4:07:55 PM
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