May-December by Mos Def Song Details

Mos Def's ' "May-December" was released on its scheduled release date, October 12, 1999. May-December is considered explicit and may contain foul language. This song is about 3 minutes and 29 seconds, which is about the average length of a typical song. The song is number 17 out of 17 in Black On Both Sides by Mos Def. Going off of the ISRC code of this track, we detected that the origin of this track is from United States. In terms of popularity, May-December is currently average in popularity. The overall tone is very danceable, especially with its high energy, which produces more of a euphoric, cheerful, or happy vibe.

BPM and Tempo

The tempo marking of May-December by Mos Def is Andante (at a walking pace), since this song has a tempo of 92 BPM. With that information, we can conclude that the song has a slow tempo. This song can go great with yoga or pilates. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of B Minor. This also means that this song has a camelot key of 10A. So, the perfect camelot match for 10A would be either 10A or 9B. While, a low energy boost can consist of either 10B or 11A. For moderate energy boost, you would use 7A and a high energy boost can either be 12A or 5A. However, if you are looking for a low energy drop, finding a song with a camelot key of 9A would be a great choice. Where 1A would give you a moderate drop, and 8A or 3A would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 1B allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-7.408 dB
Acousticness
2%
Danceability
82%
Energy
68%
Instrumentalness
84%
Liveness
5%
Loudness
88%
Speechiness
5%
Valence
61%

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ISRC
USRW50200240
Label
L-M Records/RCA Records