Spoken Word for Sensory Sensitivity

Spoken Word is mostly sensory-safe. 7 of the 32 songs analyzed land in the safe range.

5.4
Avg Intensity
7
Safe
20
Moderate
5
Intense

Safe for sensitive ears (7)

Donda Chant
Kanye West
safe
Whitey on the Moon
Gil Scott-Heron
safe
Comment Number 1
Gil Scott-Heron
safe
H2O Gate Blues
Gil Scott-Heron
safe
Winter in America
Gil Scott-Heron
safe
I'll Take Care of You
Gil Scott-Heron
safe
The Night of Santiago
Leonard Cohen
safe

Controlled — moderate intensity (20)

The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)
The Doors
moderate
Run, Nigger
The Last Poets
moderate
Surprises
The Last Poets
moderate
The Bottle
Gil Scott-Heron
moderate
Lady Day and John Coltrane
Gil Scott-Heron
moderate
B Movie
Gil Scott-Heron
moderate
New York Is Killing Me
Gil Scott-Heron
moderate
Three Miles Down
Gil Scott-Heron
moderate
Who Will Survive in America
Kanye West
moderate
Mr. Intentional
Lauryn Hill
moderate
What's Good (The Thesis)
Lou Reed
moderate
Wave
Patti Smith
moderate
When the Revolution Comes
The Last Poets
moderate
Niggers Are Scared of Revolution
The Last Poets
moderate
Wake Up Niggers
The Last Poets
moderate
White Man's Got a God Complex
The Last Poets
moderate
Two Little Boys
The Last Poets
moderate
Mean Machine
The Last Poets
moderate
Black Thighs
The Last Poets
moderate
Pieces of a Man
Gil Scott-Heron
moderate

Intense — proceed with awareness (5)

We Cry Together
Kendrick Lamar
intense
I'm New Here
Gil Scott-Heron
intense
Me and the Devil
Gil Scott-Heron
intense
We Almost Lost Detroit
Gil Scott-Heron
intense
For Free? (Interlude)
Kendrick Lamar
intense

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