Episode 4 - When and who in rap (ft. Kjell Andreas Oddekalv)

Interview with postdoctoral fellow Kjell Andreas Oddekalv on bending music theory, microtiming, and production analysis for rap research. [Interview date 2026-06-16] 

• [0:47] Background 
• [5:50] Music Theory 
• [7:46] Research 
• [9:15] Terminology 
• [10:57] Lineation vs. Meter 
• [13:11] Dopeness 
• [14:42] Microtiming 
• [23:19] Chimericity 
• [29:11] Chicken & Egg 
• [33:11] Working at RITMO 

Links 

• Oddekalv, K. A. (2022). Surrender to the flow: Metre on metre or verse in verses? Lineation through rhyme in rap flows. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv371cp40.15
• Oddekalv, K. A. (2024). Rap as composite auditory streams: Techniques and approaches for chimericity through layered vocal production in hip-hop, and their aesthetic implications. In Innovation in Music: Cultures and Contexts (pp. 60-74). Focal Press. DOI:10.4324/9781003462101-5/