Large Hadron Rap

READ THIS BEFORE YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SOUND QUALITY http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/07/new-youtube-aud.html

Then head over to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM for a version where YouTube fixed the sound.
Rappin' about CERN's Large Hadron Collider!

The sound should be slightly better on this version - we've tried to get round YouTube's new extreme audio dynamic range compression by layering a 20kHz sine wave over the top of the soundtrack. (NB THIS WAS A WORKAROUND DURING THE PROBLEMATIC PERIOD FOR YOUTUBE IN LATE JULY)

Images came from:
particlephysics.ac.uk, space.com, the Institute of Physics, NASA, Symmetry, and Marvel

The talented dancers doubled as camera people, with some work by Neil Dixon. Stock footage is CERN's.

Will Barras is responsible for the killa beats:
http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/~s9527813/

The rapper has a day job (we agree this is a good thing) as a science writer.
http://www.katemcalpine.com

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• LHC
• CERN
• rap
• physics
• particle

[tommyeflight89]

Whoever is complainign about costs vs what the $ could be spent on..

The LHC apparently costs $6 000 000 000

while the war in Iraq ALONE has cost Americans $600 000 000 000 000

oh and Obama has $75 000 000 000 more planned. Shall I continue? This is simply one so called war.  One advences science for the better of the human race, and well the other.. you know..

[AintNothingButAThang]

You have to love the irony of people using the world wide web (developed at CERN) to disparage CERN... no? Just me?

[Gazmus]

Shouldve got Brian Cox on the keys...

[68nerd]

The biggest war here is the Catholic faith - I mean to say - who funded world war 1 and 2? It wasn't Obama.... Try the big brother  -VC

[Jedd41]

thought this said "Large Hardon Rap"

[jk3047]

if only all of particle physics could be explained utilizing fresh rhymes and funky beats...

[baldus63]

@tommyeflight89 I add: a carrier of the last generation costs the same, as 3 (TRE!) B2 Spirit bomber, and ONE WEEK of war in IRAQ/Afghanistan.

[MrBonneBiere]

Scientist rules rap !



[MrBonneBiere]

Scientist rules rap !

[MrBigbrownies]

39 ppl dont know any thing about rap

[worotan]

I enjoyed this so much. Love that you used a bit of It Takes Two, because it takes two particles to collide...