The main tools used in #TheJayZMixtape are Scalar and Voyant.
The project #TheJayZMixtape also used the Illinois Open Publishing Network (IOPN).
Scalar is used to build and organize the project. It lets the content be split into pages that users can click through instead of reading in a straight line. In this project, it is used to display analysis of Jay-Z’s music and themes.
Voyant is used as a text mining software to extract date from Jay Z's 12 studio albums through Genius, this data is then used to create visualizations.
The Illinois Open Publishing Network (IOPN) is the website that hosts the project online and makes it available to the public. It is used by universities to publish digital research projects.
DH connection:these tools support Digital Humanities by allowing research to be organized, presented, and shared in a digital and interactive format that makes cultural analysis more accessible. Scalar and voyant can be used outside of DH.
Documentation assessment:The project is well structured and easy to navigate, but it does not fully explain the technical process behind how the data is analyzed or how all content decisions were made.
