gpt-2 raps

A neural rap lyrics generator powered by GPT-2, ported from gpt-2-poetry by @kcimc.

Example

Demo running here.

Setup

• R, geniusr for sourcing original lyrics from Genius

• Python, GPT-2 for generating lyrics (follow these installation instructions for GPT-2)

Contents

Input:

• Genius song IDs stored in genius_song_ids.txt

src:

• 00_requirements.R installs/loads required R libraries

• 01_get-raps.R gets lyrics from Genius for tracks in genius_song_ids.txt, then exports to text files

• 02_gen-raps.ipynb makes new lyrics based on random chunks from existing lyrics and seed words (should be run from your gpt-2/src/ directory)

Output:

• [0-9].txt lyrics as text files (generated by 01_get-raps.R)

• lyrics.json all original lyrics as JSON

• generated.json all generated lyrics as JSON

index.html houses the demo app.