# Bob Rum — Rap do Silva

Bob Rum’s Rap do Silva (1995) appears on 2 of our lists — Baile Funk and Dancing to Bad News, highest at No. 2 in Baile Funk. Every verdict, in full.

- **Released:** 1995
- **On:** Baile Funk and Dancing to Bad News
- **Updated:** 2026-08-31
- **Artist:** [Bob Rum](https://waxonia.com/artist/bob-rum/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/bob-rum--rap-do-silva/

## What 2 lists say

### No. 2 in [Baile Funk](https://waxonia.com/genre/baile-funk/)

A narrative about a boy killed by the police, and one of the first funk records to reach national radio. It was banned from some stations for exactly that.

### Picked by [Dancing to Bad News](https://waxonia.com/theme/dancing-to-bad-news/)

A boy shot by the police, told over the plainest baile beat there is, and it reached national radio before some stations banned it for the story rather than the noise. The party rhythm is what got it heard at all.

## Analysis

6 sections, the first drop at 0:18, 8% of the way in.

- **Tempo:** 129.2 BPM — holds throughout
- **Dynamic range:** 7 dB — moderate range, typical of a modern master
- **Length:** 3:40

- `0:00` A · **intro**, sung — opens the record below its own average energy — playing: vocals
- `0:18` B · **peak** (bar 10), sung — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, vocals
- `0:31` B · **peak** (bar 17), sung — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, vocals
- `2:39` B · **peak** (bar 86), sung — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, vocals
- `3:16` B · **breakdown** (bar 106), sung — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning — playing: drums, vocals
- `3:26` A · **outro** (bar 111), instrumental — the closing fall — playing: drums

**Drop** at 0:18 (bar 10). A drop is a moment, not a stretch.

**What is playing.** Separated into parts by a source-separation model, so each lane is the instrument it names.

- **drums:** the drum kit, separated from the mix
- **bass:** the bass part, separated from the mix
- **vocals:** the voice, separated from the mix
- **other:** everything else — synths, guitars, keys, strings

Measured from the YouTube master on 2026-08-29. Section labels describe how the energy
moves, not musical form. Anything we were not confident enough to state is omitted
rather than hedged.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Bob%20Rum%20Rap%20do%20Silva) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=vlZ9MGgC1NI)

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