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How do we know what gadgets are trendy? From all the product placements we see in songs and music videos of course. And the best genre to find all these, is in rap music.

RapGenius's new RapStats will show you what has been trending for a while now already. They have a massive database of lyrics from hip hop songs. Just type in a word and it will show you how often a ter has showed up in songs over the years.

AllThingsD charted some below but there are a lot more too. Check it out below:

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[RapStats via AllThingsD]