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Epic Rap Battles of Modern Art

ANSWER: SPICING

Author: Charles Steinhardt

The MP3 file contains seven pairs of songs, with a few appearing multiple times. Each of the song titles has a word in common with the title of a Christo and Jeanne-Claude work, another sort of (w)rap, and the first two include their best-known wraps, the Reichstag and Pont Neuf:

  • (WRAPPED) REICHSTAG (1995) vs. RUNNING (FENCE, 1976)
  • (THE) PONT (NEUF WRAPPED, 1985) vs. (WRAPPED) COAST (1969)
  • SURROUNDED (ISLANDS, 1983) vs. OCEAN (FRONT, 1974)
  • (THE) FLOATING (PIERS, 2016) vs. BIG AIR (PACKAGE, 2013)
  • (WRAPPED) WALK (WAYS, 1978) vs. (WRAPPED) COAST (1969)
  • (THE) GATES (2005) vs. (THE) UMBRELLAS (1991)
  • (THE) GATES (2005) vs. (WRAPPED) TREES (1998)

These pairs of works are 19, 16, 9, 3, 9, 14, and 7 years apart, respectively, cluing the answer, SPICING.