Study Suggests That Hip-Hop Makes Cheese Taste Better

Pair your emmental with A Tribe Called Quest

It’s already been said that music helps plants to grow faster — now, a new Swiss study suggests that you can improve cheese by playing it some hip-hop. The research from Bern University of Arts tested the effects of different styles of music on the taste, smell, and texture of cheese. Eight wheels of emmental were subjected to various tunes, played on repeat for long periods (a ninth wheel was left in silence). The chosen music included Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven,” Mozart’s Magic Flute opera, and A Tribe Called Quest album We Got It From Here. The music was “injected” straight into the cheese via transmitters, instead of just blasting a speaker in the direction of the wheels — and it turns out that cheese and beats are a good match, with researchers noting big taste differences in the wheel that listened to Tribe. The next step? Playing hip-hop to different styles of cheese.

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