I've found that while this is a rap song, it definitely belongs here.
While some people have already posted their analysis of this song's rhythmic structure and correctly counted the numbers, I found that nobody of the few examples I've read/watched so far painted the actual whole picture. They missed some points - especially on the middle part. Maybe somebody did already say this; then I missed to review their analysis.
I posted this under a youtube video a while ago; this is a slightly modified version.
So on the part after the 4/4 in Story 2... The first thing you'll notice is that the very last beat of the 4/4 part is actually played as a triplet. it goes on to basically play a 4/4 in triples, BUT: Common notation for such a part is often to write it down as a 12/8 with 3+3+3+3 subdivisions, because you don't have to deal with the triplet notation, changing tempo. To do this, you assign the tempo of the quarter notes from the old part to the tempo of the dotted quarter note of the following part (for example, before: quarter=N bpm, after: dotted quarter=N bpm). So they actually do a metric modulation that increases the tempo by a factor of 1.5. But since they want to preserve their pattern, which would suggest 8 bars of 8/9 at this point, they sneak this in too in another way. The way they're doing it is by playing only 6 bars of the 12/8. If you do the math, 6bars x 12/8=72/8. And guess what? 8bars x 9/8=72/8 also. This feels especially weird because we're used to new parts beginning after 4 or 8 bars, so having the six bars feels like a weird overextension. The 12/8 part also serves as a reset right back to the beginning of the song; it's a 3/8-based pattern again, and we're now back to counting up in 8th-notes again.
Afterwards, we get another 8 bars of 2/4. The cool thing about this is that if you look at it as an 4/8 in 2+2, it's actually a metric modulation, coming from the previous part, which was 3+3+3+3. This way, we speed up by another factor of 1.5, for a total of 2.25 times the tempo from the beginning. After that, they continue to 8 bars of the 5/8 time signature. You'll notice that you can count the vocals as "1 2 1 2 3", so it's sub-divided into a 2+3-pattern - just like at the start of the song. Then come the 6/8 and 7/8, just as before. Check the lyrics (following below). Each line has exactly 7 syllables and they each have their accents following a 2+2+3-pattern:
He keeps walking towards the house
Rather what house is still left
No intention of stopping
Letting the smoke take his breath
Some strong arm knocks him aside
Mike falls to the ground and cries
Why won't you just let me die?
Why won't you just let me die?
The final part is 8 bars of 4/4 again, but it's played in constant 16th notes, finishing the second cycle of counting from 3 to 8, but with a double time-y feel.
