Are rappers modern-day poets?
Posted: 28 October 2004 05:49 AM     [ Ignore ]  
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[quote author=“JMillion”]i thought all music was supposed to be like a form of poetry anyway.

naw man, I’m from Atlanta and I know Lil’ Jon’s music ain’t no poetry.

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Posted: 28 October 2004 05:49 AM   [ # 1 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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Or do you hate it?

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Posted: 28 October 2004 08:18 AM   [ # 2 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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i thought all music was supposed to be like a form of poetry anyway.

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Posted: 28 October 2004 08:18 AM   [ # 3 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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A few rappers are, but the majority are not.

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Posted: 28 October 2004 08:26 AM   [ # 4 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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[quote author=“Pusha C”][quote author=“JMillion”]i thought all music was supposed to be like a form of poetry anyway.

naw man, I’m from Atlanta and I know Lil’ Jon’s music ain’t no poetry.

:lol:  well not ALL. but i guess. yea Lil Jon is just WHAT and OK

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Posted: 28 October 2004 08:29 AM   [ # 5 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]  
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[quote author=“JMillion”][quote author=“Pusha C”][quote author=“JMillion”]i thought all music was supposed to be like a form of poetry anyway.

naw man, I’m from Atlanta and I know Lil’ Jon’s music ain’t no poetry.

:lol:  well not ALL. but i guess. yea Lil Jon is just WHAT and OK

YEAH :oops:

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Posted: 05 November 2004 01:54 PM   [ # 6 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]  
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[quote author=“Pusha C”]A few rappers are, but the majority are not.

So true, ones like Mos Def, Common, Dead Prez, and a few others keep some hope for the future of hip hop, but alot of the stuff that is out there is garbage.

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Posted: 05 November 2004 03:19 PM   [ # 7 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]  
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I’m with dizzle on this one, some of it might be alright, but for the most part, when you change the words and use fake words, it doesn’t count as a rhyme, and poetry is very rarely about “smacking them hoes up”

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Posted: 05 November 2004 03:49 PM   [ # 8 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 8 ]  
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I believe that when rappers make songs and freestyle that it is a form of art. It might not alway be something everyone likes, but everyone has a different way of expressing themselves. I think that any form of music is a for of poetry and art.

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Posted: 05 November 2004 04:11 PM   [ # 9 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 9 ]  
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id definetly consider SOME rap poetry but then again i would also consider a lot of rap NOT poetry

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Posted: 05 November 2004 05:07 PM   [ # 10 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 10 ]  
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I guess some rap isn’t really poetry, it is just kind of sick, but I don’t know. I try to be open minded about a lot of music even though I don’t like all of it.

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Posted: 07 November 2004 11:10 AM   [ # 11 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 11 ]  
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[quote author=“dizzle”][quote author=“Pusha C”]A few rappers are, but the majority are not.

So true, ones like Mos Def, Common, Dead Prez, and a few others keep some hope for the future of hip hop, but alot of the stuff that is out there is garbage.

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Posted: 07 November 2004 11:41 AM   [ # 12 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 12 ]  
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No, cuz I don’t like rap. All rap songs sound almost the same.

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Posted: 07 November 2004 09:37 PM   [ # 13 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 13 ]  
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hip hop is mostly poetry, rap is not

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