Rap~Poetry??

i agree with you, it's just that a lot of rappers always rap about the same thing, so it's not real self expression
that's probably what your parents are thinking of when they think of rap, the guy who rap about alcohol, drugs, sex, guns...and so on and so on

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get some good lyrics from less mainstream hip-hop, like the lyrics for Freedom by J5 are pretty good

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ya there are some songs that apply better to the poetry theory than others


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jigga say wha??


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Rap, originated from poetry.

Black people wanted to apply the rythms from Africa into their newfound faith of Christianity. Their hymns and songs began to reflect it, freedoms songs, same deal. Eventually, rap moved away from purely religious explorations and slowly into the mainstream.

Rap music does have a meter to it, though, unlike poetry, it often changes. That is simply due to the fact that music is filled with a change in 'pace.' The lyrics need to fit that, so the music and words need to flow together.

Yes, yes, you will encounter crap rap - i.e. mainstream junk. But dig a little deeper into people like J5, Talib Kweli, and the Spooks and you'll find some good poetry.

Perhaps your parents don't think it is b/c they never encountered poetry, its not in the form they were taught. But thats rediculous seeing as poetry is a reflection of emotion and emotion changes from culture to culture and emotion to emotion, poetry will come in all types of forms.

nuf said.
-AndrewP

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tell your parents that Bruce Springstein is out and pretending to be ghetto is in.

Moe.
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Why don't you find a rap song that has lyrics that mean something and make the lyrics look like a poem, show it to your parents, and then tell them it is rap. Oh, they will probably be able to figure out what you are doing, but you get the idea.
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i think it stands for r=rythym a=and p=poetry


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you gotta realize though, if rap is poetry, then so is any other kind of music (i.e. punk, heavy metal, even poppy shit)
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sure it is. poetry is defined as anything which violates traditional grammatical rules while conveying a sense of feeling. so even that crappy pop could be dubbed poetry. but hey i never said it was good.
-AndrewP

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word^^ u a smart mother fucker


hoked on foniks wurked fur me.kant u tel?
jigga say wha??


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haha thank you
-AndrewP

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