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#2 05-30-2013, 08:51 PM

In summary, I don't really see rap as a form of poetry or a demonstration of art. I think it's exactly what it says on the tin, and it's guys spitting bars on music. The how to rap books and everything are over complicated and give false illusions of what rap is.

For anyone in UK/Ireland, I believe there was a TV show on Channel 4 called Life of Rhyme, where it showed a school teaching Devlin lyrics to a class. I thought this was JUST a way for the school to be "down with the kids", and comparing Devlin's lyrics to even a simple piece of poetry like Elizabeth Bishop's "The Trout" shows the big contrast in rap and actual poetry.

05-30-2013, 08:51 PM

In summary, I don't really see rap as a form of poetry or a demonstration of art. I think it's exactly what it says on the tin, and it's guys spitting bars on music. The how to rap books and everything are over complicated and give false illusions of what rap is.

For anyone in UK/Ireland, I believe there was a TV show on Channel 4 called Life of Rhyme, where it showed a school teaching Devlin lyrics to a class. I thought this was JUST a way for the school to be "down with the kids", and comparing Devlin's lyrics to even a simple piece of poetry like Elizabeth Bishop's "The Trout" shows the big contrast in rap and actual poetry.

05-30-2013, 08:51 PM	#2
Hubert Cumberdale Guest Voted: 0 audio / 0 text Posts: n/a Mentioned: Post(s) Tagged: Thread(s)	In summary, I don't really see rap as a form of poetry or a demonstration of art. I think it's exactly what it says on the tin, and it's guys spitting bars on music. The how to rap books and everything are over complicated and give false illusions of what rap is. For anyone in UK/Ireland, I believe there was a TV show on Channel 4 called Life of Rhyme, where it showed a school teaching Devlin lyrics to a class. I thought this was JUST a way for the school to be "down with the kids", and comparing Devlin's lyrics to even a simple piece of poetry like Elizabeth Bishop's "The Trout" shows the big contrast in rap and actual poetry.