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If there were rappers out there on the level of Rudyard Kipling, this would be a different conversation. There aren't. The few rappers with some insight or ability are considered to be outstanding because of the field they play in. I'm not talking about TI or Kanyeayie West. I'm talking about 2pac or Mos Def, rappers that are able to reasonably articulate something beyond "I'm an alcoholic", "I enjoy the presence of promiscuous women", "my car is worth more than your house", "I live in a low income area", or "I am a murderer". But really if you compare the artistic abilities of even the best rappers to any poet of merit in history, they fall short in a way that can only be described as "das fucked up, yo".
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