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Originally Posted by willravel
I don't think you're giving the medium enough credit. I suspect that rap could be an instrument of genius, if instrumented by a real maestro; someone with a ton of talent and skill with our language. It's this bar that I set which I suspect is why I am left wanting with the stars or even underground stars of today. Is it wrong to imagine Dylan Thomas being filmed fishbowl with Timbaland in the background repeating every few phrases in the break?
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I see your basic concern, and in many ways, I have the same. As one whose educational background includes poetry, I crave something from the hip-hop genre that I'm not getting. Maybe it exists, but maybe I'm too White and middle-class to know where to find it. Basically, I'd like to see someone with the structural/musical talent of Eminem but with the lyrical talent and cultural sensitivities of Langston Hughes. If hip-hop is to be saved from the gangstas, this is the kind of artist that will do it.
By the by, your Dylan Thomas/Timbaland example is as silly, yet entertaining, as my saying Flood should produce John Williams (the Australian classical guitarist). I smell a maaaash-UP! Where's my Macbook?!
