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Originally Posted by willravel
[Poetry]'s how I see it, yes.
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Rapping is not meant for the page, and it isn't spoken word, as there is a distinct difference in the delivery. Rap has a much stronger rhythmic quality, and it is often distinguished from spoken word, specifically, as being more musical.
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Originally Posted by willravel
melodic and/or percussive sounds of different pitches organized into structural pieces
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If you analyze rap tonally and using scansion, this is what you will find. Good rappers have a command over the rhythm, tone, and pitch of uttered language as a drummer does over the rhythm of various pitches of percussion. A common connection between the two is found in syncopation. But that's another discussion altogether.