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Originally Posted by L. Veracity
that's not true...I've written a poem and re-worked it into a song and gotten great feedback from it...rap and poetry are NOT one in the same, but some people can make them stand side-by-side together, it's MY belief that the peson to do this best was Tupac...some people refer to him as a "thug poet" and I believe that's true...to me, poetry is something that conveys images through words and causes you to "feel" through those words whether stated aloud or in written expression...
like I said, the 2 are not the same, but they CAN coincide...a person can have a poetic rap style...50Cent and other rappers as himself rap in a more "straight forward" approach but others that use more metaphors and imagery rather than being boastful, seem (to me) to be poetic with their wording...an example of this would be someone like Talib Kweli...
and it's not about underground or mainstream, it just so happens to be that the mainstream is less opposed to the straight forward approach because it sells better and people that don't listen to rap will understand it better than a person that truely appreciates the actual wording of a Talib Kweli, rather than the hard beats a 50Cent rap on with a braggadocious swagger...
it's all about preference, but like I said, the 2 can be related...
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Pac still wrote poetry, then wrote rap tracks with the same meanings to suit what he was talking about in his poetry. Your right, it can be done to good effect, I was probably a bit harsh on that front.. But rap is still not poetry..
And there are a lot more styles than just commercial 50 cent music and deep poetrical meaning songs..... When I say rapping with straight up language.. I actually didnt have 50 cent on my mind... heh.. I actually had eminem, dre, eazy e, tupac, Louis Logic and rappers of that calibur..
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