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Originally Posted by Ysdat

yeh, ok, go from you being wrong about classifying spoken word as hip hop to tryna speak on me personally like you know me.

back to the question at hand.

Spoken word over a beat is not hip hop...

Play this then try tell me you are right in saying spoken word is hip hop.
Spoken word is not hip hop
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Again, people throw the word hip hop around too loosly.

You were the one who innitially changed the subject..

& I'm not interested in playing some crappy spoken word you found in an attempt to prove a point..

Try listening to shit like Immortal Technique - The philosophy of poverty.. Thats some tight spoken word.

And just to prove to you how I'm not wrong...

You know what hip hop is. The culture of Graffing, turntables, breakdancing, beatboxing and rapping (or emceeing).

Now to define rapping.. As you have said in the past, rap lyrics are a form of poetry. Poetry is nothing more than writing words in a verse structure to be recited by a reader.

Therefore, spoken word, which is the art of writing somewhat of a speech over a beat and performing this.. Which, unless by some act of devine intervention that some how makes certain styles of lyricism or 'poetry' exempt from this definition (according to you)..

Spoken word is very much part of the bohemian culture of hip hop.

I understand where your comming from man... Theres just nothing solid to back your claims aside from personal opinion.