you people need a decent compilation ,you're saying 'rap' like it's a dirty word. i thought people stopped calling it rap a decade ago! RZA pioneered that minimal style, as ****ing cool as that was there's more to be had.
there's a really old page I have in my bookmarks called the Wu-dictionary, it 'translates' alot of the Nation of Islam vernacular and code they use... if you listen along to early Raekwon/Ghostface or something and read the bars, the guy's actually a poet, it's just that the thick Staten island drawl obscures it
if none of you do already you'd like A Tribe Called Quest, or any of the Native Tongues collective, Tribe were very musical with the jazz/hip hop sound. I find alot of white people prefer the conscientious lyrics aswell
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