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Book Critic Listens To Rap For The Frist Time: What Does He Think?

First Posted: 11/05/10 03:07 PM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:10 PM ET

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Our question was simple: Once he heard the songs he'd read, would Anderson think differently about them? Would he still think that lyrics are the essence of rap, that the act of rapping is less important? Would he still say the greatest rapper of all time is Big Daddy Kane? Would he still say Lil Wayne's lyrics "never seem to add up" or Wu-Tang "left me cold"?

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01:32 PM on 11/08/2010
Yeah, this is why Jay Z's verse in "Monster" doesn't measure up to those of West and Minaj. He's all lyrical complexity, but he doesn't have the modern voice innovations that Minaj and West pull off, especially Nicki Minaj.
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10:57 AM on 11/06/2010
Good Stuff!
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06:10 PM on 11/05/2010
Rap is about sound and feeling. Do you really need to understand all the particulars?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFTAApdSkeM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x1n0jZchGU
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09:08 PM on 11/09/2010
That junk was lame. :-(
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