Rap Music

The question constantly comes up: Can you consider rap music as "real music"?

The silliness of this question borders almost on straight absurdity. Of course it's real music. Not only by straight definition (which, according to Dictionary.com's unabridged dictionary is "an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color."¹), but also by its very being; its essence. How could you deny that it's music? That's akin to seeing a person's eye but saying it's a nose. Absurd.

I do understand and can appreciate most of the concerns that…

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