Hip-Hop Book of Rhymes - 13 May 2009

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🗓️ 13 May 2009

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Hip-hop is high art. If you don’t understand that, you’re missing out on some of the best poetry being created today. Grant talks about the new book by English professor Adam Bradley called Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip-Hop. Hear hundreds of free episodes and learn more on the A Way with Words website: https://waywordradio.org. Be a part of the show: call or text 1 (877) 929-9673 toll-free in the United States and Canada; elsewhere in the world, call or text +1 619 800 4443. Send voice notes or messages via WhatsApp 16198004443. Email words@waywordradio.org. Copyright Wayword, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:58.0	Hip-hop is high art.
1:00.0	Yeah, that's right.
1:01.0	And if you don't understand that, then you're missing out on some of the best poetry.
1:05.0	Literary scholar Adam Bradley examines the style and poetry of hip-hop lyrics in his new book titled Book of Rhymes, The Poetics of Hip Hop. When a rapper's flow is fully realized, he writes, it forges a distinctive rhythmic identity
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