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Old 10-11-2005, 03:23 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by TheBig3KilledMyRainDog
I do think there are certain rappers that are doing intelligent things with their career and making songs that actually give rap some credibility.

I sort of pisses me off that people with intelligence are pushed aside for people who refry the same story of violence time and again. Anyway, please let this thread be the place where people can learn about rappers who are intellectual, and not given recording contracts so that urban white kids can supress their inferiority complexes.
The Godfather of Rap, Gil Scott Heron.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/profiles/scottherongil.shtml


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