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Is rap music poetry of the streets?
Yeah why not
sure, i'm not pretentious
rap often hold many more references to fine culture/mythology/etc than any given rock/pop song. i'd say good rap requires a lot more intelligence than making a standard rock song going "yeah yeah yeah baby *guitar riff*".
Is rap music Postmodern?
only kanye
What's the literary equivalent of meme rap?
in the same way that kangaroo testicles are oysters of the bush
Intellectual defenses of low-brow art are more pretentious than what is commonly called pretentious.
See pic related.
>You have to read Deleuze and Guattari to understand dance music.
Is Nas (Illmatic) the Shakespeare of the streets?
Shakespeare is the Shakespeare of the streets. Fuck of with your resentment.