Great rap should have all kinds of unresolved layers that you don’t necessarily figure out the first time you listen to it. Instead it plants dissonance in your head. You can enjoy a song that knocks in the club or has witty punch lines the first time you hear it. But great rap retains mystery.
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Author JAY-Z
Source Decoded
Topic mystery rap
Date 2010
Language English
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