Love you guys. It should be obvious here that--there are different levels of poetry, different levels of any art form. Buddy Holly singing "Peggy Sue, please be true..." is a different level from Walt Whitman. I grew up with and love Motown but, it's not Bach. Different levels. We can still love each level for what it gives us, but, perhaps there's a question of establishing where a given rap performance or style sits in the spectrum of art, right? And although that's very subjective and different for each of us, there's also something called "Objective Art"--certain classical masterpieces or architecture which affect everyone the same way. It's clear to a music historian that, for example, there are certain periods of jazz(50's-60's) Rock(mid-60's through early 70's?) Classical (you get the idea) are the peak creative times of a given genre. Meaning, some "poetry" is better than others. Hard not to compare, right? -Snobby Jazz Musician
Love you guys. It should be obvious here that--there are different levels of poetry, different levels of any art form. Buddy Holly singing "Peggy Sue, please be true..." is a different level from Walt Whitman. I grew up with and love Motown but, it's not Bach. Different levels. We can still love each level for what it gives us, but, perhaps there's a question of establishing where a given rap performance or style sits in the spectrum of art, right? And although that's very subjective and different for each of us, there's also something called "Objective Art"--certain classical masterpieces or architecture which affect everyone the same way. It's clear to a music historian that, for example, there are certain periods of jazz(50's-60's) Rock(mid-60's through early 70's?) Classical (you get the idea) are the peak creative times of a given genre. Meaning, some "poetry" is better than others. Hard not to compare, right? -Snobby Jazz Musician