Ray Charles - "Rap is not music"

“transparency” (Cambridge Dictionary):

*** The  characteristic of being easy to see through ***

I was about to post this very sentiment when I read your post @acman3 .

*** Why is it insulting to consider Rap poetry instesd of music? ***

Feeling and saying that rap is not music is not an insult at all when it simply doesn’t meet one’s definition of such. There is plenty of poetry that is on an artistic level far higher than a lot of what undeniably is music. So what is the problem? Seems to me that the problem is that those who bristle at the expressed notion that it is not music, but is poetry instead have a bias against poetry. It is THEY who need to be more open minded.

You can’t be serious! “yet to enjoy”?

Anyway, as far as I’m concerned the opinion of anyone who can sing like this, so connected to the music, deserves to have his opinions on music at least considered.

https://youtu.be/Dr-McSXdFEQ