In high school we had to write a mini thesis paper analyzing a poem of our choice. Every year someone would try to sneak in hip-hop lyrics, but there was rarely a song that soundly used poetic elements to creatively present a theme or idea. Kendrick Lamar's "Rigamortus" however does. Off of the album Section .80, the song is a dream walk through diction, meter, rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, assonance, word choice and all types of metaphors and imagery. Lamar's whipped raps are the cherry on top of a sonically pleasing experience. What's better than the original track? A verse from the godfather of fast rhymes himself (you know I'm talking about Busta Bust) on top of it.
Check out the Rigamortus remix ft. Busta Rhymes to hear a song crafted well enough to be a poem.
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