Jay-Z’s “Decoded” and the language of hip-hop. Last year, an English professor named Adam Bradley issued a manifesto to his fellow-scholars.
He urged them to expand the poetic canon, and possibly enlarge poetry’s audience, by embracing, or coöpting, the greatest hits of hip-hop. “Thanks to the engines of global commerce, rap is now the most widely disseminated poetry in the history of the world,” he wrote. “The best MCs—like Rakim, Jay-Z, Tupac, and many others—deserve consideration alongside the giants of American poetry. We ignore them at our own expense.” Jay-z - Dead Presidents lyrics. Raw Lyrics by Big Daddy Kane. The Original Hip-Hop (Rap) Lyrics Archive. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five – Superappin' Lyrics. PHAROAHE MONCH - THE NEXT SHIT LYRICS. 2PAC LYRICS - California Love.