{"id":3456,"date":"2015-12-16T17:59:56","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T22:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raplens.wordpress.com\/?p=97"},"modified":"2015-12-16T17:59:56","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T22:59:56","slug":"it-rivets-its-way-through-my-soul-sometimes-why-we-love-rap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wrpg211\/2015\/12\/16\/it-rivets-its-way-through-my-soul-sometimes-why-we-love-rap\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt Rivets Its Way Through My Soul Sometimes\u2026\u201d \u2013 Why We Love Rap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inherent in my interest in hip-hop is storytelling, which I see as the most effective way to promote engagement from an audience. Many of the\u00a0pieces on this blog are analytically sound, but lack a story with which the reader can engage. For that reason I wanted this post\u00a0to tell a story, or rather multiple stories. I chose to enlist the help of five of my friends who I see as hip-hop fans from different backgrounds. I asked them to tell me why they love hip-hop, and I was very pleased with not only the breadth of the answers, but also the depth of the answers. I believe that the video is strong in that it fills in where this blog is lacking, and it displays the transcendental ability of hip-hop. Anyone can listen, anyone can enjoy. Those I interviewed love it for its danceability, its wordplay, its history, its evolution, and its posturing. I only lament that I could not fit all of their responses into the video.<\/span><\/p>\n

Being able to tell these stories and give these perspectives has allowed me to add a level to my blog that goes beyond the analytical and into the personal. This blog is not just about hip-hop as a genre, it is about hip-hop as it is to the listener. I greatly appreciate this video\u2019s added value alongside my own writings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n