Rappers and MC's

[ellajam]

Just some things I'm curious about that post.

Now I know this isn't a music forum or anything, but I am interested in hearing why you believe metal and rap lyrics to be extremely similar. Just curious really.

I can understand the point about lyrics being sung not necessarily poetry in the sense that it being sung is different than it would be read or written (I don't necessarily agree with this though), but rap tends to have a very forced metre and rhyme scheme, one that would qualify it for the definition you give to poetry.

That depends on which poet is rapping.