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FLOW: WHAT RAP LOOKS LIKE

This publication exhibits artwork that graphically represents how individual rappers have their own individual styles. Ten rappers have been chosen for the publication, each of them have a very different sound when they rap. This has consequently produced artworks of a very different nature. The process to create these artworks involved listening to the rappers, and then translating the flows and rhythms of their voice into an abstract artform. A secondary aim of this project was to open peoples minds about the art form that good rapping can be. Rappers dont all sound the same, you just have to listen to find that out for yourself.

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chuck-d

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As the rhythm designed to bounce What counts is that the rhymes Designed to fill your mind

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one, two, three and to the four Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Dre is at the door Ready to make an entrance so back on up (Cause you know were about to rip shit up) Give me the microphone first so I can bust like a bubble Compton and Long Beach together now you know you in trouble

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snoop dogg

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method man

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Word life, you dont need a ring to be my wife Just be there for me and Imma make sure we be Living in the effin lap of luxury Im realizing that you didnt have to funk with me But you did, now Im going all out kid

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Afrocentric living is a big shrug A life filled with fun thats what I love A lower plateau is what were above If you diss us, we wont even think of Will Nipper the doggy give a big shove? This rhythm really fits like a snug glove Like a box of positives its a plus, love As the Tribe flies high like a dove

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q-tip

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the notorious b.i.g.

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Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis When I was dead broke, man I couldnt picture this 50-inch screen, money green leather sofa Got two rides, a limousine with a chauffeur

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Thats why we, seize the moment try to freeze it and own it Squeeze it and hold it, cause we consider these minutes golden And maybe theyll admit it when were gone, just let our spirits live on Through our lyrics that you hear in our songs and we can

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eminem

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NAS

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I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined I think of crime when Im in a New York state of mind

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Working your whole life wondering where the day went The subway stays packed like a multi-cultural slave ship Its rush hour, 2:30 to 8, non stoppin And people coming home after corporate share croppin

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IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE

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LAURYN HILL

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I play my enemies like a game of chess, where I rest No stress, if you dont smoke sess, lest I must confess, my destinys manifest In some Goretex and sweats I make tracks like Im homeless

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My raps steady slamming, I keep a heavy cannon Its a new sherriff in town, and it aint Reggie Hammond Peace to my peoples, the Children of the Corn Cause we put it on adios, ghost Im gone

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BIG L

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