Music and Spoken Word
October 17th 2010 19:30
It’s all the same as rap is basically street/urban poetry set to music. Musicians and singers recognize it too. Especially singer’s and jazz players such as Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Roy Hargrove and Jeff Bradshaw use it now combining their talents with poetry and spoken word. Some rappers have migrated into poetry calling it Rapoetry or Floetry. When there is no musical instrument but a desire to hear something cutting edge yet euphoric as a spoken word artist I often resort to words and verbal expression with the pen and computer keyboard as instrumental accompaniment, posting it on a music sites. In some cases after posting spoken word accapella, many of the resident artists have placed my words in their song bed where the two make beautiful and passionate music together. A minimal composition is sometimes best when the spoken word is so mystical and melodic by itself. However, for me there is a very thin line between music, poetry and spoken word. In marriage between them spoken word makes for a hellified wifey.
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