



From 1:43 to 2:16, check out how swift and nimble the reading of that poem is!



The first person who tries to draw a line between W.H. Auden and hip-hop history gets sneered at, but it's still very interesting to see that something so much LIKE a certain kind of latter-day hip-hop was innovated back then. I've heard poems set to music before of course but that was singularly percussive for a blend of considered imagery and rhythmic device.



And now Buck 65 does basically the exact same thing at least some of the time. Isn't that interesting?

Current Location: Dead in the middle of Little Italy Current Music: Benjamin Britten feat. W.H. Auden - Night Mail