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Well how about the range Em displays? In "Real Slim Shady," he's being a sabotaging smartass pointing fingers back at the hypocritical society blaming him for their wills. In "Stan," he's roleplaying as a devoted fan (his fanbase in general) who see themselves way too much in him, and expect too much from a rapper. In "The Way I Am," he's the king of Rap yet he's truely fustrated. Or how about his fierce desperation in "Lose Yourself" (all time best-selling rap single).

Or the infamous "Kim," which he goes to a dark place within himself that few people have gone, or want to. You know that feeling of being unnerved by the end of Lennon's "Mother" when he's basically yelling for his parents who abandoned him to come back? Yeah "Kim" is even more uncomfortably disturbing.
These may all be true, but don't really argue the case for rapping to be included under 'singing'. Lyrical content is quite different to style of delivery.

John Lennon's "Imagine" may (or may not) be beautifully sung, but to me it's a pretty empty song lyrically.

Vocal musicality - or musical vocality? - is singing. Rap is singing in a certain style as much as a ballad is sung in a certain style.


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