re: Eminem and Kanye found to use wider vocabulary than Bob Dylan in new song study

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Eminem and Kanye found to use wider vocabulary than Bob Dylan in new song study quote: Anyone who thinks that any of the four artists listed above Dylan (Eminem, Jay Z, Tupac, and Kanye) are best storytellers or more astute songwriters needs to carry their arse to the liquor store and kill off the few remaining brain cells that they have left. Really only Tupac rises to the level of "artist" in that group, although Marshall flirts with it at times. Technically, he is a very adroit "rhymer" - and to freestyle one has to develop a good vocabulary for rhyming's sake. Jay-Z made a career out of saying, "Yeah" on collaboration records. Watch Kanye speak on any subject - he's an idiot and a narcissistic one, at that. Dre's pretty smart, as are Ice-T and the Simmons brothers - but that's getting pretty old school, though. None of the young guys is very impressive (not that I pay all that much attention anymore).

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