Next week Yale University Press will publish a book called The Anthology of Rap ["All Things Considered" will air an interview with one of the editors, Adam Bradley, on Sunday]. Its pages contain the lyrics to more than 300 rap songs written and recorded between 1978 and this year — but they don't contain any of the music. No voices. No melodies. No bass lines. Just text...
http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2010/11/04/131063935/listening-to-the-anthology-of-rap
