I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and no songwriting. So you're left with just storytelling and rhythm. And the storytelling can be so braggadocious, you're just left with rhythm.
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KATE GRENVILLE Storytelling, writing, and song writing are so connected. JENNIFER ARMSTRONG My humor tends to be a little more edgy than is appropriate for 'Twilight,' although I got s... MELISSA ROSENBERG I think storytelling is all about children. We human beings love to hear stories being told - and it... DAVID CHASE I wanna show that gospel, country, blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll are all just... ETTA JAMES The thing that's good about Hip Hop is that it has experimented with a lot of different sounds a... AFRIKA BAMBAATAA I love Fredorator and what they produce and the storytelling of 'Adventure Time'... There... MICHELLE PHAN People are trying to act like they're balling all day with cars, their house, like there's n... REMY MA I love Jimi Hendrix obviously, and Jimmy Page and Prince. And also Elvis Presley is a really great g... BRITTANY HOWARD For me, a story begins with music: I feel the rhythm, the cadence, the pulse of the characters and t... 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