I cannot agree that rap lyrics are any sign that the contemporary poetry scene is open to a real breadth of approaches. It is extremely difficult to find rap ly

I cannot agree that rap lyrics are any sign that the contemporary poetry scene is open to a real breadth of approaches. It is extremely difficult to find rap lyrics that completely lack the tropes of braggadocio, social commentary, and/or disparagement or one’s rivals. (I myself have searched for years with little success, though I have nothing against hip-hop as a purely musical genre, and I welcome recommendations). Yet, there is a whole world of other subjects and forms to explore out there in poetry. Furthermore, how longform can one reasonably go in a recorded or live-concert medium like hip-hop? I suspect that any artist that tried to pen a single composition as long as many longform poems in the canon, would either reach the limits of the recording medium, or of his audience’s patience.