Two examples that come to mind... Grandmaster Flash's "The Message": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqky4dSGJnE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqky4dSGJnE ht

Two examples that come to mind... Grandmaster Flash's "The Message": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqky4dSGJnE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqky4dSGJnE http://genius.com/Grandmaster-flash-and-the-furious-five-the-message-lyrics http://genius.com/Grandmaster-flash-and-the-furious-five-the... Kanye's "Jesus Walks": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYF7H_fpc-g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYF7H_fpc-g http://genius.com/Kanye-west-jesus-walks-lyrics http://genius.com/Kanye-west-jesus-walks-lyrics Both are lyrically dense and poetic enough that the only thing really making them "music" rather than "spoken word poetry" is having a backing track.