BTW... before I am assailed for liking rap. I do not. I like SOME rap. If anything is poetic or has a message, I appreciate it whether on page or in performace by an artist. I PREFER actual songs in performance but I do not dismiss rap entirely without listening to it at all. Indeed, I was rather taken aback to hear "country rap" - I shit you not - on our local "country" radio station just last week. The "rap" made up half of the song. I liked it.

Then again, I go Gaga for The Cleverleys and Pink and Green Day and U2 and Kendall Morse and even good Bodhran solos. Hmmmm...