Me, a rapper?

Though I don't look at myself as being a rapper, I don't have a problem with those who choose to classify me as one. I prefer to look at myself as someone who is gifted with word expression and making music. For my music has no specific genre and my words are a form of advanced poetry and extreme thoughts. That is why I can make anything from poems to raps to songs to movie scripts. If words and a process of thought is involved than I more than capable of creating beyond expectations.
Why are people surprised when they first realize that I can rap and do so extremely well? Maybe it is because I choose not to speak like I've just gotten out of prison or like I only had an education up to the 6th grade. Or maybe it is because I don't wear the ass of my pants down to the back of my knees or walk like a pimp with a sore leg.
Some say image is everything. Lol, the good ol' American blind fold. Like them $200 dollar pair of jumpers that all the (cool) people are wearing. Or the platinum and gold jewelery that is almost seems essential to being a rap artist. Not that I can't afford those things. I'd just rather use my money for more meaningful things and focus less on the materialistic.
I see all too often the use of image as a tool for many to get over as being rappers, but underneath all the fabrication I also see a great lacking in the skills department. I think today's rappers are totally different from the breed of mc's I come from. Today's artist seems to rely on their music to cloak most of the crap that they pass of as lyrics and image to seal the deal. Hey, if that is what works for some then I say go for it. It is cool for them, but not to be expected of me. Though music will always be an opinion as far as to what sounds good to who, I will always deliver lyrics that are nothing less than top notch. Not simply gibberish to ride along with a nice beat. You may if you will call me a rapper, but wordsmith would be much more appropriate.

Rebel XD

Guinness break rules, but I'll still be the one with the record.

It seems that the good (if not so bright) people at Guinness may decide to give MY record for fastest rapper to a competitor with an INFERIOR record. It appears that sometime in January of 2009 some guy from Spain rapped 931 syllables in 58 seconds. That is 15 syllables a second. My current record you ask? 852 syllables in 42 seconds. That is 20 syllables a sec. I see that the other guy has more syllables, but that is only because he had 16 seconds more time to rap than I did my record (which, if going based off of a record should not have been allowed). I mean hell, guy B would be able to swim more laps in a pool than guy A if he was givin' an hour to swim and guy A only had a half an hour. That is just simple (and I can't stress the word simple enough in this case) common sense. You can also look at it in many ways and it still shows the inferiority of the other guys record. Example number one. Let's say the other guy was only allowed to rap for up to 42 seconds (which should be the guideline for breaking the record anyway) with his 15 syllables a sec. he'd only have 630 syllables in the same time I did 852. Now lets switch it up a bit and say that I rapped for 58 seconds like he did at my current records speed of 20 syllables a second. That would give me 1160 syllables in the same time that he only did 931.This brings me to 1 of 2 obvious conclusions. 1 the people at Guinness needs to hire some people that are a little bit better with math and statistics. Or 2, the guys at Guinness are just cheating on this one and don't care. Wow, and these are the people we rely on for our (SUPPOSE to be) accurate worlds records. Well, at the end of the day it really don't matter because being the person that I am, I would never let this ride. Of course I am gonna set up once again to beat the pants off of this guy and reclaim what should not even be considered lost to me in the first place. Just wanted people to know this situation as I think the people at Guinness needs to check themselves.