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Two examples that come to mind...

Grandmaster Flash's "The Message": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqky4dSGJnE http://genius.com/Grandmaster-flash-and-the-furious-five-the...

Kanye's "Jesus Walks": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYF7H_fpc-g 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.






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