The Greatest Rapper of All-Time: Bob Dylan

Hold the phone, Jay-Z. Wait a few, Saul Williams. Stand Back, Tupac. We're dealing with the big leagues here.

The Greatest Rapper of All-Time is....


Robert Allen Zimmerman.


And I'm the first person to proclaim him as such.

 (Image by Stoned59 on Flickr licensed Creative Commons 2.0)

Robert Allen Zimmerman.

(Image by Paparazzo Presents from Commons CC3.0)

Better known by his stage name- Bob Dylan (I prefer Bobby D, RobAZ, RAZ, Robby Ay Zee, Big Bob D, Zimmer Man, Robert D, Dylan Dawg, Daddy Dylan, & ZIMMshot- those are the ones I came up with)

Now, before you say "HOLD THE FUCK UP HE AINT NO RAPPER" (oh, you'll say it) think about it:
Let's compare him and a rapper, then use the official definition of rapping to apply it to him.


Let's look at what make a rapper:

According to: What Makes a rapper good?

1. Voice
2. Flow
3. Lyrics


from WikiAnswers: What makes you a good rapper?

"Flow and Vocabulary"

from The Dictionary
"[Rapping is] a form of pop music characterized by spoken or chanted rhymed lyrics, with a syncopated, repetitive accompaniment"

From How to Rap 
"“content”, “flow” (Rhythm + Rhyme), and “delivery”"

Okay.

Using these defenitions, Bob Dylan is a rapper. And the best one ever.

my personal idea of what makes a good rapper is someone who has the ability to take non-rhyming phrases and sing or speak them in a way in such so they appear to rhyme, say words to fit a structure that they shouldn't fit.


To me, rapping is poetry.

And Bob Dylan is a rapper. And a poet.


Before there was Tupac, before Run D.M.C, Jay-Z, and all the others. There was Bob Dylan.

Listen to a Bob Dylan album (preferably Highway 61 revisited). Think about it, and... I'm right.





DISCLAIMER: I'm right here, admit it.