You have done the Hip-Hop community a great deal of justice by utilizing your well adjusted scholarship to discuss in detail the intrinsic value pertaining to Rap and Hip-Hop... I cannot reiterate the importance of your decision to take on such a (generally) frowned upon subject matter... the manner in which you conveyed several Hip-Hop truths has communicated several essential concepts relative to understanding this street art form.  Thanks again, you have impacted me greatly.

Read Ryan's dissertation (it partially fulfills the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy), which delves into the modern day spectrum of singularity and introspective art... it is called Spectra of Singularity: Episodes of Improvisational Lyricism from Hip-Hop to Pragmatism.  Written in 2009 for the University of Michigan, click down below to view the entire thesis... it's long, but trust me, it's worth a read.  http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/64686