[Embrace the sickwicked joys of ill rhymes, Ellana.
Dirk offers a brief nod of his head.] You can't really call yourself a rapper if you're unable to drop some freestyle rhymes. That was particularly true in the 1980s, where rap battle culture was a prominent part of the style. Even with the increase of commercial recordings over the rest of the 20th century, the freestyle rap remains an important marker of a true MC from the big label-manufactured imitators.
[...And so he just glides from verse right into academic nerdiness about one of his hobbies. He has a problem. It's a nerd problem.]
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Dirk offers a brief nod of his head.] You can't really call yourself a rapper if you're unable to drop some freestyle rhymes. That was particularly true in the 1980s, where rap battle culture was a prominent part of the style. Even with the increase of commercial recordings over the rest of the 20th century, the freestyle rap remains an important marker of a true MC from the big label-manufactured imitators.
[...And so he just glides from verse right into academic nerdiness about one of his hobbies. He has a problem. It's a nerd problem.]