r/LupeFiasco • u/ekkolapto1 • 10d ago
Discussion Based off of Lupe’s MIT Class…
Really interested in establishing Rap Theory as an actual field of research, based off his MIT classes. A few friends and I are even planning a Rap Theory-inspired conference at MIT Media Lab later this year.
Curious: what do you think are some interesting ideas that could push rap into a new direction?
Music Theory will be able to tell us a bit about where to go, but what I’ve seen happen is people will create songs that are *technically* brilliant—but it’ll never quite be a song that will make you question your world or make you cry, etc. This is where borrowing core principles and research from cognitive science, theories of computation and linguistics, etc. could potentially have some benefit.
This is just the beginning—so my ears are fully open for all ideas and criticisms.
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u/WoodpeckerClean534 10d ago
Are you a professor at MIT? If so, just shoot your shot by reaching out to Lupe. I’m sure he has a university email address or something. He’d be the best one to collaborate with on this.