# Rap that'd sound good even if you didn't understand a word?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 20, 2007, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-thatd-sound-good-even-if-you-didnt-understand-a-word/423378 "2007-10-20T05:58:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-thatd-sound-good-even-if-you-didnt-understand-a-word/423378/21 "2007-10-26T13:39:47Z")

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[QUOTE=Beaucarnea]  
MC Solaar - [Solaar Pleure](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofOAdYPpz5Y) I haven’t been so in love with a song in a couple years- I loooooove this.  
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Wow, this is absolutely beautiful. Thank you.

(thanks to everyone else too; right now, YouTube is banned in China, so it’s a little slow going trying to track down y’all’s recommendations.)

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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-thatd-sound-good-even-if-you-didnt-understand-a-word/423378/22 "2007-10-26T14:22:49Z")

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**Jovanotti** – Italian rap (and, later, mellow funk) singer. I love it, and I don’t understand Italian.

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-thatd-sound-good-even-if-you-didnt-understand-a-word/423378/23 "2007-10-26T16:08:01Z")

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[Control Machete](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt1IF9QOIZw). Mexican rap in general should be better known than it is.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-thatd-sound-good-even-if-you-didnt-understand-a-word/423378/24 "2007-10-26T16:44:51Z")

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[QUOTE=JKellyMap]  
**Jovanotti** – Italian rap (and, later, mellow funk) singer. I love it, and I don’t understand Italian.  
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[Jovanatti - Serenata Rap](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg-DCIhnl8s). This one’s worth listening to.

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