# Rapping at my Chamber Door

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapping-at-my-chamber-door/495688>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 7, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapping-at-my-chamber-door/495688 "2009-05-07T21:15:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapping-at-my-chamber-door/495688/1 "2009-05-07T21:15:18Z")

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Ever wonder what the raven would sound like rapped? ([youtube link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRPhCu41NMY&feature=related))

Inspired to search for it after reading an [xkcd comic](http://xkcd.com/133/)

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**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapping-at-my-chamber-door/495688/2 "2009-05-08T19:06:45Z")

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That’s pretty sweet.

It would have been sweeter if they had spelled his name right, though.

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapping-at-my-chamber-door/495688/3 "2009-05-08T20:07:42Z")

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That’s so _Raven_.

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**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapping-at-my-chamber-door/495688/4 "2009-05-08T20:26:33Z")

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I’m a bigger fan of [this version.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYMwW6Lc-9M&feature=related)

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rapping-at-my-chamber-door/495688/5 "2009-05-08T20:39:20Z")

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I’m just a little disappointed I knew _exactly_ what this would be about when I saw the thread title. Nineteenth Century poetry being covered by a rap group? That, for some reason, is not a foreign concept to me.

(OK, the xkcd reference surprised me. Munroe wins again.)