Weird Rap -- Frank Ocean's "Swim Good"

[readingthedark]

I'm a proponent of weird fiction [neat list of recent examples] and I wish there was more weird rap. By stepping outside of verse / chorus / verse and focusing on bars and hooks, there's a whole lot more room for spoken word style narratives and tonal shifts that communicate atmosphere. Yet it's slim pickings. (The reason I listen to rap is the

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[sovay]

He's dressed in black funereal attire and feels like a ghost being haunted by something far greater than he is. So he drives to the ocean, kicks off his shoes, and swims until he drowns, figuring he will die but escape.

. . . Well, I'll watch that now.