Video: KANYE WEST - DEVIL IN A NEW DRESS FEAT. RICK ROSS (NEW 2010)

My favorite rap verse of the year: Verse starts at 4:03 There's no accounting for the power of Rick Ross' delivery on "Devil in a New Dress." I've done my best to highlight parts that sound particularly stunning and to add context, but most rap lyrics fall victim to transcription. The chromatic nature of vocal timbre and articulation and emphasis is flattened in black and white text. Ross is particularly vulnerable to transcription because, even for a rapper, [...]

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