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    • August 10, 2020 at 10:20 AM
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    Great work michelepinto and Andrea!


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    • August 10, 2020 at 12:10 PM
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    I'll admit I was skeptical when I saw the post, but that was a very enjoyable piece of work! Greatly enjoyed the lyrics and music. Nice work!!

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    I suspect that the reason Don enjoyed it, and I *know* the reason I enjoyed it, is that I really wouldn't consider this to be "rap," at least not in the American sense. Not sure what to call it but it is very enjoyable music!

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    This made me quite happy! ^^:thumbup:

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    • August 10, 2020 at 2:33 PM
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    I suspect that the reason Don enjoyed it, and I *know* the reason I enjoyed it, is that I really wouldn't consider this to be "rap," at least not in the American sense. Not sure what to call it but it is very enjoyable music!

    Oh, I'm fine with the rap part. While I'm not an aficionado of the genre, I can appreciate the spoken word style. My worry was that I've seen a lot of bad rap pieces with science or history themes that I feared it might be a bad parody style. It was not! Quality production and spot on lyrics! Again, well done!

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    Yes the lyrics are excellent -- good work by Michele on that!

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    Thank you!
    But we must be gratefull at Andrea. He made the music!

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    Changed the title of the thread from “New Music Created by Michele Pinto - the Epicurus Rap!” to “New Music Created by Michele Pinto and Andrea Celidoni - Free As Epicurus - The Epicurus Rap!”.
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    As of a few minutes ago I have a revised version of the video featuring a picture of Andrea. Thank you Andrea and Michele!

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    very enjoyable!

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