My no like rap much. About as close to rap as I'd get is listening to Downside (Aussie group) or like, Cypress Hill and stuff, or the more 'spoken word' elements of Massive Attack tunes etc.
That's the kind of stuff I write if I'm recording anything with vocals, if not singing.
Rap just isn't my thing really. Been exposed to a lot of it, I just don't dig it.
Would rather put on Mozart's Requiem than 2LiveCrew or whatever hehe.
I used to listen to Eazy-E back in the day. I honestly don't think he was even that good, but I liked it cuz it was so profane and controversial. I still play his stuff every now and then for nostalgia perposes, and because some of his stuff is really funny to me.