Philosophical Rhymes Over Hard Core Beats?

Somehow Googling “philosophical rhymes over hard core beats” led me to this new Newsweek article about Hiding in Hip Hop.

Though I only scanned the article, and a CTRL + F find didn’t turn up “philosophical rhymes over hard core beats” in the piece, maybe it’s there and I missed it.

But thinking of a handful of “philosophical rhymes over hard core beats” spat by some socially conscious rappers, this discussion of who might be whom is just gonna get more and more interesting…