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Company hopes rap will help on tests

By , About.com GuideFebruary 15, 2005

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Quick: Which of the following words would you expect to hear in a rap track?
a. bling
b. hustle
c. crunk
d. symbiotic
Actually, the answer is all of the above, thanks to the appearance of a new music CD that uses rap to help high-school students boost their vocabulary. But the lyrics contain words typically found in Scrabble games and crossword puzzles. For example, "The Letter" sounds like an Usher tune, though you'd never hear him croon the lines, "My heart's debilitated, don't know if it can handle this/How ironic that you're going away to become a cardiologist."
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