Coolio still builds his raps on recognizable 1970's oldies, and he delivers intricate, syncopated rhymes as if they were conversation.

Its rapper, the Unknown Soldier, delivered rhymes about tough inner-city lives and positive thinking.

As in a go-go set (but without the obvious transitions), the music continued virtually nonstop, and now and then Mr. Clinton delivered rhymes over the beat.

He doesn't so much deliver rhymes as narrate graphically detailed scenes, rife with violence, passion and a little humor.

Because he often delivers laid-back rhymes about pot and pimping, Snoop Dogg has often been seen as a hip-hop caricature rather than a great rapper.

Onstage he was unsmiling and precise, delivering rhymes with pugnacious determination while fans cheered.

And Lil Wayne worked overtime, using his croaky voice to deliver sharply written rhymes.

While Snoop delivers rhymes delicately, the content is anything but.

Touré of The New York Times remarks that "While Snoop delivers rhymes delicately, the content is anything but.

He could deliver complicated rhymes while still sounding conversational, and his pop songs were as witty as his crime narratives.