Partly, the juxtaposition of it is fun - hip-hop meets the founding fathers. Cabinet debates done as rap battles! The creator has said that he thinks Alexander Hamilton embodies the spirit of hip-hop, which I can kind of see - it's all about writing your way out and changing your circumstances with your language.
But the language - some incredible turns of phrase, dense wordplay with good internal rhyming. A while back I remember commenting that if Sondheim (infamous for his wordplay) was born 50 years later he might be writing rap, and this is exactly the sort of thing I'd expect to result.
I’m a girl in a world in which My only job is to marry rich My father has no sons so I’m the one Who has to social climb for one So I’m the oldest and the wittiest and the gossip in New York City is insidious...
And it has references both to classic musicals and to various hip-hop songs, for even more of a feeling of that American cultural melting pot.
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Date: 2015-11-07 12:57 pm (UTC)But the language - some incredible turns of phrase, dense wordplay with good internal rhyming. A while back I remember commenting that if Sondheim (infamous for his wordplay) was born 50 years later he might be writing rap, and this is exactly the sort of thing I'd expect to result.
I’m a girl in a world in which
My only job is to marry rich
My father has no sons so I’m the one
Who has to social climb for one
So I’m the oldest and the wittiest and the gossip in
New York City is insidious...
And it has references both to classic musicals and to various hip-hop songs, for even more of a feeling of that American cultural melting pot.