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Style Wars over Stockhausen

The experimental hip-hop pioneer and enigmatic rap mystic Sensational

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Stephan Kunze
Jul 24, 2025
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When most hip-hop artists were still sampling James Brown drumbreaks, Sensational was freestyling over Karlheinz Stockhausen records.

For three decades, the raspy-voiced MC has been dropping his trademark stream-of-consciousness bars over electronic-leaning, off-kilter beats.

His abstract style made trad hip-hop listeners feel like bebop aficionados migh…

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