Just as Amiri Baraka, Gil Scott-Heron and The Last Poets came to be considered the godfathers of what we now know as rap/hip-hop, Styles' grammatical structures, word play and rhapsodic, metrical composition will permanently secure his legacy as the architect and prolific advocate of "Conscious Esotericism," as well as ensure that his audience will, not only be stimulated beyond measure, but also devour every word as a starving predator voraciously engulfs its prey.
