Music professor: Because rap musicians can work alone in a recording studio, they need not accommodate supporting musicians' wishes  Further, learning to rap is not as formal a process as learning an instrument  Thus, rap is an extremely individualistic and nontraditional musical form  Music critic: But rap appeals to tradition by using bits of older songs  Besides, the themes and styles of rap have developed into a tradition
And successful rap musicians do not perform purely idiosyncratically but conform their work to the preferences of the public
challenges its conclusion concerning rap music by offering certain additional observations that the music professor does not take into account in his argument