<p>Spinoff Music editor Henry Oliver talks to Spinoff staffer Leonie Hayden and contributor Kate Robertson about the 2017 Silver Scrolls finalist and maybe why there have been no rap songs in the final five since 2004.</p>

Spinoff Music editor Henry Oliver talks to Spinoff staffer Leonie Hayden and contributor Kate Robertson about the 2017 Silver Scrolls finalist and maybe why there have been no rap songs in the final five since 2004.

<p>Spinoff Music editor Henry Oliver talks to Spinoff staffer Leonie Hayden and contributor Kate Robertson about the 2017&nbsp;Silver Scrolls finalist and maybe why there have been no rap songs in the final five since 2004.</p>

Talkin’ Silver Scrolls finalists (what *is* songwriting?)

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