Tha Crossroads by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony represents the first widely known instance of a common conceptual problem in rap scholarship: are these performers singing or rapping? Mitchell Ohriner distinguishes between the two practices by labeling such examples as those which "sound very much like singing to me" (Ohriner 2024). To bring greater speci/icity to the distinction between rapping and singing, this paper employs both close readings and mini-corpus methodologies to examine the differences along six parameters: intonation, melismas, vibrato, syllables per measure, rhymes per phrase, and inter-verse melodic repetition/variation. Furthermore, this paper argues for the recognition of a hybrid type of delivery, melodic rap, that exhibits characteristics of both rapping and singing. By establishing norms for these distinct modes of delivery, this paper provides analysts with tools for tracking trends and novelty in each.