Rap Music

Started by Nick October 31st, 2009 1:26 PM
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I said it before and I'll say it again; there is a reason that rap only has a one letter difference from crap. Most of the rap I hear is unbearably stupid and is just used to stroke the ego of the artist that made it. There are a handful of rappers that I like, but only because they break the stereotype that most rappers are.

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I said it before and I'll say it again; there is a reason that rap only has a one letter difference from crap. Most of the rap I hear is unbearably stupid and is just used to stroke the ego of the artist that made it. There are a handful of rappers that I like, but only because they break the stereotype that most rappers are.
Rock is only a one letter difference from crock (of crap).
Pop is only a letter away from being poop.
You can rearrange most of the letters in metal to make lame.
Blues can be rearranged to form lubes.
Jazz only needs one letter changed to become jizz.
Opera can be rearranged to O rape.

So, to clarify, that "rap is only one letter short of crap" is utterly stupid and pointless because you can do something similar with most music genres.

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Rap can also be changed to rape, since it rapes my ears.

I seriously hate rap music by pretty much every rap artist. It's just a weak genre and they even manage to eff up what little talent they think they have. I think I can seriously only say I enjoy Eminem as a rap artist.

I was listening to a song by Akon today (is he rap enough?) and the lyrics were, "I am trying to find the words to describe this girl without being disrespectful, cause she's a sexy b----". Ironically defeating the purpose of being respectful. How is that even worth anyone's time to listen to? That seriously takes no talent.

But that's not to say other genres aren't crappy either. Metal (the screaming crap) is just pathetic. What's the point of listening to a song that you can't even understand without needing a lyrical sheet?

I enjoy every type of musical genre, but there's only so much mediocre material a guy can take before finding most of the genre a waste.
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Rock is only a one letter difference from crock (of crap).
Pop is only a letter away from being poop.
You can rearrange most of the letters in metal to make lame.
Blues can be rearranged to form lubes.
Jazz only needs one letter changed to become jizz.
Opera can be rearranged to O rape.

So, to clarify, that "rap is only one letter short of crap" is utterly stupid and pointless because you can do something similar with most music genres.
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Well, there are many different sub-genres of rap music, so you can't really generalize it all as "crap," but....

Yeah, I generally dislike rap music. Other than a few older groups (Rage Against The Machine, Cyprus Hill, etc), most of what's played on the radio today as "rap" all sounds generally the exact same, and imo, is not a respectable genre. Especially when taking in to consideration a lot of rap lyrics, which generally either just talk about shooting people, having money, or sex with hookers.

...So yeah.
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Ugh, that was bad. I only based my reply on what I hear all the time, mainly from media, television, the radio... all that mainstream junk. I've done my research now and anyone who says that rap isn't music is being purely childish - it's obviously music. If you go and learn the history of rap, it may change your mind. There are a LOT of good rap artists out there, some people are just not choosing to be more open-minded. Of course, it just might not be your cup-of-tea too, but for God's sake, don't go bashing it and believing how rap is only composed about degrading women, bling, and being gangsta, yo.

Yeah, now that I was able to comprehend more about rap, it's not bad. If you want a list of good bands, I'll be happy to share one for you.
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I usually only like rap under two conditions:

1) The song has a meaning that doesn't relate to something shallow or just plain stupid.

2) It somehow uses a women singer in the song (I think this gives rap a good sound since it evens everything out). I like the song the The Way I Are for this reason.
Good meaning + Good sound = Good rap :)

But overall rap doesn't interest me much. I won't say it shouldn't exist because I know others enjoy it and taking that away from someone who is inspired by it is wrong. Sorry if my messege seems like a cop out :P

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Yeah I like rap?
so what.
But it depends who I listen to.

If I had to pick an few artist that I like it'll probably be Eminem, & 2pac.

The only artist I dont listen to is the one now these days since its all about Money, and phat girls, and idk.

those 2 rappers talk about live and whats going on in thiers lives that they write in there feelings, that the type I do like to listen to.

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Not all Rap is good and not all Rap is bad. Some of the examples of pure talent in the genre are Jay-Z, Tech N9ne, Kanye West, Krizz Kalliko, Common and more. I wont lie, Soulja Boy, 50 Cent and Lil Boosie annoy the hell out of me and I would consider them bad rappers.

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Just to clarify, rapping is a vocal style, not a genre. I see far too many people referring to it as a genre now.
I think it's actually a sub-genre of hip hop, having grown up from a style.

Anyhoo, at some point rap changed from being a form of expression to a way of making money and that's when it lost respectability. A rapper isn't going to sell as many records by rapping about inequality and other sensitive topics. Record companies are just relying on the two things guaranteed to get people's attention: sex and death (a.k.a., violence). Personally it's not my thing so I don't bother seeking out the good artists.

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I was listening to a song by Akon today (is he rap enough?) and the lyrics were, "I am trying to find the words to describe this girl without being disrespectful, cause she's a sexy b----". Ironically defeating the purpose of being respectful. How is that even worth anyone's time to listen to? That seriously takes no talent.
Lmao, I pretty much thought the exact same thing when I heard that song. ^

I don't mind most rap, I just need to be in the mood. Like if I'm at a party or something then yeah, throw on some Lil Wayne or whoever. I barely ever listen to it by myself (anymore) unless it's a song that I actually like. Homecoming, by Kanye West; I love the piano in that song. I'd listen to it regardless of whether it was rap or not, it's a good song.

But yeah... like I said, I really don't mind rap, I'd just rather listen to other genres.

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I do not consider rap music. I think it's just talking very fast and forcefully into a microphone that is most likely broken.

Today, I heard a rap song with the lyrics of "Come and find me, Nemo". ............. >_>

The lyrics generally suck in a rap song. You can't understand what they're saying half the time, and the other half you don't WANT to understand what they're saying. The lyrics are almost always shallow. I really haven't heard many rap songs that don't go "cloyster cloyster cloyster" throughout lol. And the tune / beat isn't attractive to me. It sounds monotonous, and boring. And for that reason, most rap songs sound exactly the same to me.

Eh, I guess my interpretation of good music usually involves a melody. :(

Rapping isn't really a talent. I've never, not once, in my life heard a rapper blow me away with his/her ability to rap. You don't need a good vocal ability to do that (at least I don't think?).

I like some R&B songs though. They're not impressing me with vocal abilities or anything but they do have a good beat. I hate it when some good catchy R&B songs are ruined because they added a random rapper in the middle (like Down).

Rock is only a one letter difference from crock (of crap).
Pop is only a letter away from being poop.
You can rearrange most of the letters in metal to make lame.
Blues can be rearranged to form lubes.
Jazz only needs one letter changed to become jizz.
Opera can be rearranged to O rape.

So, to clarify, that "rap is only one letter short of crap" is utterly stupid and pointless because you can do something similar with most music genres.
It's an expression?

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Today, I heard a rap song with the lyrics of "Come and find me, Nemo". ............. >_>
"Swimmin' in the money; come and find me, nemo."

That's the lyric. Yeah, not the best but it makes sense if you think about it. You're right though, some most of the lyrics are effing retarded.

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I like Rap. But there are some artists out there are not rappers. I can't stand them. Mostly Lil' Wayne, Souja Boy, Lil' Bootise, Flo-rida(the rapper who sang Dead Alive - "You Spin Me Round"), Lil' Flip, Young Jeezy, Li' Jon, Paul Wall, Young Dro, etc. These guys are not rappers! They can't rap. x.x

I love Old School Rap as well. Back in those days they have meaning. Run DMC, Kurits Blow, Kool Moe Dee, LL Cool J, Salt N' Pepa, MC Lyte, The Sugar Hill Gang, Grandmaster Flash and The Fabulous Five, Big Daddy Kane, Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff, and many more. Now when Gangster Rap came along...I didn't like it. Still don't like it. But then Puff Daddy(Diddy), Kanye West, Jay-Z, Nas, Missy Elliott, Wu-Tang Clan, Akon, Taib Kawli, Mase, The Game, The Black Eyed Peas, Lupe Fisaco, and Pharrell Willams came along. Now those guys are good. Sometimes I will listen to 2Pac and Biggie. And sometimes Snoop Dogg...not all the time.

What I am trying to say is I am 50/50 over Rap music. Some are pretty good, some are bad. If it has a great beat and their lyrics are great...I don't mind it at all.

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As someone who listens to music for the feel rather than for the meaning of it, I can easily latch on to rap music. shoot me for all I care. IRONYYY

It's got the best beats these days because it's mainstream. Yes, the lyrics are garbage. The problem I take with people when I argue with them over music is how closed-minded they can be. It's like "I hate this because of the lyrics because they just suck." There are rappers that are actually good (Lupe Fiasco comes to mind) and you can find them if you're that anal about rappers with strong lyrical content.

But to shut out a genre of music simply because you dislike the general basis of it is being closed-minded. It's also, I find, quite inexcusible to simply state one song you like out of a genre (Most of my good friends listen to folk metal and think they're open-minded when they have "Poker Face" or "Hey Ya" or something mainstream, but will have less than 5% of their songs based on that.) Can I argue back? No; I am admittedly just as closed-minded, but for the sake of my own laziness.

If my friends show me something interesting that I like, I'll agree that it's good music. If it's good enough, it goes on my iPod. If it's rap...it's rap.

By the way, "Sexy Chick" is one of my top-played songs on my iPod; the beat is that good, but I honestly thought the same thing; why say "I'm tryin' to find the words to describe this girl without being disrespectful, but damn, girl; damn, you's a sexy b****" to defeat the purpose of your own lyrics?

I personally find rap mysogynistic, homophobic and hedonistic in all senses of each adjective therein. But is it therefore unlistenable? No. I can proudly say I have a lot of "rap" songs on my iPod; some even say the word "hag" in them and I don't take offense because the artist is speaking to a general public and not directly to you; you can only be so butthurt about that. >_>

The difficulty in admitting you like rap is that it's the cool kid music genre. If you go to a traditional high school party, unless you're trying to be different, you're playing top 40, which consists of a lot of rap music. Its fans can be wildly misinterpreted by the rebels of society, simply because it's assumed that people listen to rap simply because it's what the cool kids (or what everyone else) is doing, and if you do it, you're simply being a number and are sacrificing your individuality for attention. It's one of the stupidest forms of peer pressure, but it's a sad truth we of our society have to put up with. People are going to get a read on you based on the genres of music you listen to. Rap, R&B and pop are cool kid genres; rock and jpop/jrock are for nerds, etc. It's not a generalizing statement (i.e. all people who even hear jpop/jrock are nerds), but some people associate genres of music with cliques. It's how it is.

Be open-minded, I say. Diversify your playlist.

But if you're after lyrics, in rap, you're going to have to dig deep. It's a sad truth; rap these days sucks. But then again, so does popular music in general. The business is going downhill and it's easy to figure out why.
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To Me Rap Is Someone's attempt at poetry. It is really bad. However I only like one song with rap in. that is "How Ya Doin'? [Rap Version]" By Cubic U.

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