Hiphop, Rap has destroyed Music

[OrangeSoul]

/Rant

Why the hell do people like this crap. this isnt even music. This is one of the reasons channels like MTV and VH1 have become like crap. There is no concept of Music in this genre, only sex, guns and voilence, thats it. Sure im into rock and alternative rock but the definition of music is demolished with this kind of crap. Why the hell do people listen to this and make it go to top of the charts. All the music of this genre has one damn theme. Girls, guns, Girls, guns, girls, guns. Thats all

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[Trauma]

Opinion: I agree.

[Hyori]

Amen.

[AmpCoder]

I agree with you, as I do not like rap at all either. I have found an old article that a friend of mine put up on his website (which is now long gone), and I have posted it on another friend's forum for everyone to see again. If you would like to read my friend's article "Is Rap Music?", you can view it here: http://drakeshangout.com/index.php?showtopic=1321

[JustGeorge]

Opinion: I agree.

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I agree as well.

[TommyBoy]

I like the beat and tune to it better than any other music.

[Chris Allen Veteran]

I'm going to have to agree with this statment, though I find it difficult to completely agree.

Reason: I grew up and hip-hop was my choice in music for years. But I found myself listening to the music and production of it, not the lyrics. From there I progressed to faster and faster rap, needing that harder bassline, more uptempo feel. And now you have the Trance DJ, who has evolved from Hip-hop into dance. Go figure ;)

[autodefe]

You're ignorant. Not ALL hip hop is about "sex guns and violence".

Do some homework before making generalizations.

[Apollo]

i don't really like rap but you're looking at it the wrong way, the genre isn't to blame for sucking but mtv and the music producers or record companies are. there is bad music in all musical genres including rock that really sucks.

there is good rap and there is excellent rock music, you just don't see those two on mtv or radio these days.

[Ryan15]

"only sex, guns and voilence"

and what else do u need? sounds good to me

[QuantumTrickery]

This is the typical attitude and generalizations i've come to expect from many of the members around here. You obviously know only what you see on MTV, which is a very small part of what is available out there. Grow up, and do some actual thinking and research before you hit the post button. Your comments are as ridiculous and brainwashed as if I had said that all metal music was about worshipping satan and was turning children into zombies so they would commit suicide. Or that all country music was about killing my wife and being sad because my dog died.

[SmacK]

Ignorance is bliss. I suggest you open your eyes to the world of music before making any assumptions about one genre. I guess you watch too much tv and listen to the radio all the time.

[mntbikeracer1]

Give me 30 minutes and a computer loaded with Fruity Loops, A Keyboard and a vocoder and I can emulate and or create an original rap crap song. It is not music it is crap. It is rushed into creation. The people making this music don't care about moving lyrics, or making great music they care about taking your music and nothing more. SO stop handing it over to them. Support real music.

And the same can be said for power chord playing, no talent, girl pant wearing punk rock.

Lets hear something original, something funky, something groovy, something acoustic, something different. PLEASE>>>

[ambiance]

This reminds me of when Tom Cruise opened his mouth about psychology when he knew little to nothing of the subject. You clearly have no knowledge of the culture at all. Hip-Hop goes as far back as slavery, and well before The Beatles and don't always revolve around guns and violence. I could go on for many paragraphs about your ignorance, but it is a waste of my time.

I had to edit this and laugh at you for saying Coldplay was a great band. They are a below average group, with mediocre singer, using the same drum pattern and tempo for every song. Take your metrosexual music and opinion elsewhere please...

Just for the record I love all genres of music and find the 90/00 generation to be the least inspiring and talent free of all.

[SmacK]

This is the typical attitude and generalizations i've come to expect from many of the members around here.  You obviously know only what you see on MTV, which is a very small part of what is available out there.  Grow up, and do some actual thinking and research before you hit the post button.  Your comments are as ridiculous and brainwashed as if I had said that all metal music was about worshipping satan and was turning children into zombies so they would commit suicide. Or that all country music was about killing my wife and being sad because my dog died.

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Some actual thought to their post! Thank you Quantum! :)

[Maiku]

Agreed.

My brother agrees also.

[crashguy]

Whilst i agree with you in as far as theres been a turning towards sexy woman, etc in video clips, you'd also have to have noticed theres been a turn towards that in movies, tv and other mediums. Magazines etc have always pushed the idea of the perfect woman, now it's just the perfect sexy woman.

Plus, im sure the older people in the 50s had the same feelings when rock music was taking over. It was trash, evil and turned kids wild. Unfortunantly, once a genre of music comes out it's tough to make it disappear. I personally dont like the suedo rock/punk stuff brought out by banks like sum 41 and simple plan. They all sound they same to me. But. i'll live with them, because you can enjoy all sorts of music. You dont just have to listen to the top 40 :p

[proph3t]

Rap is music, it just depends on what you listen to. Lot's of new stuff today is total crap and I agree with you in that sense, but there is some really good, well-produced, and thoughtful rap out there.

As a matter of fact, your statement is incredibly ignorant. Listen to Nas. Listen to Outkast. Listen to Kanye West. Listen to older Jay-Z stuff, and the old school Public Enemy, Eric B & Rakim, KRS-One. Listen to the alternative such as The Perceptionists or Atmosphere. Listen to Dr. Dre for the most insanely catchy beats, and listen to Big & Pac for the emotionally intense and complex lyrics.

Rap is a lot more than just sex, money, and violence, just turn off MTV.

[OrangeSoul]

real music is u2, coldplay, even other alternate and hard rock and some pop music is original music like it was in the 90's but hip hop is all about bikini clad women shaking thier booty

[hotdog666al]

Sad but true.

All the rap on TV has loads of women in all the time and stuff.

The other rap doesn't seem to make it to TV

[ryan420]

why would you go around saying that about hip hop. that is your opinion. since we are staing our opinions i feel that EMO (wich is for bitches) and mtv have destroyed music and that your "charts" are horribley flawed. every person on the charts (almost) is a bread product that has come out of some stinky record execs anus!! ...i listen to nothing but the dopest hip hop that would make your jaw drop (it had flow hehehe) and if you would like to retract your statement or if anyone who reads theis would like to learn more about this type of music just pm me and i'll hook you up ;)

nothing but underground baby ;)!!!!

[mufdvr3669]

Give me 30 minutes and a computer loaded with Fruity Loops, A Keyboard and a vocoder and I can emulate and or create an original rap crap song.  It is not music it is crap.  It is rushed into creation. 

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No you can't. Good rap producers can easily make $50,000 a song. If you could make that kind of money then you'd be doing it instead of typing crap onto a message board. Discussions on rap always brings out the little trolls who know nothing of rap beyond what they see on tv, then they call it crap like that's never been heard of before, and try to act knowledgeable on the subject. MTV and the radio plays all kinds of crappy music in any category. That's like me saying all rock sucks because of the crap MTV puts on when there is way more out there than just that.

Edited August 28, 2005 by mufdvr3669

[Lexcyn]

/signed.

I hate rap music with a passion. Occasionaly there is a hip hop song with a good beat, but I never concentrate to the lyrics on that type of music. Most of the time it's always derogatory comments.

[Djmutik1013]

real music is u2, coldplay, even other alternate and hard rock and some pop music is original music like it was in the 90's but hip hop is all about bikini clad women shaking thier booty

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Most music today that is mainstream is quite unorginal. The rap and hip hop stuff that you hear on the radio is like you say but there is more to the scene then just that. Gorillaz are hip hop artists and they are not all about sex drugs and violence

I will give you the advice of turning off the radio and throwing your tv out the window if it has MTV on it.

What really is killing music is the repeatative radio forcing the "popular music" down our throats.

Oh and by the way I listen to jsut about everything that sounds good too me

[OrangeSoul]

only rap celebrities are daily shot, have gang members, and shoot each other dead. Sure the older generation thought it would make kids wild when Rock first came out, but no one was becoming Rock gang members and shooting each other. On the other hand every Hip Hop artist has had his day in court concerning voilence and that includes 50 Cents, P Diddy, Jay Z and a host of other TOP hip hop , rap artists.