Opinions on rap music?

[4CxbqFxVnstmA Veteran]

Why do people judge all rap music based on a few songs they hear. Look at your favorite music genre, probably filled with a bunch of commericialized artist that dont represent the whole genre and trouble makers also.

That's a good point. A lot of rap music I don't like but some I think is cool. Same with other genres, as you say. :yes:

[Badie05]

Personally I hate it. Even being African and all, people give me weird looks when I listen to rock music. Hip hop is good R&B and Pop is ok. Rap sucks ;P

[Shadrack]

I don't mind rap. I have some snoop dogg CDs and some Easy E! I just get ****ed off at ppl who obviously only listen to rap! Thats all. Thats all. I just, don't have much patients for fools who just sit around all day making themselves all ignorant and ****... thats all.

[Demersynth]

This thread makes me ****ing sad. I can say the same thing about rock music now. What happened to the guitar solo? I haven't heard one in ****ing months. It's all these new indie bands that play a couple of easy chords with a simple riff in the bridge. You people all have this opinion because the stuff that is produced for the masses is simple ****. Most people can enjoy it easily and will happily buy a CD with 23 remixes of the same some for $24.95. Thats where all the money is at. You want to listen to thought provoking, real music, you need to look harder...There is still good rap music out there.

[harrister]

You people are stupid, without a doubt.

Rock music contains heavy metal, emo rock, punk rock, death metal, grunge etc.

Exact same thing with hip-hop, it has Club tracks (50 cent, soulja boy, three six mafia) and it has it's lyrical side (talib kweli, rakim)

You can't listen to one song by soulja boy then catergorise the whole of hiphop, same as me listening to a Marilyn manson song about killing yourself then classifying all rock as suicidal music etc

Who ever mentions Tupac in any way besides his dedication to production doesn't know hip-hop at all.

Listen to Big L, Rakim, Jedi Mind Tricks, Immortal Technique and then come back and tell me that Hip-hop is dead/wack

Rap in itself is sung poetry, thats the only way to define it.

It has stepped up a level. If you people did rap, you would know all about writing a verse.

Things such as Multi-syllable rhymes, internals, wordplay, punchlines rararara theres alot of it, and it requires alot of talent

Rap isn't Dr Suess rhymes

ie rarararara cat

rararararara bat

Its stepped up MANY levels, 3 or 4 syllables may be rapped at one time.

ie

the ~truth is tragic~, this ~fruits a ******~

choosing anus abusing like two ~dudes in marriage~

or

my words will rock ya, when i ~drops the lines~

so i serve ya proper and ~pop ya spines~

some quotes..

eminem - "i murder a rhyme one word at a time u never heard of a mind as perverted as mine"

fabolous - "we been creeping and sneaking just to keep it from leaking we so deep in our freakin that we dont sleep on the weekends"

pap - "what if mother nature aborted the sky would we still shoot our fireworks on the fourth of july can't afford to live so abortions rise can't afford the troops so we taught the lie can't afford a funeral cuz the cost is high god damn we can't even afford to die"

etc...

Personally i'm an emcee, i rap, i dance, i entertain. I love my hiphop, but that doesn't mean i don't like other genres (i also listen to heavy metal, trance/hardcore, reggae, country and western.. yes i can listen to country and western)

[sycamore]

Some people seem to forget that there is MAIN STREAM RAP and UNderground RAP.

Main stream is the commercial one... you know there names.... all up on mtv and all

all bang bang no content, the real DIGG is the underground stuff. which is So much better

[Lqv2015]

Can't have crap without rap.

Can't have crock without rock.

:devil:

[YaZoR]

If you really care about others' opinions:

Rap, generally I dislike. Though I love the Beastie Boys.

[darkz]

i love the old tunes and i agree with this stuff getting commercial nowadays :)

but check out these russian guys: GUF

don't know 'em, never seen 'em live, only head the album "Город Дорог", but i think they are good and definately worth checking out.

i have no idea how it will sound like to one who doesnt understand russian tho

[NightmarE D]

The underground stuff I've heard is good. The mainstream stuff is just crap IMHO. A bunch of fake thugs talking about growing up in the hood and how tough they had it. When in reality most of them grew up in your average town and most likely in a middle class family.

Eminem for example. His early stuff is alright. Then he went mainstream and every song had to be about how much he hates his mom, then he hates his girlfriend, no wait he loves his girlfriend again and then he wants to kill them both. No wait...he wants to marry the girlfriend and Moby is too old to be wearing the clothes he wears. He couldn't do a song without talking trash about someone in it to get that song some attention and to sell albums. I'm glad I haven't heard any of him for a while.

Now every rap song has to have it's own dance. Getting more than tired of hearing that Superman song and seeing teens everywhere doing it. Hop on YouTube and there's multiple versions of it called Spiderman, Batman...BLAH BLAH. I actually had to tell my nieces that if they come here and use my computer to get on MySpace or anything, that I DID NOT want to hear that song again. So now they put on my headphones.

Most of the mainstream ones are just in it for the money and are complete fakes.

50 Cent is one of the biggest whiners I've ever seen

Kanye West easily wins the award for most spoiled brat in the world. The guy cries about everything. Getting mad that your precious little video didn't win because it cost over a million dollars to make is just over-the-top immaturity. I also can't stand how he thinks of himself as a Christ figure. If you don't understand what I mean by that just watch him closely. He loves doing photos where he's doing a Christ pose. He wore the crown of thorns for the Rolling Stone cover I think it was. Watch his video for that Stronger song and he's imitating a Christ-like figure in that video. He thinks too highly of himself. Man the guy gets on my nerves.

[darkz]

well said, well said

underground = good; mainstream = crap

it's always been like that. why? cause underground's idea is to make music, mainstream's is to make money

so e-z

[harrister]

Who the hell doesn't wanna make money?

Thats the dumbest thing i've heard.

And about the Crank that song, Soulja boy made his OWN dance for HIMSELF

'Watch Me Do It (Watch Me Do It)

Dance (Dance)

Lean'N To (Lean'N To)

Nope,You Can't Do It Like Me

Hoe, So Don't Do It Like Me

Folks, I See You Tryna Do It Like Me

Man That **** Was Ugly

And thats why you get the batman/spiderman so on and so forth..

[sn00pie]

What are the best songs from The Fugees? I've been listening to them alot recently... :D

Lil Wayne is a pretty crazy "mainstream" rapper, same with T.I. when he comes out with good ****, I don't like his recent stuff.

[Boifido]

I find most rap music obnoxious, but I belive whatever people like go for it!