Your anti-rap rant shows more a talent for bias rather than a firm grasp of music making. To discount one type of music, simply because the composer is using loop technology rather than playing the riff over and over manually on a more "traditional" instrument strikes me as a bit odd, if not hypocritical. A vast majority of music is based on repetiton of themes and ideas, especially Blues, which forms the foundation on which almost all pop, rock, R&B, and rap owe allegiance. Here, the riff has always been king, and the means to get there have been largely expanded due to technology.Originally posted by Pontiuth Pilate
Pre-recording synth chords, bass licks, and drumbeats and looping them over and over again ad nauseam [literally] is NOT a sign that some innovative kids have discovered a great new way to utilize technology to make "music". It's a sign that the dropouts never got past page 7 in their guitar chordbook and don't know any other way to write music.
People have been mistaking inept plagiarism for imagination since the beginning of time!
Frankly, this unstudied, easy dismissal of rap based on a loathing of the samplers and computers largely used to create it is nothing more than muscial amishism. The list of the creative use of samples, loops and such in the creation and/or arrangemnent of music is long and distinguished, whether or not this fact is recognized by you. Open your mind. There's plenty of good music out there, including a lot of hip-hop and rap.