Rap

[7ronin]

Rap draws a vacuum.

 

[CartesianFart]

I'd just came back from a bar today and i am annoyed by all the cheesy rap songs.Especially the Dem Frachize Boyz's song "Lean Wit it,and Rock Wit it."

What ever happen to the popularity of good rap songs that have intriquing social commentaries?

 

[CartesianFart]

Double post,havent had that in awhile.

 

[shortguy]

I'm not a big fan, but when I'm in the right mood I love some good hip hop. Like with all other music, though, I tend to assess it on a song by song basis; I don't really have any favorite artists.

 

[Narz]

I like some of it.

Most of what's on the radio is crap though.

 

[Godwynn]

Most of what's on the radio is crap though.

Agreed. Seriously, anyone who says 50 Cent or Eminem are even in the top 10 of rappers ever deserve to be slapped.

I'll take you to the Candy Shop
I'll let you lick the lolly pop

Wow that is awe-inspiring and creative. When I first heard that song I felt the sudden need to jam a Q-tip as far as I could into my ear.

 

[Narz]

Eminem does have some good songs though most of his "pop" stuff is terrible. I am not commenting on the subtance of his lyrics but I don't think it can be denied that his flow is good. I mean, how many people can say "Nowadays everybody wanna talk like they got something to say
But nothin comes out when they move they lips, Just a buncha gibberish, And m*****f***ers act like they forgot about Dre" as fast as he does and still be understood.

Who would you put in the top 10?

 

[Godwynn]

Eminem does have some good songs though most of his "pop" stuff is terrible. I am not commenting on the subtance of his lyrics but I don't think it can be denied that his flow is good. I mean, how many people can say "Nowadays everybody wanna talk like they got something to say
But nothin comes out when they move they lips, Just a buncha gibberish, And m*****f***ers act like they forgot about Dre" as fast as he does and still be understood.

Who would you put in the top 10?

The Notorious B.I.G.
2pac
Dr. Dre
Rakim
Run D.M.C.
Public Enemy
Jay Z
Nas
N.W.A.
Puff Daddy/Ma$e

In no order except the top 2. B.I.G. is #1

 

[Narz]

The Notorious B.I.G.
2pac
Dr. Dre
Rakim
Run D.M.C.
Public Enemy
Jay Z
Nas
N.W.A.
Puff Daddy/Ma$e

In no order except the top 2. B.I.G. is #1

Hmm, not a bad list except I don't think Jay Z or Diddy Kong have much talent.

Nas is good but I'd put him behind Mobb Deep, I also get a little tired of his constant self-aggrandization though, I know that goes with the terrority but sheesh, get over yourself already.

I definitely like Ma$e. What a joke though, to retire and become a preacher or something only to return will a terrible album.

I like DeLaSoul and the Roots too and some Wu Tang. I don't know hip-hop well enough to compile a top 10 list though. I agree that most of the best stuff was in the mid 90's.

 

[shortguy]

I have to agree with those who say that rap has gone downhill. It's a sad day when someone like Mike Jones is popular. I swear, I could rap better than that idiot.

 

[Godwynn]

I definitely like Ma$e. What a joke though, to retire and become a preacher or something only to return will a terrible album.

Agreed. Except now he has gone back to his Murda Ma$e style, while still being a preacker .

He is trying to start beef with The Game and make another East Coast-West Coast rap war, since he came too late for the last one and was only a minor player and supporter of B.I.G.

 

[Grohan]

Rap is the 2nd worst music genre. Only black/death metal is worse :thumbdown

 

[Ville]

Rap is the 2nd worst music genre. Only black/death metal is worse :thumbdown

At least those bands play instruments

I hate rap...

 

[salty mud]

I HATE Rap with a passion

 

[GinandTonic]

Really liked rapback in the days of rappers delight, public ememy, de la soul, dream warriors etc. A lot of the newer stuff is empty derivitave crap, excepting some odds and ends, eminem streets ms dynamite etc. The same prob goes for most genres.

As a brit the whole look at my bling thing is a real turn off. Going on about how rich you are is just incredably vulgar (sound like my grandpa). Shout about how much cash you have and it only shows you cant by class. Rap used to have a message and it seems the bling is a celebration of the loss of that message. As ms dynamite said (something like) how many africans died for the rocks on your rolex?

 

[Rambuchan]

I LOVE rap (the words and the method of delivery). And I LOVE hip-hop (the beats they rap over).

I could go off on a whole rant right now about hip-hop and rap and how it's so misunderstood and how there are actually still plenty of rappers making great poetry and great music, which speaks volumes more than bling and bang. About how it merges so many artistic forms within the language that its carefully built up over the last 25 years and how it can be really entertaining and pleasing to hear references (samples) in a rap song to a reggae song, a metal song, a movie or a political speech. About how the mainstream peddles a load of shi*e and how there has been many a rebirth against all of that. About how its given a voice to many who would never have one. I could go on about how I learned from my hip-hop records all about the great jazz, soul and funk artists and plenty of history and politics to boot. Blah blah blah.

Rap and Hip-hop are truly great, dynamic, postmodern artistic forms.

 

[Sidhe]

Ice Ice baby was playing on the radio just then.

Now that's some white rap and a half

Funny that almost like they played it just for me, because I moaned about the horse apple bling crap that's around too much atm and said I'd rather listen to Vanilla Ice, I supose it's the difference between pop and rock. crap and rap.

Anyway I'm white I'm not suposed to get it

 

[EolTheDarkElf]

I don't like listening to RAP myself and there it would end for me if it wasn't for.....

What annoys me is pseudo-gangstas who blast RAP or hip-hop at 100% power from their stereos, listening to all that drivel about being gangsta and bad, and hating the police and what not, and thinking that everyone around should bow to their supreme music and lifestyle.

I don't know if it's that pseudo-gangstas like RAP or the other way around, that RAP turns normal people into pseudo-gangstas, but there sure is some relation between the two.

Usually rock / pop / metal / classical / whatever music fans aren't so obnoxious to their environment.

 

[~Corsair#01~]

I like most music genres, and rap isn't an exception. Haven't actually found a genre of music which I *dislike*, although all genres have plenty of rubbish musicians along with the talented ones.

What I think of the kind of people who seem to consititute the majority of rap fans is another story...

 

[Chukchi Husky]

I don't like rap, but I have a horrible taste in music.