[UberNewb]

Album of the year...

Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

 

[oneeyedhobbit]

Maybe in the 16ish some odd pages that I didn't read someone addressed this, but if not I will--let's avoid the use of such derogative terms as "fag." The group on Head-Fi strikes me as a relatively intelligent group, who should be above that sort of bigotry.

 

[2livers]

The Herbaliser has put out some great stuff.
intelligent hip hop. two white dudes. English i believe. check out their song "8 point agenda"
then tell me rap sucks.

 

[Helloween]

There's bad rap...then there's really good rap. I personally don't listen to either but hey, i prefer rock/metal.

 

[Ebonyks]

Quote:

Non-Prophets (sage francis & joe beats) - Hope

I second that reccomendation, i cannot think of a better introduction to hip-hop than hope, it covers lots of the stylistic elements, and handles it really well.

 

[wanderman]

I am so bored. That I searched through old threads. This was quite a good read.

[resurrect]

scrypt teach me 2englsih plz.

 

[Quaddy]

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Originally Posted by MetalHead666 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I was thinking today, about how crappy rap is. So I decided to dedicate a thread to the crappy, unmusicalness of rap. Release your anger and frustration on this subject. Share your thoughts on how bad it is. O and remember, You Can't Spell Crap Without Rap.

cry me a river!

 

[judas391]

add nu-metal to the list.. it's just as bad, if not worse than rap

 

[Wolfstan]

opinion =! fact

 

[DJShadow]

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Originally Posted by mxs1030 /img/forum/go_quote.gif It boggles me how this thread wasn't locked earlier. The topic alone is flamebait. Seriously, criticizing other people's musical preference is just silly.

The problem is that isn't so much as criticism but more out and out flaming.
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Originally Posted by 2livers /img/forum/go_quote.gif The Herbaliser has put out some great stuff. intelligent hip hop. two white dudes. English i believe. check out their song "8 point agenda" then tell me rap sucks.

As far as I know, The Herbaliser are mostly instrumental. Lateef the Truthspeaker and Lyrics Born of Quannum are the rappers on ''8 Point Agenda'
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Originally Posted by wanderman /img/forum/go_quote.gif I am so bored. That I searched through old threads. This was quite a good read. [resurrect] scrypt teach me 2englsih plz.

Please come back scrypt

 

[kool bubba ice]

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Originally Posted by Sovkiller /img/forum/go_quote.gif IMO there is no music on rap, just a repetitive rythm, OTOH in any other genre (metal and rock and whatever), at least we have a melody, to sing or whistle...as I stated before, maybe rap is not for me (thanks God) but I do not consider this thread even necessary, rap simply sucks, any era, any time, any kind...period, but this is just my point of view, and IMO, etc, etc, etc.... Yes, of course, you can find a lot of crap in any genre, just that IMO all of the other crap sucks a lot less.....

True. & IMO classical & jazz sucks..

 

[ken36]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MetalHead666 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I was thinking today, about how crappy rap is. So I decided to dedicate a thread to the crappy, unmusicalness of rap. Release your anger and frustration on this subject. Share your thoughts on how bad it is. O and remember, You Can't Spell Crap Without Rap.

Well, I wouldn't put it exactly that way....

 

[DavidMahler]

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Originally Posted by kool bubba ice /img/forum/go_quote.gif True. & IMO classical & jazz sucks..

If you discount all jazz music then you don't fully appreciate rap and rap's history. Hip hop's roots are in jazz.

As far as classical goes, if you think classical "sucks" then you haven't warmed to it and maybe never will.........but there's a reason why classical music has survived over all other types of music, and it's not because sucky things survive......you know the rest.

 

[DavidMahler]

On a separate issue.........I wouldn't say rap sucks. There is some rap that I think is very interesting. However, one thing I do find awkward is the thought of spending thousands on your audio gear to listen to rap music. I feel rap music is recorded, mixed and produced with the sense of non high fidelity in mind, almost as if this music is meant to be listened to with extremely boosted bass. I would never spend more than 100 bucks on a headphone if the main source of music I listened to was rap. You're not hearing acoustic instruments in rap generally and to use expensive gear to hear synthetic recreations of instruments or samples seems like an empty purchase.

 

[goldenratiophi]

Why oh why did you resurrect this thread?!