KamijoIsMyHero
Headphoneus Supremus
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Oh, and for the record hip-hop is not necessarily rap.
Hip hop has no redeeming musical qualities to me.
The general aesthetic reminds me of "punk", another genre in which people make next to zero effort to actually compose anything inspiring or original yet become angry and belligerent when you call them out on it. They want the best of both worlds -- they want to spit in the face of music to show off their rebellion, then have music lovers silently endorse it, like "Oh ha, you crazy kids!".
It doesn't work out that way and they get upset when people take "elitist" attitudes towards them. They want to offend you but not be offended back.
I also have trouble telling the "deep poetic genius" rappers apart from the rest. People have of course had me listen to Tupac and as far as I could tell, while his vocabulary was slightly larger, it was still a guy rhyming about how great he is over cowbell and kazoo sound effects.
I do in a way "hate" it, because if you truly love something then it's natural to hate anything which threatens it. Hip hop along with "Dr. Luke" style idiotpop have relegated composed music to the fringes of society and turned what was once one of the core forms of human art into a lowest common denominator industry like fast food, pornography or cartoons.
Life is too short to force ones self to endure bad music just to seem open minded.
Wow I just joined and this thread really ******* pisses me off with all the ignorance. Rap IS music and all of you faggots saying "All rap sucks" are ******* IGNORANT. Listen to some ******* underground hip hop before you make ******* sweeping generalizations you ******* clueless dickless turds....WU TANG CLAN...NAS...THE ROOTS..TUPAC.....BIGGIE SMALLS..just a few good ones. Open your mind and stop being ******* ignorant!!!!!
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.
Yes but they're both equally horrific and the division seems to be completely arbitrary based on whatever that particular listener likes (hip hop) or dislikes (rap).
Hip hop has no redeeming musical qualities to me.
The general aesthetic reminds me of "punk", another genre in which people make next to zero effort to actually compose anything inspiring or original yet become angry and belligerent when you call them out on it. They want the best of both worlds -- they want to spit in the face of music to show off their rebellion, then have music lovers silently endorse it, like "Oh ha, you crazy kids!".
It doesn't work out that way and they get upset when people take "elitist" attitudes towards them. They want to offend you but not be offended back.
I also have trouble telling the "deep poetic genius" rappers apart from the rest. People have of course had me listen to Tupac and as far as I could tell, while his vocabulary was slightly larger, it was still a guy rhyming about how great he is over cowbell and kazoo sound effects.
I do in a way "hate" it, because if you truly love something then it's natural to hate anything which threatens it. Hip hop along with "Dr. Luke" style idiotpop have relegated composed music to the fringes of society and turned what was once one of the core forms of human art into a lowest common denominator industry like fast food, pornography or cartoons.
Life is too short to force ones self to endure bad music just to seem open minded.
I'd have to agree, with a few rare exceptions, I can't stand rap/hip-hop or punk at all.
So you're saying The Ramones, Sex Pistols, Blink 182, Early Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rise Against, etc. Are crap?
There are a few RHCP songs from their early period that I don't mind...but I don't like the rest of those, no. Crap might be too strong a word, but I am certainly not a fan. Don't like the Beastie Boys either.
It saddens me how little head-fi'er knows about rap.
Eminem, Jay z, Beastie boys?? What's next Marky mark and the funky bunch?
They are the beats by dre of the rap world