Poll: Do you listen to rap?
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Not really. Most rap is about money, cars, tits, guns, and any combonation of the above, so I'm not a fan. That said, I LOVE Kanye's work, and the soundtracks for Madworld and Anarchy Reigns are pretty damn awesome.
I occasionally listen to the Certified Wise group as well as Bliss n Eso. But other than that, not really.
I used to listen to it almost exclusively when I was a teen/early 20s. These days, I've drifted back to thrash metal, which is what I listened to most of my life. But don't listen when people tell you all rap is terrible, because those people are swimming in ignorance.
Myself, I listened to a ton of different kinds of rap. Long list incoming...
Atmosphere, Eyedea, Sage Francis, Mr. Lif, Immortal Technique, Tech N9ne, P.O.S., Cannibal Ox, Mos Def, Ice Cube, Beastie Boys, Asylum 7, Eminem, Esham, B.I.G., Nas, Wu Tang, Redman, Watsky, Hopsin, Royce Da 5'9", The Roots, Cage, Dr. Dre... I could continuye, but I already feel like a massive tool waving around my list like it's my peen.
I'll stop now.
Myself, I listened to a ton of different kinds of rap. Long list incoming...
Atmosphere, Eyedea, Sage Francis, Mr. Lif, Immortal Technique, Tech N9ne, P.O.S., Cannibal Ox, Mos Def, Ice Cube, Beastie Boys, Asylum 7, Eminem, Esham, B.I.G., Nas, Wu Tang, Redman, Watsky, Hopsin, Royce Da 5'9", The Roots, Cage, Dr. Dre... I could continuye, but I already feel like a massive tool waving around my list like it's my peen.
I'll stop now.
Yeah, I listen to rap. The asterisk here however is that I only listen to one of two rappers: Biggie Smalls and Eminem. I love the 10 Crack Commandments and Warning; Hell, Ready to Die is my favorite rap album. As for Eminem, I just find the lyrics funny. I started watching Rap Critic videos a couple months back and from his videos, I'm willing to give Lupe Fiasco a listen and will likely buy the black album or whatever the Hell it's called since it's apparently good.
That was totally a clever original statement that contributed to the conversation, oh wait no its not, its an inane attempt at cleverness that has been repeated to the point of obnoxiousness buy a string of arrogant people who think that they are the end-all-be-all judge of quality and everything they don't like sucks. /pet peeveLimpnoodle said:
OT: Yes but not all that much. Rap is a genera that I have only very recently discovered my taste for so I haven't found all that many artists I like yet. So far I have enjoyed Eminem, Busta Rhymes, and Nas.
Not as much, I've been falling out with music for a while now, but generally I'm a fan. I do think it gets an undo amount of resentment from people who discount the music because of the culture around it. Shit, my dad (as in MY dad, the Ween and Frank Zappa worshipping type) was able to find substance in a handful in hip hop acts like OutKast, Beastie Boys as well as the somewhat different sound of international and local (Australian) rappers.
I believe that everybody can find at least one thing they like in almost any given genre or medium, and hip hop has enough variety to accomodate anyone drawn to a certain kind of sound. I find it hard to believe that a person who isn't choosing to be close-minded really can't see any appeal or value in hip hop and rap whatsoever, in its vast selection of artists and sub-cultures it has produced.
At least be the kind of person willing to check out the handful of rappers people do recommend. There are artists, prominent ones, in the rap music industry who loathe the current state of it as much of you probably do.
I believe that everybody can find at least one thing they like in almost any given genre or medium, and hip hop has enough variety to accomodate anyone drawn to a certain kind of sound. I find it hard to believe that a person who isn't choosing to be close-minded really can't see any appeal or value in hip hop and rap whatsoever, in its vast selection of artists and sub-cultures it has produced.
At least be the kind of person willing to check out the handful of rappers people do recommend. There are artists, prominent ones, in the rap music industry who loathe the current state of it as much of you probably do.
Rap is alright. I prefer rap songs that blend metal in with them like various (early) PM5K songs, and Horror-core groups like ICP are ok, though I prefer their sillier songs to the more obnoxiously violent ones. Also Hands Up with Llyod something-er-other is ok since it was in Saints Row 2.
10 Years ago my Dad bought me a Card. You Can't Spell Crap, Without Rap.
I still listen to Rap. I watched every video Link in the Thread. Underground is where Rap is at. Jay-z and Kanye made some great albums. I like mostly 1992-1997 Rap. After that it went pop/commercialised whatever you want to call it. Same thing happened to Metal and now "Dubstep" is crammed down in our ears, churned out by students armed with freeware and a laptop.
Where are artists like Big Daddy Kane, Public Enemy and Del the Funky Homosapien now?
I still listen to Rap. I watched every video Link in the Thread. Underground is where Rap is at. Jay-z and Kanye made some great albums. I like mostly 1992-1997 Rap. After that it went pop/commercialised whatever you want to call it. Same thing happened to Metal and now "Dubstep" is crammed down in our ears, churned out by students armed with freeware and a laptop.
Where are artists like Big Daddy Kane, Public Enemy and Del the Funky Homosapien now?
Jedi Mind Tricks, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Outkast, Jay-z and Tupac get fairly regular plays and I've recently started watching acapella rap battles on youtube thanks to my little bro. SO yeah rap is pretty cool.
I don't listen to rap. Some of what I've heard has been ok but the style is just not to my taste.
Classical orchestra and midi music for me.
No idea why but this music just jives with me.
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Classical orchestra and midi music for me.
No idea why but this music just jives with me.
[sub][sub][sub]EDIT: Wow... I sound more stuck up than usual....[/sub][/sub][/sub]
Nah, just haven't found the right artist yet. I fully realize that rap is a very valid form of music, but when most people think that good rap consists of all the things that rap is renowned for (mostly bad, in my eyes), it turns me off. Intrinsically, there's something about rap that makes me hate it, but realize that it's still okay as an art.
I respect your opinion, but overgeneralizing about it isn't a good idea.
Captcha- "oh yes"
Not till you suggest a good artist, captcha.
You may not like rap, but overgeneralizing about all of it is something that you should avoid. I'm pretty sure there is good rap out there, but I'm can't find it as I'm not looking hard enough.Limpnoodle said:
I respect your opinion, but overgeneralizing about it isn't a good idea.
Captcha- "oh yes"
Not till you suggest a good artist, captcha.
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Damn man! You are just too funny! How do you come up with great stuff like that? Forget Conan O'Brien and Letterman, you totally need a late night show all to yourself
Yes OP, I do listen to rap. I think a lot of it is quite good, and it's not all "gangsta's drugs and ho's" like a lot of people think
Oh my god thank you for showing me that, it was awesome. I've just spent the last half an hour or so watching a bunch of them,lRookiel said:
this is probably my favourite one:
After groups like Public Enemy faded away, I stopped listening for rap for a long time. But I have actually been listening to Sirah lately--a bit more modern, and while her mix tape is half-pop, her lives material has all the charm of 1980s rap.