Poll: Do you listen to rap?

[Fightgarr]

Rap is a lyrical style commonly associated with hip-hop. Rap is not a genre. Hip-hop is a genre. Yes I listen to quite a bit of hip-hop. Currently I'm a big supporter of the Doomtree hip-hop collective from Minneapolis, MN consisting of: LAZERBEAK, Paper Tiger, POS, Mike Mictlan, Cecil Otter, Sims and Dessa. Recently I've been diggin' Macklemore and Kendrick Lamar.

 

[Eddie the head]

Anyone who claims to hate rap as a genre just hasn't looked hard enough. If you look enough, you'll find something from pretty much any genre of music that you'll like. Doesn't matter if it's just a single song, or a single artist. The only person you're hurting is yourself if you decide to close yourself off to music without giving it an honest chance.

More on topic, yes, I listen to rap. Wu-Tang Clan, Kanye West, Eminem, Del the Funky Homosapien, and Mos Def are among my favorites. George Watsky and EpicLloyd are also great rappers that produce Youtube content on a somewhat regular basis.

I have said this before but, I am not going to go looking in the sewer for a diamond ring. Yeah someone likely flushed one at some point, but why would I wade though miles of shit to find that one thing that is not shit? I am much better off going to a diamond mine. And what I mean by that is a genre I actually like. I might find a rap song some day that I like but I'm not looking.

 

[Feraswondervahnn]

Man, I don't understand a lot of peoples problem with rap. Is it disliking it purely because it's in the mainstream? Or is there something I am missing that proves it's crap? Anyway, it's been a pretty good read and it has introduced me too some pretty cool artists so cheers people!

Anyway, I don't know if you would call this Rap or Hip Hop or whatever the bloody hell else there is but I'm going to leave it here anyway.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

ITT: Metalheads spout the same 'ignorant shit' they're always crying about people who don't like metal are "always making".

HTFU, princesses.

 

[Eddie the head]

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While I don't wish to be mean to you personally I find your ther.... hypos..... assertion. Well, lacking in a basic understanding of how the Human Brain works. The super abridged version is you don't see the world in the same way as the guy next to you. You think differently then him, you perceive diffidently then him, you notice diffident things then him. Why you notice different things is you are exposed to different things more often then him. You got exposed to rap more and stared noticing the differences more.

It's not that rap is optimistic and Rock is pessimistic and somehow you where "enlightened" to understand things more. No your brain just stared noticing X more then it did Y. You started caring about the Beat more then the rift, you stared caring about the story the guy was telling rather then the way he was telling it. And a million other differences. Your not more enlightened because you see the world in a different way then you use to.

ITT: Metalheads spout the same 'ignorant shit' they're always crying about people who don't like metal are "always making".

HTFU, princesses.

This is a simple case of Confirmation Bias you want to see people who don't like the same things as you as being ignorant of it. When most of the replays that say they don't like rap have said just that. They don't like it. Yeah there have been some ignorant responses that say "Rap is Crap" and the like, but they are the exception not the rule.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

ITT: Metalheads spout the same 'ignorant shit' they're always crying about people who don't like metal are "always making".

HTFU, princesses.

This is a simple case of Confirmation Bias you want to see people who don't like the same things as you as being ignorant of it.

Interesting logic there, bunkie.

I didn't accuse people of being ignorant, I accused them of being the hypocrits they are.

Come back again when you have a real argument.

 

[lunavixen]

there might be the odd song i might like, but for the most part no, i prefer rock and the like

 

[Thyunda]

I like rap. If it has a good beat and flowing rhyme anyway. Which means that I'm not fond of half the rappers currently on air, but then I don't really care about that. I don't listen to rap to hear about which 'niggas' got shot or what'll happen if I disagree with the rapper's opinion, but I do find entertainment in a good rap. I also like rock and metal and all that. My YouTube history is often a mix of Eminem, Ludacris, Kanye West, Rob Zombie, Zeromancer, Metallica, and sometimes I like to blur the line and just listen to Hollywood Undead. A lot.

 

[Thyunda]

Nope. I can't stand rap, and I've had friends who called me out for not giving it a try. And then I tell them I've been trying to find rap I like for fifteen years, and it hasn't worked. And then they shut up. I've actually found songs I would love if the rap wasn't in it (Coming Home and Libera Me From Hell spring to immediate mind).

...The rap MADE Libera Me From Hell. It'd be boring as shit otherwise.

 

[AnarchistFish]

I don't mind rapping, but I hate rap.

huh??
they're exactly the same thing..

Is a person rapping over a rock music rap or rock?

Both. Rap rock is a hybrid genre. And it's not one which is done well that often. But rapping isn't particularly a genre in itself. It's like calling screaming a genre.

So you realize rapping and the genre rap aren't the same thing?

They are. Rap isn't a genre in itself and if you're talking about rap it's just music with rapping in it. Hip hop is a genre. But hip hop doesn't need rapping to be hip hop.

Hip hop doesn't need rapping to be hip hop, which is why people say rap to referring to rapping hip hop, which is a more specific genre. Which is why people specify when it's not hip hop, as you shown above with rap rock.

Rap rock is a hybrid genre of hip hop and rock.

I'm still unsure what you think the difference is between rapping and rap.

 

[Eddie the head]

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Yeah you don't notice it because it's subconscious, I was making examples. Those might not even be the reason you like it more. But it is simply you brain changed not you got an more optimistic look on life and rap is more optimistic. And even if it was (I don't know about that you ever heard an AC/DC song 90% of them are about having fun) this would be a case where you assume correlation equals causation. You and your friend both moved out of your small town and became more optimistic, at the same time you both stated liking rap more. You are searching for links where none necessarily existent's. If this was a common trend you might have a point, but it's not. Your sample size is two, I'm not even sure a reasonable hypothesis can be based on that small of a sample.

Also I don't really need to "defensively re-interpret it" you entire point is condescending. If you didn't notice that, hay your entire point is condescending. The attributes you where paining Rock with had generally negative connotations attached to them. On the flip side the attributes you where painting rap with had generally positive connotations behind them. You literally never stated superiority, but your entire point relies on one being superior in some respects. I mean I don't know anyone who would apply positive feelings to pessimism, and a negative feelings to optimism.

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It's hard to find a comeback to that. I mean it's a Straw man so I don't need to. I just need to reiterate what I already said. Most people who have said that they don't like it have said just that, that they don't like it.

 

[TehCookie]

I don't mind rapping, but I hate rap.

huh??
they're exactly the same thing..

Is a person rapping over a rock music rap or rock?

Both. Rap rock is a hybrid genre. And it's not one which is done well that often. But rapping isn't particularly a genre in itself. It's like calling screaming a genre.

So you realize rapping and the genre rap aren't the same thing?

They are. Rap isn't a genre in itself and if you're talking about rap it's just music with rapping in it. Hip hop is a genre. But hip hop doesn't need rapping to be hip hop.

Hip hop doesn't need rapping to be hip hop, which is why people say rap to referring to rapping hip hop, which is a more specific genre. Which is why people specify when it's not hip hop, as you shown above with rap rock.

Rap rock is a hybrid genre of hip hop and rock.

I'm still unsure what you think the difference is between rapping and rap.

Then you are extremely dense and I can't help you.

 

[Garyn Dakari]

Nope...I really don't like rap. Although, I don't hate it as much as I used to(I can tolerate it if someone else starts listening to it nearby, or if it's in a movie).

 

[Hollock]

yes.
There is something wrong if you can't find a rap song you like.
Or a country song,
or a metal song.

 

[pandorum]

I don't listen to rap. The closest I get to it is Epic Rap Battle of History and one FantomenK song. I'm primarily a metalhead, but I also listen to electric, jazz, swing, classic rock and classical.

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I am a massive rap fan but even I have to bow to this sort of metal no of that screaming shit though that's just garbage.

 

[Nouw]

Most recently I've been hooked onto Power by Kanye West, beautiful song

Just listen to the album. Seriously, I don't care how much of a douchebag he is, or all the sampling he does, my advice to you is to listen to the rest of My Beautiful Twisted Dark Fantasy. You won't regret it.

I certainly do not. My favourite song so far is Runaway.

Spoiler: It's really beautiful.