What is rap to you? Most likely you think it's stupid (based on what I've seen here). But I believe rap is an outlet for socially unacceptable behavior. By the way if you're not from the US and a relatively big city (Phoenix is around 4 million people in total I think) you probably will have trouble understanding this American rap.
But in most forms (except pop rap) rap songs discuss behavior society frowns upon. example here's some very "bad" behavior. A song by Crips singing about their lives. Most would denounce this but it is art. Many people turn to gangs when they had no other friends or their families were in the gang. But even if you join one you are in a group of outcasts. Your lifestyle would be harshly judged.
So gangsta rap is a great example of how rap is the music of the outcast. For a long time rap was mainly made by black people (especially men) who in American society are often outcast for the way they look, or stereotypes of society.
But regular rap also does this without needing to talk about murdering your rivals. DMX raps about his shitty childhood and his crack addiction. (I suggest the dirty version but the video shows some important things such as him in an ambulance.
Basically rap is one place where you can sing poetry about being poor, outcasted by society, having a shitty life, or having a crack addiction, without it ending your career. I just feel the overall tone of rap welcomes the outcast to success but is too often seen as negative but I see it as a great source of art.
TLDR- Rap allows people to talk about unacceptable activities like gangbanging, american socialism, abusive childhoods, or something as trivial as smoking weed. It gets a worse...RAP than it deserves. What do you think rap is? Have I opened any eyes or is everyone already masters of rap.
What rap do you like?
Or do you just hate rap.
But in most forms (except pop rap) rap songs discuss behavior society frowns upon. example here's some very "bad" behavior. A song by Crips singing about their lives. Most would denounce this but it is art. Many people turn to gangs when they had no other friends or their families were in the gang. But even if you join one you are in a group of outcasts. Your lifestyle would be harshly judged.
So gangsta rap is a great example of how rap is the music of the outcast. For a long time rap was mainly made by black people (especially men) who in American society are often outcast for the way they look, or stereotypes of society.
But regular rap also does this without needing to talk about murdering your rivals. DMX raps about his shitty childhood and his crack addiction. (I suggest the dirty version but the video shows some important things such as him in an ambulance.
Basically rap is one place where you can sing poetry about being poor, outcasted by society, having a shitty life, or having a crack addiction, without it ending your career. I just feel the overall tone of rap welcomes the outcast to success but is too often seen as negative but I see it as a great source of art.
TLDR- Rap allows people to talk about unacceptable activities like gangbanging, american socialism, abusive childhoods, or something as trivial as smoking weed. It gets a worse...RAP than it deserves. What do you think rap is? Have I opened any eyes or is everyone already masters of rap.
What rap do you like?
Or do you just hate rap.
