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Old 12-22-2009, 10:50 PM   #59 (permalink)
midnight rain
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Originally Posted by Dave.r2009 View Post
What can possibly be good about the typical rap album. 18 songs per album(Too much, should be 10-12 tracks) 4-5 filler tracks (skits) and your typical rap lyrics about Clubs,guns,drugs,woman,cars,ghetto's..blah..blah.. blah and add on some commerical beats for airplay. Even the better rappers out there like Lupe Fiasco,K'naan can't produce a anything classic. The only classic rap album I have ever liked was from a group called Camp Lo called "Uptown Saturday Night" in 1996 The beats were enjoyable and there lyrics and slang was very creative, to this day I have trouble understanding what exactly there rapping about in some of there songs.

It's beyond me how some critics can say that Lil Wayne's "Carter 3" is better then the Fleet Foxes album. According to Metacritic Reakwon's new album is in the top 5 and in fact is prop ****.

I feel critics are almost forcing themselves to give good reviews to rap albums just so they just don't upset that audience.
Have you ever felt that maybe that people can have differing opinions from yours?

Also, I don't see why rap is always berated for it's gangbang lyrics when the classic rock that these rap haters usually listen to contains plenty of sexual references (not to mention half the songs seem to be about one night stands) and drugs & alcohol in general. Just something I thought I'd point out.
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