What makes you like rap and hip-hop? (lyrics, techno, metal)

draxus · 04-10-2006, 06:16 PM

In my opinion, rap is only singing about Girls, and Smoking weed, ill admit that that isnt all rap music, but most Black Rappers sing about that.Rap just isnt broad enough listen to.

Laces Out Dan! · 04-10-2006, 08:47 PM

I like how it makes me COLD HARD GANxSTA!

~~bungalow~~ · 04-10-2006, 09:11 PM

Rap is some of the most intelligent, touching, and haunting music I have ever listened to. Songs like The Poverty Of Philosophy, and Destruction and Creation are so powerful, you can't help but take notice. Rap is all about liking the right artist. Same with any other style of music. There will always be people who think that Nickelback are the quintesential rock band, and there will always be those who think that Lil Whyte is the quintesential rapper. The thing I can't stand is when people stereotype rap music. Them saying all rap is about smoking weed and f*cking girls, is the equivalent of those idiots who say all emo music is about cutting yourself, and I'll be damned if half of this forum doesn't jump on their back and call them misinformed. Rap music has a raw energy to it that I cannot find in any other kind of music.

TheBig3 · 04-10-2006, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo

Theres even good rap after that, you just have to look harder.

I like rap, i must admit, i own albums from the following artists.

Public Enemy
Eminem
Notorious B.I.G.
Dr. Dre
Beastie Boys
Danger Doom

=D

Do you? I find it pretty easy. I think Mos and Talib, Common, Aesp (can't spell) MC Paul Barman, and Black Thought are pretty amazing.

~~hiu~~ · 04-11-2006, 04:09 AM

Not to mention Deltron 3030 or Dr Octagon. And don't get me started on the millions of A Tribe Called Quest style rap groups releasing albums between 1991 and 1994.

TrampInaTux · 04-11-2006, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by DontRunMeOver

Sometime I like the lyrics and the vocal hooks. The beats and the other parts of the arrangement in recent hip-hop is what I really like though. Old rap/hip-hop had good lyrics and generally better use of different vocal ideas, but the music behind it was pretty ****ty cheese a lot of the time. Certainly not sexy-ass like it is nowadays

I agree with that so much. The lyrics to old rap were brilliant, but the crappy music was awful so that made me not want to listen to it. Nowadays things go the opposite way around, with the exception of some rappers out there.

Sebster17 · 04-13-2006, 11:40 AM

I can tell u what DOESN'T make me like rap/hip hop. but i won't to avoid confrontation. instead, i'll say that Outkast, some eminem, buck 65 and some talib kweli are some of the few rap artists i like.

TrampInaTux · 04-13-2006, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Sebster17

Outkast.

You sound like my type of poster.

vmixer · 04-13-2006, 02:46 PM

Two words:

Hot
Beats

Doc.DGAF · 04-18-2006, 07:58 PM

I gotta agree wit' Absurd and Crazy Luv. None-the-less, good lyrics, and a good beat just make a track. It's gotta mean something, have that realness, some emotion. Whether it be anger, love, hate, pleasure, or what ever, if the voice ain't feelin' it they can't project it. If they can't show that they really, truly mean/feel what their saying then it's crappy music. you take somebody like Tupac, Eazy E, Biggie, they weren't just good vocalists, they didn't just have good beats or both, they came straight forward on how they felt, and what they went through to get where they were. Even Kanye West, Young Jeezy or Busta Rhymes, all excelent lyricists but they come real with it, taht's what counts.

04-10-2006, 08:47 PM	#12 (permalink)
Laces Out Dan! I love Puck Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: British Columbia Posts: 4,614	I like how it makes me COLD HARD GANxSTA! __________________ We are entirely smooth, We admit to the truth, We are the best at what we do.

04-13-2006, 11:40 AM	#17 (permalink)
Sebster17 Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 47	I can tell u what DOESN'T make me like rap/hip hop. but i won't to avoid confrontation. instead, i'll say that Outkast, some eminem, buck 65 and some talib kweli are some of the few rap artists i like. __________________ Q: What's pink and fluffly? A: Pink Fluff

04-10-2006, 06:16 PM	#11 (permalink)
draxus Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Canton, Georgia Posts: 94	In my opinion, rap is only singing about Girls, and Smoking weed, ill admit that that isnt all rap music, but most Black Rappers sing about that.Rap just isnt broad enough listen to.

04-10-2006, 09:11 PM	#13 (permalink)
~~bungalow~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hot-lanta Posts: 3,140	Rap is some of the most intelligent, touching, and haunting music I have ever listened to. Songs like The Poverty Of Philosophy, and Destruction and Creation are so powerful, you can't help but take notice. Rap is all about liking the right artist. Same with any other style of music. There will always be people who think that Nickelback are the quintesential rock band, and there will always be those who think that Lil Whyte is the quintesential rapper. The thing I can't stand is when people stereotype rap music. Them saying all rap is about smoking weed and f*cking girls, is the equivalent of those idiots who say all emo music is about cutting yourself, and I'll be damned if half of this forum doesn't jump on their back and call them misinformed. Rap music has a raw energy to it that I cannot find in any other kind of music.

04-11-2006, 04:09 AM	#15 (permalink)
~~hiu~~ Account Disabled Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,174	Not to mention Deltron 3030 or Dr Octagon. And don't get me started on the millions of A Tribe Called Quest style rap groups releasing albums between 1991 and 1994.

04-13-2006, 02:46 PM	#19 (permalink)
vmixer Groupie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 12	Two words: Hot Beats

04-18-2006, 07:58 PM	#20 (permalink)
Doc.DGAF Uhh-I am Octiposter-huhuh Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: South Florida Posts: 232	I gotta agree wit' Absurd and Crazy Luv. None-the-less, good lyrics, and a good beat just make a track. It's gotta mean something, have that realness, some emotion. Whether it be anger, love, hate, pleasure, or what ever, if the voice ain't feelin' it they can't project it. If they can't show that they really, truly mean/feel what their saying then it's crappy music. you take somebody like Tupac, Eazy E, Biggie, they weren't just good vocalists, they didn't just have good beats or both, they came straight forward on how they felt, and what they went through to get where they were. Even Kanye West, Young Jeezy or Busta Rhymes, all excelent lyricists but they come real with it, taht's what counts.