Apparantly, I am a degenerate of society.

[zehydra]

I find rap repetitive and boring, and I don't really like listening to guys reciting poetry rhythmically, that's why i don't listen to it.

 

[Jaranja]

To me it is.

Whenever I hear it on radio, TV or whatever, it makes me cringe.

No idea why, it just does

Because it's really really painful to listen to for normal people.

 

[maddawg IAJI]

It's not that you listen to rap music that people associate you with a degenerate, it's the mental picture people form when they hear the word "Rap." which would usally be some skinny kid with Pants hung low, boxers hanging out, a hat on sideways, and a vocabulary that makes very little sense.

 

[funksobeefy]

I'd say that 99% of all Rapmusic sucks ***.
I would not call you a degenerate of Society though, that's what I am for not having a job, not wanting a job and thinking that society at large sucks. I would only say that your taste in music is extreamly bad though

how about we say 99% of commercial rap music sucks? cause even real rap fans would agree with you on that.

yeah people need to start realizing the difference. Just like there is popular metal and "good" metal, there is good rap and shitty popular rap.

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

The point of this post is; not ALL rap music is bad. RnB, however, is the real scum of society

The irony is delicious.

 

[Unholykrumpet]

Eh...college made most of my friends way more tolerant music wise. I'll give my own music preferences as an example. I only liked Death metal and hard rock in high school. Everything else made me want to punch a baby. Now, after meeting a plethora of musically-unique individuals, I like most popular genres of music (popular where I live, anyway), such as rap and hiphop(mostly mainstream like Jay-Z, Kid Cudi, TI, etc.), popular country music, musicals (Across the Universe soundtrack comes to mind), still death metal and normal rock, and I don't really dislike anything in particular. My highschool self would hate me...

 

[Xanadeas]

Some rap is okay... Like Handlebars, that's a good song. But most of the stuff you hear anymore is terrible. :<

 

[Chaos Theory]

Well mostly everyone ive met who listens to Rap/Hip-Hop has three things in common.

1: they are unintelligent
2: Immature
3: think drugs are cool

Im not saying this applies to you or indeed everyone who listens the that style of music, but from what ive seen the majority of people who listen to Hip Hop/Rap fit the label of degenerates.

 

[Soushi]

I don't like it personally, but if you do, go for it. Do what makes you happy, just don;t expect others to agree with you all the time. BUt if someone calls you a degenerate, then leave them along content with the knowledge that they are a bigger asshole than you ever will be just casue you listen to rap music.

 

[derelict]

I'd say that 99% of all Rapmusic sucks ***.
I would not call you a degenerate of Society though, that's what I am for not having a job, not wanting a job and thinking that society at large sucks. I would only say that your taste in music is extreamly bad though

Agreed, the "c" in rap is silent

Seriously though, I don't actually consider rap a form of music. I file it in the same cabinet as beat poetry, as I don't see the difference between the two. I don't have a problem with rap, but calling it music is pushing it.

 

[Computer-Noob]

Mostly depends on whether or not a specific track is filled with random electronic noises that seem to be there just to give me a headache.

I don't like Rap, because a lot of it is just playing with Cubasic to create a nice loop and than speak some bullsh*t over it. Or, if you're really lazy, just "sample" somebody else's loops. Sure, there are a couple of Rap tracks (I won't call something a song that didn't bother to include a melody) that are fun, but in the grand scheme of things, it's rubbish.

How many Rap tracks from 2002 are still played on the radio today? Or from 1996? Rap is not music like that of The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Elvis Presley or Beethoven, Mozart, Wagner. Contemporary Rap music will not be listened to in 40 years, because it's disposable. You listen to it for a couple of days, weeks, maybe months and then throw it out. As such, it's much closer to Twitter than Art.

As true as this is, is it also not the fault of radio stations/media who cause this? Out of personal experience, in the city I live in there are only two well known stations that play rap music actively, and both are actually designated as "new" stations that play recently released songs (they also only play low quality recent songs). Couldn't the whole idea that rap is disposable be changed if it was broadcasted in a different way?

 

[silver wolf009]

*gasp* you listen to rap? you filthy little monster!
/sarcasm
i dont like rap but you shouldnt be labeled scum because of it.

 

[SpyderNynja]

Near every kind of Rock, expecially Metal FTW

Most people here on the escapist seem to agree that most rap today is terrible. (I myself however believe Eminem is the greatest wordsmith around right now.) But what I REALLY can't stand is R&B. I haven't heard a single R&B song sung by a male that wasn't about a dude going to a club, seeing an attractive woman and convincing her she is the love of his life in one night and wanting to, "make love in the club", "make her bed rock", etc.

 

[Pegghead]

I like a bit of rap music every now and then, but I only enjoy the rap that's snappy and rhythmic, not the kind that drags on repeating the same few lyrics again and again (Here's looking at you In Da Club. Honestly to me the day that song came out is the day...rap mu-sic died...I was freestyling bye, bye...).

I lap up all of Eminems work and listening to the stuff New Zealand cranks out is a real treat.

 

[SonicKoala]

No, you're right. Not ALL Rap music is terrible - I use to really like Eminem, I think the Beastie Boys are awesome, and I'm sure that there are plenty of other rap artists out there who are very competent song-writers (Jay-Z, for example, or Wu Tang Clan).

However, apart from the Beastie Boys, it is simply NOT a genre I listen to - it lacks all of the things which I love in music.... instruments, for one. Melody, for another.

 

[Mother Yeti]

Is it 1994 or something? Seriously, when did rap become a contentious issue again?

 

[C_sector]

Rap music doesn't make you a degenerate of society, it just means that you like bling bling, you want to shoot people and probably despise women....... o_0

 

[ShawnRiles]

Of course, not all rap is bad. It's the mainstream stuff. Ugh, it makes me cringe.

 

[Radelaide]

Because i listen to rap music.

Really, why do people critisize a genre so much that they will refuse to listen to it at all? Eminem and Jay-Z have done some amazing songs, such as "Stan", "Empire state of mind" and "'Till I collapse"

And let's not forget the classics. Who can't remember Run-DMC, MC hammer and sir mix-a-lot?

The point of this post is; not ALL rap music is bad. RnB, however, is the real scum of society

You know why they're 'classic'? Because nothing that people produce these days is anywhere near as good as it was back then. I've listened and tried to get home with the downies down with the homies and honestly can't. Most of the music that is produced from rap is violent, dreadful and not to mention uninterpretible (taking a stab at that) because of the over-whelming "music" over the top of the "lyrics".

give me Rap which is meant to be good, and I'll give it a go.