Nothing to do with music or games but I could be skating along minding my own business, obeying road rules, making way for people walking and even hoping off my board now and again to not disturb people but nope people still get shitty even if Im holding my board, I just don't get it
Apparantly, I am a degenerate of society.
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I'm not gonna rip on rap because it's futile and I don't care enough. RnB however... You are right that it is the scum of the earth. My reasoning? RnB used to be Rhythm and Blues. It was bluesy, raw and excellent. Back in the days when people still played instruments. Dr. Feelgood were RnB not these talentless fools who have stolen the genre and turned it into gangsta-esq junk.
Tis devil music, that's what it is! Like Soul music used to be the devil music...and blues music was before that...huh...I guess the moral guardians have forgotten the explicit lyrics of a good Howlin' Wolf song. Listen to the old stuff and they'll claim you have sofisticated tastes, no matter how pornographic the lyrics of the old Blues Masters were. I guess moral guardians just can't deal with the new thing.
"No, you are. Y'know, Hitler ate sugar."
The problem with people who relate two completely unrelated things (crime rates and church attendance, music and delenquency, sugar and...well...) are either talking out of their ass, following an invisible leader, or both. Music and delenquency are related only by a third factor; age. Coincidentally, church attendance and crime rates are linked the same way, too. Of course, this means that whoever this person was may have been trying to ward you off the "wrong" path, but that's more or less inconsequential.
The biggest problem is that you can't prove these people wrong, and they know it. You can show them all the facts and figures and statistics you want, and it'll never work. The best thing to do is to justify their belief as much as possible; throw the metaphor in their face, argue with them for fifteen minutes, then tell them, "You're just angry because you worked for fifty years and I have limitless potential to waste." At least that's how I handled it in school.
I myself am rather fond of a couple of ICP songs. And Handlebars, though that may not count.
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The problem with people who relate two completely unrelated things (crime rates and church attendance, music and delenquency, sugar and...well...) are either talking out of their ass, following an invisible leader, or both. Music and delenquency are related only by a third factor; age. Coincidentally, church attendance and crime rates are linked the same way, too. Of course, this means that whoever this person was may have been trying to ward you off the "wrong" path, but that's more or less inconsequential.
The biggest problem is that you can't prove these people wrong, and they know it. You can show them all the facts and figures and statistics you want, and it'll never work. The best thing to do is to justify their belief as much as possible; throw the metaphor in their face, argue with them for fifteen minutes, then tell them, "You're just angry because you worked for fifty years and I have limitless potential to waste." At least that's how I handled it in school.
I myself am rather fond of a couple of ICP songs. And Handlebars, though that may not count.
Apologies for auto-losing.
My general dislike of rap can be explained by the list of most common lyrics in mainstream rap songs:
1. Nigga
2. Bitches
3. Guns
4. Gangsta
Hard for a lot of people to look past the sea of retardation.
1. Nigga
2. Bitches
3. Guns
4. Gangsta
Hard for a lot of people to look past the sea of retardation.
I just wanted to congratulate you on the awesome avatar. Good to see a fellow pastafarian. Anyway, I don't like rap music, because to me it seems like it takes no talent except for keeping rhythm. It's just a repetitive track played on a loop with someone shouting over the top of it. I prefer songs with complexity, with melody, with stunning composition. Still, I wouldn't call you a degenerate or something stupid because of your musical tastes. Some people prefer simplicity. I don't understand it, but I have no problem with it.rabidmidget said:
I said a couple. I'm more of a Metal guy.Xyphon said:Huh. It's not often I see a fellow listener of Psychopathic Records.
But not the horrible, awful stuff.
...wait. Sorry.
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How do you know that's what he's listening to?A Pious Cultist said:
Apologies, again. And I already did.
No, this just makes you a lazy, social inept.Zeithri said: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
Most rap I find hilarious. The posturing and posing, the bravado. Some rap is really quite transcendental, though. I like rap that can be spoken word and not lose any of its bite. Saul Williams is a perfect example. Course, his songs aren't too popular, but they are fantastically deep and danceable.
Sometimes pop rappers come up with good stuff, but I can't get over how simple some of the beats and bass lines are. I mean, if your rap is gonna be just beats and bass and a little bit of synth, make them interesting! Course, I'm someone who listens to prog rock and classical, so complexity is kinda my bag. I like songs about science and self reference and the pompous "deconstruction of the ego."
Course, I also recently gave up on listening to the music I like cause I write music and it makes me feel like a terrible musician. Maybe I should start listening to lots of gangsta rap...
But no, you're not a total degenerate for liking rap, unless you actually BUY it. Kill the record industry! ^_^
Sometimes pop rappers come up with good stuff, but I can't get over how simple some of the beats and bass lines are. I mean, if your rap is gonna be just beats and bass and a little bit of synth, make them interesting! Course, I'm someone who listens to prog rock and classical, so complexity is kinda my bag. I like songs about science and self reference and the pompous "deconstruction of the ego."
Course, I also recently gave up on listening to the music I like cause I write music and it makes me feel like a terrible musician. Maybe I should start listening to lots of gangsta rap...
But no, you're not a total degenerate for liking rap, unless you actually BUY it. Kill the record industry! ^_^
Well I like rap, sometimes, it goes in like these periods, but I have to say Eminem is an exellent lyric writer, and "Stan" is a great song. and to utterly miss-qoute someone else on another forum: "I hate people who think thier taste in music is the only that doesn't suck, there is good music in every genre."
This is also what I believe, I used to say that I hate metal, but then I heard some metalsongs I actually liked. plus, Music is subjetive...
This is also what I believe, I used to say that I hate metal, but then I heard some metalsongs I actually liked. plus, Music is subjetive...
I get that as well with some rap. Eminem is actually good to listen too, along with a few other artists out there, but being into Rock and all it's Bastard Child offspring, I have a natural tendency to avoid rap/hip hop/ RnB, lest I be drawn back into the demonish world! I escaped once! I won't go back!TheNamlessGuy said:
Of course not. But stuff like this vid here is able to sum up the rap culture in less than 5 minutes.AdambotLive said:
(Warning: nsfw language. LOTS of it. You have been warned)
within thirty seconds, when people are exposed to something they will already have an impression
also i will admit there is some good rap out there but it is few and far inbetween. A majority of it is songs about a twelve year old's dream of what he will do when he is about twenty five and white suburban kids who think they have the hard life and try and tell us how hard it is when the Rolls Royce gets a flat tire
also i will admit there is some good rap out there but it is few and far inbetween. A majority of it is songs about a twelve year old's dream of what he will do when he is about twenty five and white suburban kids who think they have the hard life and try and tell us how hard it is when the Rolls Royce gets a flat tire
Classifying definitively by their choices in one aspect of their private life is, more than a mistake, it's offensive.
Does the astrophysicist who listens to punk music automatically become a terrible, reckless youth?
While some rap/hip-hop doesn't really have any artistic integrity, to say the whole genre is void of any meaning or merits is just small minded.
I don't like much rap, but I can appreciate that there are some good artists, like in every genre. I can also understand that what sounds good to someone's ears has no bearing on their actions.
Does the astrophysicist who listens to punk music automatically become a terrible, reckless youth?
While some rap/hip-hop doesn't really have any artistic integrity, to say the whole genre is void of any meaning or merits is just small minded.
I don't like much rap, but I can appreciate that there are some good artists, like in every genre. I can also understand that what sounds good to someone's ears has no bearing on their actions.