Poll: Do you listen to rap?

[MasterMasamune]

Only the occasional Kanye West, Jay-Z, Lupe Fiasco, Beastie Boys, or Eminem song. If they can be considered rap rock, then Linkin Park as well. I'm more of a rock person, honestly.

 

[Ishal]

Thanks for this, sounds awesome sauce!

It's called Symphonic Metal. Basically, it's a metal band plus an orchestra. The 2 biggest bands are Epica and Nightwish; both of which have tons of albums.

Ive listened to Nightwish before, I don't get why so many hate them... this is always what I thought Evanescence should have sounded like.

For that kind of music its a natural progression. Evanescence is the casual version of that style, more rock than metal. You have bands like Epica and Nightwish...little bit more focused on orchestra and synth, guitars too...but more synth. Nightwish, Sonata Arctica, After Forever... thats all power/symphonic metal. It then progresses further...if you like the direction of the some of the synth and orchestra but like guitars more? Maybe like songs that are a bit more agressive? Don't mind a little screaming? Then you are heading into Melodic Death metal territory..

some tame melo-death.. imo

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OT: Its really hard for me to get into rap and listen to it for any amount of time. I appreciate why people like it, they like the beats..they like dancing and they like the lyrics. I've listened to Immortal Technique and like some of that..but honestly its just not my thing.

 

[TehCookie]

I don't mind rapping, but I hate rap.

huh??
they're exactly the same thing..

Is a person rapping over a rock music rap or rock?

 

[Smolderin]

Im mainly a Heavy Metal/Classical kind of guy but abit of Bone Crusher every now and then doesn't hurt.

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When you say Classical, do you mean orchestral stuff? If so,

Oh wow, I have never even heard of this band. Thanks for introducing me, I think I know what is going on my MP3 player now.

 

[Ljs1121]

I'm not a big fan of rap.

I can tolerate it if someone else is listening to it, but I don't actively seek it out.

 

[AnarchistFish]

I don't mind rapping, but I hate rap.

huh??
they're exactly the same thing..

Is a person rapping over a rock music rap or rock?

Both. Rap rock is a hybrid genre. And it's not one which is done well that often. But rapping isn't particularly a genre in itself. It's like calling screaming a genre.

Because it's the genre's fault that shitty pop-rappers appeal to people who listen to the charts?

I don't see any argument here. I dislike rap music for the most part because of it's mainstream subject matter and quite honestly the culture that surrounds it. There is only so many times you can try to go to sleep at the night only to be woken up by posers that spent thousands of dollars on car speakers, who insist they keep blasting some song where a barely speaking english male repeats the phrase "bitches and ho's" at least 5 times. No thank you, not for me. How the genre ends up decaying itself is it's own business, but I sure as hell am not jumping on that particular bandwagon.

It's as if you think the genre is somehow in some kind of crisis or something. That's not the culture there is when you look beyond the mainstream rappers and that kind of hip hop is thriving on its own terms. You can't dismiss it because of its relation to the other side of the genre. Otherwise you could pretty much dismiss all music because all genres' mainstream forms are watered down, less interesting and generally worse.

It doesn't matter what I think, It was one example in a long list of other reasons why I do not like the music, and the culture it creates. Are you somehow perpetuating that I give rap another chance? I gave it plenty of chances back in my school days, in fact Rap is the first genre of music I used to admire until I actually started to listen to it. I went from Dem Franchise Boyz to other lesser known artists and no matter who I listened to, Rap didn't do anything for me. Over the years I just found more and more reasons to keep clear of Rap, so eventually I moved on to other genres, and from what I have seen, nothing much has changed since then. No thanks, I'll keep to my Rock music

I don't care what you listen to. That part of your argument and those criticisms you aimed at the genre were just flawed. The fact that you're now avoiding countering what I said in the last post and responding with something unrelated suggests you don't have a response to it.

 

[Smolderin]

I don't mind rapping, but I hate rap.

huh??
they're exactly the same thing..

Is a person rapping over a rock music rap or rock?

Both. Rap rock is a hybrid genre. And it's not one which is done well that often. But rapping isn't particularly a genre in itself. It's like calling screaming a genre.

Because it's the genre's fault that shitty pop-rappers appeal to people who listen to the charts?

I don't see any argument here. I dislike rap music for the most part because of it's mainstream subject matter and quite honestly the culture that surrounds it. There is only so many times you can try to go to sleep at the night only to be woken up by posers that spent thousands of dollars on car speakers, who insist they keep blasting some song where a barely speaking english male repeats the phrase "bitches and ho's" at least 5 times. No thank you, not for me. How the genre ends up decaying itself is it's own business, but I sure as hell am not jumping on that particular bandwagon.

It's as if you think the genre is somehow in some kind of crisis or something. That's not the culture there is when you look beyond the mainstream rappers and that kind of hip hop is thriving on its own terms. You can't dismiss it because of its relation to the other side of the genre. Otherwise you could pretty much dismiss all music because all genres' mainstream forms are watered down, less interesting and generally worse.

It doesn't matter what I think, It was one example in a long list of other reasons why I do not like the music, and the culture it creates. Are you somehow perpetuating that I give rap another chance? I gave it plenty of chances back in my school days, in fact Rap is the first genre of music I used to admire until I actually started to listen to it. I went from Dem Franchise Boyz to other lesser known artists and no matter who I listened to, Rap didn't do anything for me. Over the years I just found more and more reasons to keep clear of Rap, so eventually I moved on to other genres, and from what I have seen, nothing much has changed since then. No thanks, I'll keep to my Rock music

I don't care what you listen to. That part of your argument and those criticisms you aimed at the genre were just flawed. The fact that you're now avoiding countering what I said in the last post and responding with something unrelated suggests you don't have a response to it.

Don't assume. I didn't counter not because I didn't have a response, I didn't counter cause I didn't want to counter. I didn't want to counter cause it would continue the discussion in which I had no interest in continuing. And why should I? There are no minds being changed here, no point being proven right or wrong. I have answered the thread's question, you disagreed with it, the end. Different strokes for different folks. You think my observations are wrong? Good for you. Sorry the hint wasn't clear enough for ya. Good day sir.

 

[Zeldias]

Some. I don't really like the stuff that's insulting or abusive, just bragging, or rapping about partying.

I really like Andre Nikatina though

Lot more to rap than that.

Yes, currently have Good Kid mAAd City on repeat.

 

[AnarchistFish]

Don't assume. I didn't counter not because I didn't have a response, I didn't counter cause I didn't want to counter. I didn't want to counter cause it would continue the discussion in which I had no interest in continuing. And why should I? There are no minds being changed here, no point being proven right or wrong. I have answered the thread's question, you disagreed with it, the end. Different strokes for different folks. You think my observations are wrong? Good for you. Sorry the hint wasn't clear enough for ya. Good day sir.

Why are you even on these forums if you don't want to discuss things and if you're unprepared to hear your opinions, that you're all too happy to tell everyone, questioned?

Don't bother answering that, it's rhetorical and I don't care anymore

 

[V da Mighty Taco]

Oh yeah, I'm still a big fan of the likes of Public Enemy, Tupac, and Eminem. Most mainstream rap these days is utter crap though, lacking the lyrical prowess and strong messages that made old school rap great. Even those with potential like Kanye and Wayne completely fuck it up most of the time by repeating the same crap that everyone else does (full of themselves, having little to no message in their songs, lack of passion or creativity, treating rap like it should ever be fit for a dance club, etc.)

I have heard some good indie rap though (yay Youtube!), so we at least have that I guess.

 

[evenest]

I haven't listened to a rap record since "Peter Piper picked peppers, but Run rocked rhymes."

I lost interest in it as I developed my musical appreciation and lost touch with some of the friends with whom I listened to that music. It also coincided with a phase I entered where I couldn't appreciate artists who didn't create their music but rather sampled it.

 

[rednose1]

All the time. The songs that are just downright dumb (i.e. super materialistic, looking at you Nelly, "Grillz" was just...bad) have the life of flies. They stay on the radio for about 2 weeks or so, and then replace by some other nonsense.

My personal band of choice is Outkast (which is just Big Boi now, unless Andre changes his mind)

Old school songs like "Rosa parks" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjRPBrmu1WQ
And the newer stuff like "Shutterbugg" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWsvkW6rKkQ and "Lines" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIo2m0iyl-U

 

[socialtangent]

Anyone who claims to hate rap as a genre just hasn't looked hard enough. If you look enough, you'll find something from pretty much any genre of music that you'll like. Doesn't matter if it's just a single song, or a single artist. The only person you're hurting is yourself if you decide to close yourself off to music without giving it an honest chance.

More on topic, yes, I listen to rap. Wu-Tang Clan, Kanye West, Eminem, Del the Funky Homosapien, and Mos Def are among my favorites. George Watsky and EpicLloyd are also great rappers that produce Youtube content on a somewhat regular basis.

 

[TehCookie]

I don't mind rapping, but I hate rap.

huh??
they're exactly the same thing..

Is a person rapping over a rock music rap or rock?

Both. Rap rock is a hybrid genre. And it's not one which is done well that often. But rapping isn't particularly a genre in itself. It's like calling screaming a genre.

So you realize rapping and the genre rap aren't the same thing?

 

[Verlander]

I haven't listened to a rap record since "Peter Piper picked peppers, but Run rocked rhymes."

I lost interest in it as I developed my musical appreciation and lost touch with some of the friends with whom I listened to that music. It also coincided with a phase I entered where I couldn't appreciate artists who didn't create their music but rather sampled it.

It didn't get better after that.

OT Yeah occasionally, I listen to a lot of everything, but it's rarely my "go to" section on my computer

 

[Vkmies]

Retro music guy myself. 40's-70's, so not really no, though I find Jon Lajoie to be a comic genius.

 

[Lovely Mixture]

I can listen to almost anything........ except A Capella. I don't mind rap, I just haven't found much of it that I really enjoy, but there was a remix of The Real Slim Shady that I still listen to now and then.

 

[theSteamSupported]

I'm not listening to as much rap as I should be doing...