Eggo said:
Vortigar said:
I'm not a fan of rap for one simple reason.
All singers can rap.
You ever hear a rapper sing?
This is one of the silliest things I have *ever* heard.
I'll put it in
my perspective, but this (the above statement) is really what it boils down to for me. I look for something impressive or interesting in my music, something I feel I would've never thought of or can't do myself and there's rarely any of that in rap. Perhaps its because we've been bombarded to death with it over the last decade (though I'm glad I don't live in the states in that respect), I don't know.
Like I said though, it's why I'm not a
fan. It's not that I hate the genre, I just don't really care about it but there's definately a few artists in it that have struck my fancy (IIRC I voted "ehhh, it's okay"). I also don't care for metal but own a few records that are firmly entrenched in the genre. I do hate gangsta rap though (couple of nice beats be damned), the fact that the official title is mispelled alone should say enough for most people.
aside:
The only genre I'm a fan of is prog rock really. Yes, even if that might land me the accusation of being some elitist highbrow fag who needs to feel intelligent by listening to overwrought and complex music (and putting me straight into the dreaded rockist country to boot). My collection includes stuff from all over the place I feel, the artists I have a collection of (all or many of their albums) are: King Crimson, Van der Graaf Generator (rock sans guitars, woohoo!), Sting (no Police albums though), Sinaed O Connor, Enya, Cranberries, Zero 7, Hooverphonic, ERA, White Stripes, Scissor Sisters (yeah, it's only 2, but okay) and Alan Parsons.
edit:
Yeah, the post I'm replying to is old, but this one kinda bugged me.
