Rap in general. How do you feel about it?Please explain.?
144722
i think that Rap is music for those who just dont have melody in them because what they do is generaly talk and the point about amost of them talking about the same thing is true.I LOATHE RAP MUSIC!!!
479230
it depends on the song. you have different typpes of rap. you have ur commercial rap vs your crunk vs you gangster rap vs hip hop. hip hop is the type of rap im more prone to enjoy listening to. it has meaning and the majority is not offensive in any way to anyone. especially that new song by lupe fiasco called "kick push" tellin the story of a skateboarder now wen u get into songs such as CAmron's "suck it or not" which, while catchy as well as offensive, i tend to steer away from songs of that nature.
93995
It goes in cycles.  Well, that is for someone like me who likes all kinds of music.  Early 90's Rock was way better, then Rap caught up and went ahead.  Thats just my opinion, but right now they both suck, there are a few bands and/or hip hop artists that stand out but neither sounds all that good to me these days.
603281
I don't even consider rap a valid music genre.\n\nSo...no.
928713
Nothing. It's a way of reaching souls for Christ.  Rap is a culture. Some people who listen to it in the world think they have to leave everything in their culture behind when they come to Christ. And some people aren't going to come to Christ by people singing Amazing Grace no matter how sweet it sounds. I know not all Christian rappers rap about God and I don't listen to them. I listen to the ones that use their talent to glorify God. There are a lot of Christian rappers who do represent Christ. Ex: Lecrae, Trip Lee, Tedashii, the Ambassador and the Cross Movement. I am a born again Christian and I listen to it. That doesn't mean I don't like worship or slow music. I have a lot of friends who like rap and that's my way of witnessing to them. That my opinion.                                                                                                                                                 \n Rep 4 Christ and God bless
28716
Excuse me EverGreen, but "if it ain't rap, it ain't music"!!!!\nI can just imagine what kind of CRAP you listen to.
938111
all of rap isn't violent or stupid.  There are other rappers that are great Will Smith and many others.  Rock also has very violent lyrics.  If you listen to more Rap then you will see that it's not so bad.
608672
rap music \n \n \nor hip-hop, genre originating in the mid-1970s among black and Hispanic performers in New York City, at first associated with an athletic style of dancing, known as breakdancing. The word rap, derived from a 1960s slang word for conversation, generally consists of chanted, often improvised, street poetry accompanied by a montage of well-known recordings, usually disco or funk. Detractors have criticized most rap music as a boastful promotion of violence and misogyny; others have admired it as an inventive manipulation of cultural idioms and credit many rappers with an acute social and political awareness. Early rap groups included Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa, and the Beastie Boys. Rap has influenced many forms of popular culture, particularly film, and has been increasingly incorporated into pop music. Some influential rap performers include Public Enemy, NWA, Run-DMC, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot, and Queen Latifah.\n\nSee M. Costello and D. F. Wallace, Signifying Rappers (1990); G. Nelson, Hip Hop America (1998).
542504
Yes. Rap is the crap you see on MTV. Hip hop is actually good music. I hardly listen to it, but my boyfriend does, and the stuff he plays isn't too bad. Rap is music where they sing about bitches and hoes, pimpin', riding on 24's, bling bling, drinking, smoking, etc. Hip hop though actually goes in detail about life, and things that really matter.
868066
First, Outkast isn't new. They may SEEM new since '04, but they've been around a long time.\n\nI totally agree with you about today's rap though. I haven't been able to listen to my city's urban radio stations because the music they play is so totally garbage. I too still listen to the old skool because these new rappers don't have a clue. Rap has become so formulaic and commercialized that all the soul and integrity and cleverness has been drained. The saddest part to me though is that people ACCEPT it! Heads like you and me who actually complain about today's rap are in the minority, and that is a damn shame. But, as long as people keep supporting crappy hip-hop with their dollars, crappy, half-@$$ed, artless, soulless rap will be status quo.
116220
rap is a part of the hip-hop culture.. hip-hop includes various elements like rap, DJ-ing, break dancing, clothing stuff etc... go 2 this cool site 2 know more bout this.. \n\nhttp://www.hiphopgalaxy.com/
931423
There are generally two views that are accepted:\n1. Hip-hop is the culture which rap is merely a part of.  In that sense, the hip-hop culture consists of rap, break dancing, etc.\n2. Some refer to rap as the deragatory, idiotic music that tends to go mainstream (like practically anything by Lil Jon, Lil Wayne, Ludacris, etc) and hip-hop as the less popular/less mainstream music that focuses on political issues, love (actual love, not hoes, prostitutes and what-have-you), etc.\nOh and examples of good artists  (IMO) are:\nThe Roots\nTalib Kweli\nMos Def\nBeatnuts\n\nAnd here's an exerpt from one of my favorite songs, just to reinforce that while mainstream rap music is oversaturated with derogatory, disgusting, dumb songs, that there are quite a few rappers that have songs that focus on respectable topics:\n"Keepin' your head above water, hustlin' to survive\nSome people chasin' a dream, others just chasin' a high\nSome people blind leading the blind, they chasin' a lie\nSome people chokin', backs broken, barely makin' it by\nBut still they workin' all they live, they pushin' for the light\nGivin' everything they got to stitch them swishes on ya Nike's\nPuttin' pockets on our jeans, mining diamonds for them rings\nRewarded with small change and bullets in the brains\nAnd it makes me feel strange everything we take for granted"\nFrom "Why (What's Going On)?" by The Roots\nI hope that clears things up.
326854
I don't like rap or hip hop, but I don't go around ragging on it and saying how much I hate it like some people on this site do.  It's the same thing with a lot of emo bands, I personally don't like that kind of music at all, but I don't think it's right to go and bash on people who do.  It's completely demeaning to the artists who have worked hard to make the music and albums and to the people who listen to and enjoy the music.  \n\nI personally don't like rap because I find that I have nothing in common with any of the lyrics, I don't really like the loud bass, and I can't appreciate the beats.  I also don't like hip hop because I don't "connect" with those lyrics, and I don't much like singing.  My favorite genre of music is punk, which is loud and fast and has pretty much nothing in common with rap/hip hop.  It's just a difference is styles and preference of music, I guess...\n\nI also don't really have a set stereotype of people who listen to that type of music.  So many people like rap and hip hop that it is hard to generalize.  The only thing that I have noticed is that people who listen to rap are much more inclined to blast it from their stereos while they are driving down the street or in traffic next to the other cars.  It can get pretty annoying, especially if you don't like the music.  But that's pretty much all that I've noticed...
628873
I think the music that someone listens to not only reflects who they are, it influences who they will be in the future.  I love music that is positive and happy and motivating.  I hate music that only talks about how much money they have, or all the bitches they have, or killing people or doing drugs.  Basically rap music sucks.  But I like and dislike the music I do because that's what kind of person I am a positive, happy, motivated person that doesn't care how much money someone else has or what girls or any of that crap.  I am going to go somewhere in life, and make a ton of money, but I'm not going to sing about it and waste it on rims and platinum chains and diamonds in my teeth.  That shit is ridiculous.  And people who base their life around that rap music crap are most likely going to end up in jail or a grave.\n\nNote:  Rap music and Hip Hop are not the same thing.  I love some Hip Hop, just not crappy gangsta rap.
180364
It's stupid 2 say that rap is just people 'talking'..heh..\nIn that case all forms of music have people talking.. they talk.. but they talk 2 a specific rythm.. & that's why they play beats on the background dude..\n\nRap IS a part of music.. y do u think artists like Eminem & Jay-z.. got the grammy's for???.. It's talent dude.. talent..\n\nRAP RULES...
352804
I personally hate rap music. It's awful and it gets worse every time I hear it.
1016866
I like it, even just reading it has a flow to it.  Clearly stated, meaningful and deep (some people will say they don't like it b/c they don't understand it...not everyone gets Nas either)  I'd share but I don't write...I certainly appreciate lyrics...especially from someone who actually has something to say.