Is rap crap?Why do people like it and why not?
352804
I personally hate rap music. It's awful and it gets worse every time I hear it.
5490
Rap extreamly because thats kind of cooler and more better than rock.For me rock sucks.
71264
I do enjoy some rap and here is why...I am a musician and have performed in several different genre of music. A few years ago I started a dance band and studied different forms of dance music to include disco and rap. \n\nThe thing that drives dance music is the beat. The rap music that I get into always has a beat you can dance to. \n\nSome of my favs are Digital Underground, Will Smith, black Eyed Peas, and LL Cool J.
340555
I totallly agree with you.  I asked a question like that a while back and for the most parts it seems like people can't get past their own narrowmindness to look into something a little bit.  I guess it's just easier to say "I like pop, and everything else sucks."  There are certain genres of music that I don't particularly care for but I'm not going to judge somebody or throw out racial comments because they like something that I don't.  I thought music was supposed to be the universal language that brought people together?
899240
Just because all it is, is people saying words with a boom in the back, its not melody its talking. Complete crap not music. Rap is 3/4th the word crap.
193949
Rock. First of all because I like it. Secondly Rap isn't real music. I mean your yelling, not singing. Its also a sterotype. I mean its more like porn in the form of a video than music. Theres girls wearing next-to-nothing in the videos, gross.
37557
I partially agree with you. Rap and hip-hop are not a good example for young children. And I don't like listening to them either. I think it's like saying a "poetry" without a rhyme, on a bass rhytm. Plus, it talks only about how poor they are or how they drug themselves or how they have sex... Not art at all...\nThough I believe I spotted in your message a little rasism... That's not good at all. From this point of view, you are not a good example for children either... You know, there are Caucasian hip-hop-ers and rap-ers. You shouldn't blame the Afro-american people for this kind of "music". There are numerous black people who play pop, dance, disco... since the '80s.\n\nAdding other comments in my answer: Yes, it's disastrous that people are not anymore interested in musical instruments. I myself used to take piano lessons, but the lack of time made me quit them. I am not American, so i do not know exactly what they show on your MTV, nor what singers have lately appeared. I also dislike Kanye West and other Americans' songs (not blaming anyone but those who write/sing them). That's why I also quit watching MTV, because it's overcrowded with the worst songs. Instead, I started watching VH1. I recommend it to you, for it broadcasts only what is good, and, what's more, you get to hear older music (which I am a fan of). You can also listen to music on your Y! Launch Cast. I know I do and I love it.\nAbout your last phrase, I believe you ought to be a little more moderate. It is rude and offensive to say that the people here do not have brains (and in general too), especially that I and somebody else had already answered to your question before you posted that comment. Hope will take this as a piece of advice!
918136
Try look up Eminem and 50 Cent lyrics.\n\nWhat Habin8or said was completely unacceptable! I do know everyone is entitled to their own opinions but recently I have been seeing a lot of people being unfair to the rap and hip-hop genre. People are going around talking like the music is pure shit and it's not! Rap and hip-hop is just another expression of feelings and actions through music.
329153
Oh, my friggin god. Thank you. Maybe nobody at my school likes that kinda music, but apparently there are people out there that do. PS Rap is s*it.\nTo #12, what've you got against emo, anyways???
435814
very popular..rap as you crap
763773
I don't know about the ones that you listed i have to say T.I. is good and i can't stand Young Joc...i mean he's lame...meet me in the mall it's going down,meet me in the club it's going down mayne WHAT IS GOING DOWN! NOTHING! that's annoying almost as annoying as a 16 yr old rapper talking about how his "chain hang low".A really good unsigned rap artist that need's to be signed is Hard Target(you should check him out) I like rappers that rap fast like myself i consider that talent not some screwed and chopped shit like paul wall and man "smack that" by akon is a good song and got a tune to it but the lyrics are wack!except when eminem comes in and rips it.
169363
Now let me say this. To compare Rock to Rap is to compare and apple to an orange. So to say one is beter than the other is not a proper statement> I personaly like both. I listen to ALL music and every genre has somrthing to offer to its listeners.
657256
Many rap acts push the envelope of sexuality, drugs, murders, and gang life.  But rap isn't doing anything that hasn't been done before.  Metal music tends to celebrate many of these themes.  The difference is that music in the past usually pushed the envelope using some time of clever lyrics or symbolism.  Today the rap lyrics just come right out and say it.  The biggest difference between rap and the other genres that have the same celebration of unrealistic decadent lifestyles is the quality of the musicianship.  Do any rap musicians even know how to read music or play an instrument?  The real crime here is that the hip hop generation is growing up listening to crappy music.  There are quality musicians all over the world not being heard because of the popularity of this music that's all about the lifestyle and not about the musicianship.
304811
rap is not music they dont sing its called rap-crap
951187
I don't like heavy metal because of the screaming and there's not real melody to follow.  It give me a headache.  However, I don't listen to gangsta rap.  I have friends that listen to both...or one or the other.  It depends on the person.  However, I don't know alot of black ppl who like heavy metal and I don't know a lot of white ppl who like gangsta rap.  \n\nThe funny thing about them is they are similar in some ways.  Gansta rap is on the extreme end of rap while heavy metal is on the extreme end of rock.  Some ppl who don't like gangsta rap say that if you put a bunch of beads in a drum and drop it on the ground you can get a beat.  Some ppl who don't like heavy metal say if you record a four year old having a temper tantrum you have a heavy metal song.  (both visuals are funny to me!)
554010
i really love rock of almost any kind. i love heavy metal, punk,emo, hardcore, and yeah practically any type of rock. i love this music because to me its more then just some heavy guitar and some guy screaming. its about feeling the music and understanding and interpreting the lyrics. and its more then just fast talking and rhyming about the same kinds of things like sex, drugs and violence.I'm not dissing anyone who prefers rap music because what you think of my music is most probably what i think of yours. it depends on the person i guess.
177283
Rap Is Crap Why Even Bother Learning Of It\nBut If ya Need To Know It Was Fab 5 Freddy AKA Frederick Braithwaite ..... Who Popularized Rap Music...And The World Of Music Went Down The Drain Ever Since