What do you think about rap music and it's influence on young minds?
408416
Talk to a group of teens, pre-teens, and younger.\nDo you not notice that their language is almost as smutty as rap songs?
1071981
what have you learned from listening to their music that you can take with you for the rest of your life and teach it to your children? There are few rap artist that I listen to. My favourite now is Kanye West. Once it was Tupac. People become tired of hearing about, haters, bling, bitches, gangsta, baby mothers. Time we start glorifying things that are good and upright, like instead of boasting on your brother about all the bling you have, help him so he dont have to come and shoot you down for your. If our fore fathers saw what we have done with the freedom that they have fought so long and hard for so that we would have a better life, they would be ashame!!!!!!!\n\nThere is no doubt that mental slavery is the worst form of slavery
1016558
school music programs enhance intellectual development and enrich the academic environment for students of all ages;\n\nstudents who participate in school music programs are less likely to be involved with drugs, gangs, or alcohol and have better attendance in school;\n\nthe skills gained through sequential music instruction, including discipline and the ability to analyze, solve problems, communicate, and work cooperatively, are vital for success in the 21st century workplace;
864016
I like a little of everything.Some new stuff is just to much about hip hop and rap but the younger generation likes it and so that is fine with me.Doesn't mean I'm going to like listening to everything that comes out or want to listen to it.But I like such a wide range of music that there is room for new and old.
807676
i've only heard it very briefly on TV for a promo it was HELLLLLLA annoying!\nwhy does it seem that rap music these days are biting off of children's music?  it's so unoriginal and retarded.  i love rap & hip-hop, but this is just pathetic!
1005707
My husband and I have a Christian DJ company, and we do Club nights at churches for youth groups.  We would like to show youth that there is an alternative to music that has a beat that fills your mind with earthly lust, violence, etc. (you do listen to the lyrics, even if you say that you don't).  \n\nMany Christian hip hop artists DO NOT take secular beats and put Christian lyrics to them.  They have talent, and they have styles, and they have dedication to their passion.  \n\nThere are MANY fabulous Christian hip-hop artists out there who fit a mini-sermon into a song.  With all music, you should check the lyrics.  We have come across a very small amount of "Christian" rap that we do not play due to lyrical content.  Mostly calling darker skinned people a word that isn't ok to call them.  \n\nYou can use the search feature of Yahoo! Answers to find suggestions of Christian hip-hop.  Lots of people have asked about that before.  \n\nWe almost never listen to secular music, and it has been a serious blessing in our lives.  I do not believe that a beat is inherently evil.  I know that some do.  If it makes them stumble to hear a Christian rock song, or a Christian rap song, then I guess that they should not do that.  Here is an example.  I have a very good friend who did a lot of earthly things before she was saved.  Even the beat of Christian techno reminds her of things that she did, and does not care to listen to that.  That is a very mature thing to realise.
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.
328801
Nice spelling..... \nI've found that most people who don't like country music have never really listened to it..... so give it a try and then make your judgement, okay?  It applies to more peoples lives than rap does.... unless you're spending your day smackin' ho's, smokin' pot, and just being a general loser......
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!!!
161718
Like all popular music, it has had good and bad effects.  I worry that too much of it glorifies casual sex and wealth.  But I also know that there are some talented people creating really innovative music.  And there is plenty of truth-telling and uplifting messages, if you look hard enough.\n\nBut those of you who are old enough to flash back 40 years and remember what people were saying about The Beatles and The Rolling Stones should know this is just the same story with a different soundtrack.
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).
605487
I don't listen to Rap or Hip Hop music. It's too image driven. The same goes for just about every style of music that is popular now. The music itself often takes a back seat to how the artist looks or behaves. It's a shame too because the music should be about the music. I'm sure there are very talented artist out there who the general public will never be exposed to because a music executive doesn't feel they fit the current image trends.
92957
HIP HOP AND RAP ARE DEFINETELY MAKING AN IMPACT NOW.  IF U LOOK AT THE COMMERCIALS ON TV SUCH AS CAR COMMERCIALS AND PHONE COMMERCIALS...THE SONGS THAT ARE PLAYING ARE HIP HOP.  ITS ABOUT TIME THAT PEOPLE RECONGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT INSTEAD OF MAKING IT A RACIAL ISSUE.  IT REALLY IS AN ART FORM AND I ADMIRE EVERYONE THATS IN THAT FIELD OF WORK...HELL I WOULD LOVE TO BE AN ARTIST...HAHAHA
1039032
I really like this quote:\n"In a time of social fragmentation, vulgarity becomes a way of life. To be shocking becomes more important — and often more profitable — than to be civil or creative or truly original.’’ — Al Gore, 20th-century American politician, vice president of the U.S.\n\nMy issue with much of rap and hip hop is that the lyrics incite one towards violence. They try to indicate that violence is an acceptable and normal part of life. The media certainly is not the litmus test I would use on the issue of violence, however while they bring it in to our homes as news everyday, at least they are not trying to make it seem right.\n\nA soldier and a rapper are not peers. A soldier is given a job to defend the country from those bent on causing harm to the country. A rapper is not. If a person finds themselves in situations where they believe they will need to kill to defend themselves on a regular basis, it is time to re-examine their life.\n\nA beat changes nothing; in that you are correct. The issue I have is with the content. Their are rap songs calling for the killing of cops. I have an issue with that. You don't here a country singer going on about how we need to kill anyone.
151231
for me alot of it is the music. not the words but the music. rap and hip hop is definatly the music to dance to and some of it is cool and not all of it is bad. there is also bad stuff in other kinds of music. i agree that some of it is rather shall we say over the top. but like i said not all of it is bad. some of the songs are real. alot of it is expressions of real peoples lives and honestly the way they talk about women is the way alot of us are. i mean to me it brings to light the truth about some of us and it you dont like what they are saying dont be like that and they cant say it enymore. let me clarify that when they say bad stuff about women they are not degrading all women some of the songs glorify women they are talking about the ones that are like that. so take rap as you want it but it is the good the bad and the ugly. hope this helps you to see why people do find rap and hip hop cool, and do like it.
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.
1014748
Listen to the music on the radio: what are they singing about? \nWatch music videos: how are the people in the videos dressed and what movements are they making? \nWatch TV shows and movies.\nRead teenage magazines: what are the articles about?\n\nYou will see, hear, and read about sex, sex, sex.\n\nThese things influence children.