what do u think about rap music and why?
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.
413682
without a doubt old school rap, the only stuff they play today that i like are by artists who aren't really mainstream i.e jean grae, talib kweli, mos def and immortal technique. \n\nrap in the mainstream follows the same formula so you don't get much variety even though there are tons or rappers plays their message isn't too positive.
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!)
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.
409625
Here are a few rap cd's that have many great rap songs on them:Young Jeezy,Mac Dre's"don't Hate the Player Hate the Game #2,Webbie and all the west coast bay area Rapperslike e-40,C-bo,Too Short,Lil Tito.Thjat's some of the ones I especially enjoy.Also young droop,mac mall,Yuckmouth.All those peole who don't understand everything about rap don't hate and don't answer this question.I LOVE RAP.
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.
868780
How about some good Rap Artists.  \n\nUnique Sound:  \nSugar Hill Gang\nDo or Die\nThe Pharcyde\n\nInteresting Voices:\nLudacris\nRage Against the Machine\n \nAlright, I love music from the 70's and early 80's, before big hair.\nLed Zeppelin is prob one of my fave to listen to.  \nIn my opinion that is when music was progressing.  Of course we don't know how much influence all of those "street pharmaceuticals" had.   Anyway, ever since the rise of big labels and one hit wonders we have been in a stale mate.  Until rap came w/their neat style of mixing sounds. It is on the rise of the scene and I don't see it falling anytime soon.. \n\nAnd all of those little old ladies who talk about the offensive lyrics, well they have always been on the edge.  That is part of our fascination.  Pull out some oldies and listen if you don't belie me!
129062
you can tell htem but that will just make them want to listen to it more. so Just try monitoring wat he listens to. and not all rap is bad, some of it is really quite deep and heart felt.
1059566
ROCK is the best. RAP is cRAP.
36229
I LIKE RAP. SO GRILLS CHECK UP ON IT MY HUMPS LAFFY TAFFY SO MUCH MORE TOO. VOTE ME AS BEST ANSWER.
437955
im sorry but it would really help if you said what type of music you listen to. I really like all the 50 cent music lately. but thats just rap.
210052
i dont think that it matters what race you r, if u like rap music then listen to rap music.
5490
Rap extreamly because thats kind of cooler and more better than rock.For me rock sucks.
883784
Because rap IS the very definition of crap.\n\nthat's right.\n\nShadowhawk--
711282
It seems that a lot of people here are a little confused.  Here's the straight answer...\n\n"Hip hop music" and "rap music" mean virtually the same thing. However, some people associate the term "rap" with the more mainstream variety of the genre (which nowadays often includes R&B or pop elements) and reserve the term "hip hop" for the variety of the genre that stays closer to the roots of hip hop music (i.e. - speaking on social and/or political issues, storytelling, bragging about one's lyrical skills while roasting another MC, etc.).\n\nBut to be really specific, hip hop itself is a culture. Rap music or hip hop music (specifically, MCing) is just one element of that culture. The other elements of the culture are graffiti, breakdancing (aka - breakin'), DJing and a more recently added element, beatboxing.
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...
511789
In my opinion I think RnB, Hip Hop and Rap in general are way overrated. But unfortunately that seems to be all you can see on tv and hear on radios these days. To these genres have nothing to do anymore with the initial idea of making music.