The reason I hate rap is not because it's roots are in the black community, or that many black people have become "famous" even though I consider them lesser musicians. It's because I appreciate music with a melody and an interesting harmonic structure. I believe rap is ruining that (note the emphasis on I BELIEVE). I also believe that rap is dumbing down music, and I guess that is what I really have issues with - that and the fact that most practitioner's seem to be only interested in the music in order to get rich/famous quickly. Look at how many people are worried about copyrighting/publishing/ their work and getting a record deal long before they have developed any meaningful skills. It'as all about the business.
Don't get me wrong, there is a lot of crap in ANY genre. But to me, rap celebrates and embraces that which I despise. There may be one or two decent works, I dunno, I haven't heard them.
There is no arguing that certain rapper's lyrics are intersting. But that's what it is - poetry. It is not music to me.
Now, this is probably the first time I have mentioned that I don't like rap on this board- and that's because I don't believe I can speak for anyone else. BUT, whenever some moron comes along and says that "if you hate a genre you're an idiot", I take umbrage. I hate the genre because of what it musicially represents. It has NOTHING to do with race.
And I will tell you that hip/hop/rap is the ONLY genre that I feel this way about.
FWIW, I also do not believe a rap can be called a song. A song is SUNG, and it has a melody.
All this is of course, my opinion, and worth every cent you paid for it.
). I've been playing the piano since my age was in the single digits and along the way i've picked up saxophone, drums, and working on guitar. I,myself, like the concept of rapping but alot of these lyrics being broadcasted on the radio waves are just horrible. I believe with all of my heart that there is a huge mass of underground artists that are miles ahead of anything on the radio. I believe that is true for all genres. But, the music industry has turned into a big money pile and alot of new artists just get into for the money, which in turn equals poor quality music.
