Mo-Kay,
I think posts like these show how much ignorance there is towards rap music.
The post was whatever you read into it. Again, it was not to start a rock/rap war. It was about seeing the same question on this board, if not this forum, over and over again. It's about Rap and vocal mics.Had the posts been about Britney Spears mics, rock mics, radio talkshow mics, I would have run with that respective genre. But no, it's about the mic best for Rap, because that's the subject that seems to pop up the most
posted yesterday
https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=202561&highlight=mic+rap
Poll posted 6/2/06 winner by more than double any other catagory...."What is the best mic for rap vocals?"
https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=201664&highlight=mic+rap
Posted 6/7/06
https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=202335&highlight=mic+rap
Posted 6/1/06
https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=201653&highlight=mic+rap
Posted 6/2/06
https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=201700&highlight=mic+rap
and that's just
THIS MONTH AlONE!
A lot of members of the BBS obviously form their opinion about rap music, and hip hop in general, based on the extreme things they see on TV.
I'm sure the Netherlands,your home, might have some exposure to Rap, but do you think maybe those of in the U.S. might form an opinion of Rap based on the fact that is was created here and has been around for well over twenty years? It's not only in videos, it's on movie sound tracks, heard clearly from passing cars, mall parking lots, commercials, Campus...the list goes on and on. Since you are from overseas and the whole Rap culture started here, I'd be interested to know on what you base YOU'RE opinion about Rap??? I would imagine that you're probably less exposed to it than the U.S.,but probably get your dose the same way we do over here...the media.
Hip hop is not about mouthpieces encrusted with diamonds, not about Ferraris nor about half naked women pooring Cristal over themselves in a bubble bath.
For people that DO want to know about what it IS about, please find out fot yourself if you have any genuine interest in it...
You say what Hip hop is not about, and offer no insite as to what you think it IS about. Tell you what, you post here what Rap is all about and I bet someone will probably have a totally different viewpoint that is no less legit. What Rap or any music is all about is really a personal thing don't you think?
other than that....posting shit like this is in the same league as basing your opinion on metal just by looking at a Slipknot video, or saying that all Country music is bubblegum because Shania Twain is.
No it is not.It is YOUR perception of what I posted...not the post's intent. It was intended as a little humor about an otherwise exhausted subject. Put it this way...do you think "This is Spinal Tap" is a horrible discoloration of Rock bands and should be treated to the same type of "politically correct" responses that this thread seemed to produce? Looking at the original post, do you really think this was my best attempt to bash Rap? Again, not my intention..
if you don't know anything about something...don't say anything.
So if you don't know anything about the history of Rap mics threads on this board, don't say anything. If you misunderstood the original intent of the post,which incidently was clearly explained
prior to your post, don't say anything. You know nothing about how each individual reading this thread formed their opinion of rap,so don't say anything. Lastly, many of us live in the United States of America...we are allowed by law to express our opinion about anything we damn well please. We call it "freedom of speech".
J.P.
