Your opinions on rap

That's not an opinion; that's a fact. The problem is that most people judge rap by what's successful in the mainstream, but there's an entire world of AMAZING rap in the underground and independent scene. Kendrick Lamar and Death Grips come to mind.

 

I greatly despise it, it's (usually) very uncreative, stolen, and lyrically terrible, and rapping isn't that difficult; try singing an aria. But I'm sure that there is many rappers who try very hard with their work, and actually do it creatively... no one mainstream of course

 

Rap as a style isn't bad. However, the people who consider themselves rappers have ruined it for everyone else. :/

A few examples of actually good rap songs are Eminem's "Lose Yourself" and Avril Lavigne's "Nobody's Fool." The musical choices taken were perfect for both of those, and neither comes across as barbaric.

 

I don't like rap. However, I can admit that there are a few songs that are "Good", not in the sense that I like them, but that if I happened to like rap, it'd be more of that kind of song (the Macklemoore one is a great example).

But overall, don't like it at all. I prefer other genre because they involve more instruments and people to play them.

 

Hmmm....well, I don't really like "gangsta" rap. As for other types of rap, I'm not a big fan of rap outside the hip-hop genre, and even still, any rap I hear is either good or bad. No in between. I'm not a big fan of rap in K-pop, either, although there are a few K-pop rappers I enjoy very much.

 

It's poetry. Artists like Lecrae, Trip Lee, Tedashii, KB, Thi'sl and Andy Mineo are brilliant at what they do, and their art isn't about sex and drugs.

 

I dont actively seek it out but most of what I hear I like.

I love the Gravediggaz to death though, Six Feet Under is a fantastic album.

EDIT: WHY DO I KEEP MAKING THESE HORRIBLE PUNS?! Someone help me...I don't even realize I do it.

 

I don't like "sampling" (should just be called stealing...), but if the lyrics are good then it's just poetry with music, so I can't really say it's all good or bad. I don't really like listening to it because I like music more than lyrics.

 

The big names you hear nowadays suck. The albums you can get for free or even 5 bucks off the street in Chicago by the original artists are sick. Those are pure art. Lots of people take artists to look like people like me who have some streak in their hair and wear different clothing than most people. Some of the more artistic rappers and people in general do come from the ghettos of Chicago, where there's a lot more straight from the heart and experience of what they went through. There was only one reason why I didn't take the 2nd one I was offered, and that was that I really needed to catch my train. Stopping would have taken away that train ride.

 

Actually its not bad! Its a music genre that i dont like that much but sometimes i listen to it. Tho i dont like rapper fans as friends.

 

Rap is just another musical style. I can appreciate it for that. The only genre I can't stand is western country music.

 

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I love hip hop. Sadly there is a lot of ignorance about the genre but whatever. Here's a track from one my favourite albums ever, of any genre.

GZA - 4th Chamber (Feat Killah Priest, Ghost Face Killah & RZA) [Liquid Swords] 1995 - YouTube

 

I like Macklemore, but that's about it. I do, however, like rapping in rock songs; the band Enter Shikari do this really well. They're one of my favourite bands, combining hardcore punk, rap, dubstep, etc. They also sing about world issues, which I always like in a band/singer.

 

I like some rap, but I can't stand rap that doesn't have a good beat and has the same five themes in it (going to the club, wasting money, getting drunk, female anatomy, and "swag")....

 

I know that feel, bro. I do like some rap, but not a lot of it. It seems like most of it is oversexualized, and the grammar and phonetics in most of the songs are pretty terrible. But I guess that's really with any genre of music, really.

 

that as well! I teach non-natives English through songs sometimes and I don't like using rap for that purpose. I don't want Ronaldo from Brazil here speaking English like a broken record because he learned it through rap music...sigh...

 

I don't like most rap and hip-hop, but I do love me some 2-Pac and Immortal Technique.

 

My friend actually introduced me to Immortal Technique, and I was quite surprised. And TuPac was pure genius. I like rap that has a good message and/or breaks down problems going on in the world, like Immortal Technique does.