2006-06-27 14:24:11 · 8 answers · asked by lloydtj 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I love the question.
My answer is : NOTHING except ugliness in the voices, the melodies, the rythms, and moreover: the lyrics (if you wanna call them so...). The worst that black culture has ever created. It should have stick to Jazz and blues.
But ... I personally think that Rap is a dangerous way of instillating destructive and negative ideas to listeners.
White music companies have made it an exclusivity to black culture.
Like any other society phenomenon, young people who tend to be gregarious, make efforts to like it, and force themselves into the repulsive to avoid being segregated ...
2006-07-01 20:01:28 · answer #1 · answered by Sweet Dragon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rap appeals to the shallow-mindedness of most urban teenagers of date. Many rap lyrics are based on or around the lust for power, money, girls ("pimpin") and the good life, which many of the listeners are not accustomed to. On the other hand, some rap is an outlet for anger and many of these listeners can also relate to the feelings conveyed in the songs.
2006-06-27 14:31:43 · answer #2 · answered by Mandy M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you go back to the original hip-hop rap stars, you will find that rap was meant to help educate and empower the black youth. Many artists use it as a plateu do deliver the wrong messege. Real rap should educate, empower, enlighten, and strenghthen. i.e. artists like, Public Enemy,KRSone, Common, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, etc..These artists vibrantly paint/ed pictures of the struggles of growing up poor.It takes a talented and skilled person to be able to put such experiences to music. Music for them is passageway to a listeners soul. . The stuff that is flooding our radio airwaves today dosent take any special talent or skill.
2006-06-27 17:44:14 · answer #3 · answered by dredlockgoddess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rain is right on the money...really rap nowadays is what metal was in the '80s...it went from being a serious art form to a cash cow that saw many undeserving artists getting signed and releasing very forgettable music...it went from music with a message to music about nothing...
2006-06-27 14:35:24 · answer #4 · answered by croatian_abomination 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can explain how someone feels or it can explain what black ulture is all about. rap does not mean that it has to be about sex ,anger etc whatever fits that. it can also express love and our culture. like naz he was rapping and made a song that encouraged us kids i know i can i know i can be what i wanna b.
U see rap is all things including respect love smarts.
2006-06-27 14:38:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I second Rain
2006-06-27 14:32:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Money, Power, Sex, and Respect.
The end.
2006-06-27 14:27:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it all sux...thats all u need to know
2006-06-27 20:26:49 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋