why do people listen to rap?

Question

i mean it has no point meaning emotion and it takes no skill to do it all it is is people talkin about how they have money cars chains and new shoes. and the love songs sucks if i wanted to hear a good love song i'd listen to emo rock and if i wanted to hear talent id listen to a guitar or drums not a crapy little beat maker lol

Answer 1

I personally don't like rap very much, but it does take talent. You may think it sucks, but I am glad there are different types of music out there for all the different kind of people there are in the world. To answer your question, people listen to rap for the same reason you listen to rock, because they like it, they can relate to it, or it makes them feel good.

Answer 2

Like others here have already said, people listen to rap for the same reasons people listen to rock, jazz, country, etc. Either A) they like it, B) they can relate to it, C) it makes them feel good, or D) all of the above.

I do understand why people come up with that kind of conclusion about rap; that's all you see on TV and hear on the radio. But for the most part your opinion, like most everyone else's that claims they hate rap, is very one-sided. Like I've said many times before, not all rap is like what you see on TV or hear on mainstream radio stations. If you were willing to dig a little deeper into the genre, you'd discover that not all rap emphasizes materialism, misogyny and is filled with profanity. As a matter of fact, there are a lot of hip hop artists out there who don't fit the "cookie cutter rapper" mold. For example:

- Little Brother
- Mos Def
- Talib Kweli
- Common
- De La Soul
- Dead Prez
- The Roots
- Madlib (and his alter-ego, Quasimoto)
- Five Deez
- Ugly Duckling
- Slum Village...(and plenty more)

Unfortunately, you'll rarely find any of them in the mainstream media. That's what the real problem is.

Answer 3

You are a closed-minded individual, my friend. Listen to Gorillaz. Listen to Quasimoto. Listen to the Wu Tang Clan. Don't just go by assumptions that you've picked up from the average rap video on MTV, because yeah, that stuff (along with everything else they play on MTV) does suck.
Emo is the crappiest music I've ever heard. It's just annoying pale people with no lives and no talent whining about their ninth grade girlfriends.

Answer 4

Today's rap is awful for the most part and you describe it well. I am so over all that bling bling sh..t, it's lame and overrated. However, when rap came to be in the early 90s it was more about people's life experiences, life in the hood/projects, gangs, hos, guns, drugs etc (Easy E, Dr. Dre, Tupac, NWA etc). I think that's why people got into it because it was average guys "singing "about a not so privileged life.

Answer 5

I dont understand why people say that. Rap takes more skill than jumping up and down and screaming. They dont just rap about money cars and cloths. Its about there life and what they have been through there pain people can connect to them because theyve been through it too and they can relate.

Answer 6

I agree with you. But, why do the Mothers Against Hard Rock single out rock music????? Rap is waaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy worse. That pisses me off. Rock relaxes me.

Answer 7

Listen to yourself. You obviously aint' no musician, people can listen to whatever they want. Different people have different taste and likings an am positive theres people who will find the music you like absolutly garbage! One more thing to say...... JAY Z an LINKIN PARK.... that works, doesn't it?!?

Answer 8

Its the best f**kin music if you listened to it maybe you would kno that they have some point in it not all of them are about money, sex and drugs

Answer 9

because it the best music out there and it connects with people

Answer 10

i agree with you all the way rocker. i think that most rap fanatics are less intelligent