is it me, or is RAP just turning into a bunch of garbage now???

Question

first off, i like rap, but not as much as before. i'm only 17, but i have heard old school rap music and it makes a lot more sense than rap coming out now. rap now is so degrating to women, and is mostly about sex, drugs, and getting money. but rap back when it was good was about issues and life. i would most likely prefer r and b over rap now (but that dont mean I dont still listen to the music). i hear little kids knowing all the words to sex related songs like "I know you see it" and to me it dont make any kind of sense for 3 4 and 5 yr. olds to know every lyric those songs.
if you like rap and dont agree with me, please dont be pissed with me because unlike some ppl, i dont think rap is not music-it is, since it is in the genre category.
i just wish rap wasnt so...i dont even know how to explain it. what do you think?

Answer 1

I agree with you. I am 20 and I hate the rap that is coming out now. I have always preferred the old stuff. It just makes sense and the stuff coming out now is just so horrid.

Answer 2

I agree, but unfortunately this isn't new. In my opinion, the downslide in hip hop started about 10 years ago. Ever since then, the mainstream media has been getting increasingly oversaturated with a lot of cookie-cutter emcees and candy rappers who spout nonsense simply because they're the ones bringing their record companies the most money.

Some, like me, might be old enough to remember this and some might not be, but back in the late 80's and early to mid 90's there was a lot of variety and substance to mainstream rap. You could turn on the radio and hear conscious (as in socially/politically conscious), gangsta, old-school, jazz-infused, comical and storytelling styles of rap back to back in one sitting (or one car trip). THAT is what's sorely lacking in mainstream rap right now - variety and substance. There's nothing to choose from anymore, kinda like going to McDonald's and seeing nothing but fries on the overhead menu.

Actually, there are still some emcees out there who don't fit the "cookie-cutter" mold and have something to talk about other than money, sex, drugs and murder. 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, we rarely (if ever) find any of them in the mainstream media because for the most part, greedy record companies and good ol' Corporate America have conditioned the masses and flooded the market with whatever "trend du jour" makes them the most money as opposed to actual talent, variety and substance. That's what the real problem is.

Answer 3

ya it really is starting to suck. you've really pointed out a good issue i've never really realized it before because when it comes to rap im more of a dancer than a person who will listen to the lyrics. once in a while il be sitting in the car and be like"whoa so this is what the song is about" . and i do agree that little kids should not be listening to that at such a young age. my dad made me listen to eminem when i was 7 so if i hadnt heard it then, i probaly wouldn't cus as much as i do now. all those little kids are going to turn into gangsters when there older now cause of those songs. the artists dont realize that they are molding the future with their songs.

Answer 4

I really dont and never liked rap before. Yeah, well umm to be honest i dont like old school rap but i think it doesnt suck. They actually rap about some pretty cool stuff, instead of girls and sex. Yeah rap is so stupid now, rappers with no skills usually make it big. "New" rap sucks, same thing over and over again. Money, sex, and drugs are the usual topics for most topics.

Yeah i guess i kind of repeated what you said, but yeah whatever.

-Edward

Answer 5

you know most people don't realize it but rap started out way back in the day of the singing cowboys and other music around the same time and it actually was country singers that started it but in the late 70's and early 80's certain ethnic groups brought it back and turned it into something interesting and from there it has gotten to be about " I can rap I got money and cars and I get all the women I want and how I want it" back in the day it was about life in this world not about how I ****** 1 million women last night

Answer 6

Agreed with all of the above. Rap is very antisocial and dehumanizing now, part of a criminal culture. In its earlier years, rap was rebellious at worst. The main benefit I find in rap today is job security for law enforcement.

Answer 7

Rap has gotten to be nothing more than a bunch of thugs and criminals talking about all their conquests and dealings. I think it's obnoxious and disgusting. Look at all the rappres and their gun , arrest, etc. drama. Old school rap was an innocent form of entertainment that led to cool dancing and clothes and personas. Today's rap is, for lack of a better word, trash.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

i do agree with you sometimes i just hav to change stations that i used to love for there RAP most of the time i put some old school in and just listen to that and not even deal with this new **** that is coming out

Answer 10

YES! for example, the chicken soup song is just ridiculous. I love rap but there are some songs that I refuse to listen to.