I don't listen to rap often, I'm more of a jazz man, myself. However, I can easily say that all rap songs are not all about drugs, crime and degrading women. Of course there is a variety of songs with that message, but that is with all music; it's not meant to be taken seriously, it simply sells more tickets than songs most in this generation would consider "bland".
Tupac made some songs like those that almost all rap is generalized as, but there were several meaningful songs that he did make. Same goes with Nas, Lyfe and more. And furthermore, if you downplay rap as that, you'd have to downplay all rock as psychotic rambling, despite the fact that rock songs don't always convey that exact message (Nickelback's "Saving Me" would be a prime example). Why the generalization?
2007-02-12 03:18:40 · 4 answers · asked by Huey Freeman 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
I'm a rocker and metalhead mainly.
I can't stand rap because of what it's turned into. True, not all is about sex, drugs, money, cars, bling, and bootys but most is now days. Tupac was great. Not a fan of rap but his music I could tolerate. Even eminem I can stand cuz it's either funny or serious. The early and mid 90's rap is what I kinda liked....even "baby got back" just cuz it's fun really. But most of todays rap is quite degrading espeacially in the videos.
Rap is good to dance to I guess at clubs...luckly I don't do clubs much. Rock is good to sit back and relax to...for me that is.
But mainly now days I look for music I really feel deep down....music and voices.
Rap just doesn't do anything for me.
For people who like rap, cool it's your "style". I'm not putting all rap down....but you gotta admit it's gotten ridiculous in the last few years.
2007-02-12 03:31:17 · answer #1 · answered by Jenny 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
rap music has such a bad reputation bcoz it has a lot of swearing ,it gives us an idea of drugs,crime,underworld and mafia.also due to the bad connections of the underworld there hav been a lot of murders and murder atemts for example 2pac who was shot dead.another problem rap music faces is the obscenity in the song lyrics and videos.
2007-02-12 03:34:12 · answer #2 · answered by naaboldinho 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Enough rap songs are like that, that the generalization is fair. Rappers who do such songs excuse it because they are "just telling what's out there", but one problem is they do it from a first person perspective, as if they condone it, and if they do, they can't blame those who judge them for doing so.
2007-02-12 03:27:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Should one ask such a dumb question, what (C)raper has not been convicted of a crime or shot at or even shot someone else, were did the explicit lyrics label originate from, should I go on .
Put that in your (C)rap pipe an smoke-it!
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2007-02-12 03:33:42 · answer #4 · answered by gretsch16pc 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋