Dick Clark's "A thugalicious New Years Biyatch"

[MrVicchio]

Look, they can say what they want, its a free country... BUT!

I just do not nderstand what is so appealing about "songs" (I don't consider rap music, I think its a bunch of illiterate, stupid criminals making aweful rymes to the same beat for 3 min) that are focused all most always around the same three themes:

Drugs

Violence

Berating women/sex

Thats just sad really if you think about it.

[Airlift]

Right, because there's no sex, drugs, or violence in other music. You can judge individual songs that you have listened to, or even the body of music of an artist after listening to them. Or you can go ahead and judge all rap without regard to your own understanding of it.

For instance, instead of:

I don't consider rap music, I think its a bunch of illiterate, stupid criminals making aweful rymes to the same beat for 3 min

You could say:

The rap I've listened to doesn't sound like music, it sounds like a bunch of illiterate, stupid criminals making aweful rymes to the same beat for 3 min

Then I would ask what rap songs you've listened to, and how exactly you define music. After that we'd probably talk about how nice it would be if we lived in a world where people didn't prejudge things all the time.

[MrVicchio]

Hmmm...

I guess generalizing RAP is not the right thing to do, how about Gangsta Rap? That fits 100%. So you are right, Rap isn't tho I still don' much care for Rap period. Gangsta Rap tho, is a deginerates chice for entertainment.

[Airlift]

I can't argue with that. Early 'gangsta rap' had the intent of putting the problems and struggles of inner city life in your face in such a way that they couldn't be ignored. Of course, that message was delivered through the recording industry, and well... $$$$$$$$$$