Is Rap music......... or is it sh*t?

[Lexington_Steele]

To the people who are hating on rap. How much Rap/Hip-hop have you been exposed to? Where has this exposure come from?

MTV does not have good rap, the radio does not have good rap, although Rap City on BET is usually pretty ok, most of BET's hip hop programming is crap..

Most rap/hip-hop either contains lyrics that are too explicit for television/radio, or their record labels do not have the financial capability to get them on the TV/Radio.

You have to search for good rap, it does not come to you.

[Hijinks]

<60s mode> Is rock and roll music? ... or is it shit?</60s mode>

[BurningSpear]

Originally posted by Lexington_Steele
To the people who are hating on rap. How much Rap/Hip-hop have you been exposed to? Where has this exposure come from?
...
MTV does not have good rap, the radio does not have good rap,
...
You have to search for good rap, it does not come to you.

Well put. This was a stupid poll to begin with, just begging for a flame war. Alot of the comments against rap in this thread carry some very heavy, albeit subtle, racist undertones. You who hate rap are grouping all rappers together under the image of people like P Diddy and Eminem and Snoop Dogg? Why, because they're all black? I know I'm not going to change the mind of most of the people in this thread, but there *is* some damn fine rap and hip hop out there. To name just a few, and this is still even keeping it pretty damn commercial, you have Dilated Peoples, Jurassic 5, earlier De La Soul and Tribe Called Quest, Blackalicious, Del tha Funky Homosapien, etc, etc.

Please, if you are going to give an opinion, at least make it SEEM like an educated one!

[diluted]

we're talking about mainstream rap. at least i am. i own both dilated peoples albums. and how the hell does this have to do with black vs. white? just because the vast majority of mainstream and even underground rappers are black we just automatically 'group' them? whats wrong with that and how would it make us 'less moral'

[Tobias]

Originally posted by BurningSpear
Alot of the comments against rap in this thread carry some very heavy, albeit subtle, racist undertones. You who hate rap are grouping all rappers together under the image of people like P Diddy and Eminem and Snoop Dogg? Why, because they're all black?

*Ahem*

Eminem, last time I looked, was whiter then me and I am pretty pale.

*Ahem*

[Bighoss]

I like rap, some songs are better than others.

The only thing I don't get is why would they still be gangsters after they land a record contract like? and why don't they get arrested if they are

[Lexington_Steele]

Originally posted by Bighoss
I like rap, some songs are better than others.

The only thing I don't get is why would they still be gangsters after they land a record contract like? and why don't they get arrested if they are

You can take the rapper out of the street, but you can't take the street out of the rapper.