there is just one or two beats in a average rap song (i know this because my friend is a rap cigarette) in an average classic rock song there can be 3 or 4 beats that all agree with the song and are placed at the right times, and rhythm changes throughout the songs, and classic rock isn't just bom bom bom bom chika bom bom bom chika its several Melody's in one. i guess rap can be considered music because it has instruments and such but i still don't like the lyrics of rap, hip hop, and r&b.
You don't like the lyrics or beat? That is fine, it is your opinion and I will respect it.
you know what rap can be music if some one went in and did some work on it, and classic rock will be here until the day the earth implodes
You still say that rap is not music and I keep explaining to your highly biased, most likely trolling mind that it is. I'm not a fan of rap, but I still respect it because others like it. To say rap is not music is to say that a statue of a naked man is not art; guess what, others would say you're wrong, thanks to the very simple definition of art, expression through the senses. Rap does that, paintings do that, and dancing does that. They're all works of art, just in different sections that break up further into separate genres.
Also, listen to good rap, not that mainstream crap. Go underground.