Honestly, forget rap music.

[Ceist]

asking the important questions.

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[blockguy™]

i mean there's some rappers who can probably qualify as poets such as kendrick lamar
i like to believe that he tells stories through rap. you've just gotta listen

Lil yachty and kanye are so much better than loving childish gambino its a crime to even compare them to something so basic

what is your problem

[YounqD]

OP you're generalizing rap music so much, yeah people like young thug, or whoever else make some bad songs talking about drugs girls and money, but you act like that's all there is. There's so many other rappers who actually try and rap about positive things or things that aren't about drugs money and girls. Yeah some songs may not come across as trying to give a message at first but if you dive into what the lyrics mean then youll find out. Its kind of like sweater weather, i had know idea what the song was about at first, but then I read up on it and found out. It would just make sense if you said "Honestly, forget some rap music."

Lil yachty and kanye are so much better than loving childish gambino its a crime to even compare them to something so basic

You're joking right?

[Poliwhirl]

OP is a loving dweeb im gonna give him a wedgie

[Juncoph]

i think that's they're rapping about

[Tactical Nuke]

fr though OP how are you going to talk about backing tracks and lyrics and not listen to Tool?
Hands down the best rock band of the 90's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs0GvGnKJ9U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tja6_h4lT6A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW0j0smt8fY

because I didn't know them

thanks for the lead

EDIT:
they're the band that's into Bill Hicks
I'm into Bill Hicks
awesome thanks again

Just to clarify, there's nothing wrong with that music. But it's the default genre for these garbage people, mostly because lots of them are young people who had their stuffty dads show them the "real music"

Except I came to all these conclusions myself. My dad had his own musical tastes, which included some of the bands I listed, and I decided on my own what was good and what was bad. Also, more than half the stuff I listed on that list my dad never listens to ever, except when I force him to.

Also, my dad is stuffty because he has certain musical tastes that he tried to display to me, seeing whether or not I'd just stick to cunty pop music? Go forget yourself.

Anyone saying "most of rap is bad" or "99% of it is stuff" has a worthless opinion, because they clearly haven't actually experienced enough rap to say that. Even if rap has a greater "stuff to good" ratio (Perhaps because more young people look to rap and hip hop as a way out of poverty, than, say, country or metal) that isn't a mark against the medium itself, because anyone worth listening to that there's more quality rap than one can listen to in a lifetime, and the same can be said about most big genres like that.

This is the overlaying feedback from this post, and let me just say:

I KNOW

That's why I pointed it out:

And let me be clear, here. There are songs with rap in them that I absolutely love. Look to  Gorillaz for songs with good musical choices and rap lyrics that don't touch on the same stuff over and over again. Gorillaz got me to like Snoop Dogg (granted I think everyone likes him at this point) because of his part in the intro to Plastic Beach. But these songs AREN'T rap songs. They're songs with rap in them. There is a huge loving difference. Snoop Dogg and all the other rappers Gorillaz employs contributes RHYTHMICALLY to the song. Typical rap song will have the loving dumbass rapper go off on multiple tangents (but not really) without paying real close attention to what's playing behind them. Praise Damon Albarn and the Gorillaz for not following the crowd.

You guys think that I would paint the entire genre as stuffty? I have some more artists for you:

• Joni Mitchell
• Shawn Colvin
• Sarah Jarosz

Oh look, country/folksy-ish singers! I know what it feels like to listen to a music genre that's filled with horse stuff!

You want to know some rap songs that I think are alright? Here you go:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsmRtwVYmt8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqUsHmtZygg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0OVD0_YJnU
and there's probably more that I can think of if I have enough time

I'm a music composition student. I know a lot more than the average person that there's just a good forgetton of music out there and I can't just blast an entire genre because there's always going to be something else in that genre that I haven't listened to.

That being said, rap music is loving overprocessed bird stuff per quota.

Lil yachty and kanye are so much better than loving childish gambino its a crime to even compare them to something so basic

Lil Yachty thinks Drake is better than Tupac and Kanye can't even loving sing in tune.

Childish Gambino was on Community.

Take your pick.

[Tudoreleu]

my only opinion on rap is that epic rap battles of history is the loving stuff

[JumboMuffin]

-yeah i guess music is subjective, but some people put 0 effort into music and people still like it-

[Khorde]

itt: idiots who don't realize that music is subjective and people will like what they like regardless of factual information they are presented

[Foopster]

counter point

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phaJXp_zMYM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lexLAjh8fPA

its literally the best.

also, its not supposed to be fast and high-octane. Rap means rythem and poetry. Just see it was a musical story of sorts.

[MoltenKitten]

tbh I'd probably be fine with rap if people didn't drive by my house at midnight with it loud enough to shake my room

[beachbum111111]

i like rap though

You're also a subhuman so there.

[Donnies Catch]

i made the hiphop megathread in spite of this thread let it be known

[Neventii]

whats that new broccoli song with j cool or whoever the forget

[Lumeko]

You're also a subhuman so there.

How can be subhuman if he's "no" bot? ╰( •́ ਊ •̀ )╯