rap

snoop dogg, eminem, 50 cent,

As if there were any hiphop in the world that could compare to mc chris, I’ll throw out a few of my next-bests

Personally I like Talib Kweli, Lupe Fiasco and K’naan. Theres a couple songs by The Roots that I really like and a bunch of other great artists, but for individual rappers those 3 are my current top.

Unless you want to leave North America and check out the Aussies “Hilltop Hoods” or “The Herd”. Britain probably has some good artists too but I can’t recall any serious British rappers off the top of my head. Most of the stuff that I like from there is tongue-in-cheek comedy hiphop like “Goldie Lookin’ Chain”

EMINEM, D12 , SNOOP DOGG, are my favourites and in my opinion eminem and snoop dog are best rappers and d12 is best band but some ppl like 50 cent and g-unit more

rap is the worst form of music ever i could make the beats for the songs on my computer

Why must you lie so blatantly sprint.

LIE? are you insane? rap is garbage and i am posative i could make better beats then what they make and please let them stop stealing good songs and making them garbage.

Sounds like you’ve been exposed to the wrong kind of rap. Hiphop is poetry spoken to a beat often with a chorus/hook, but just like everything else theres good and bad poetry.

Rap is very complex, which in my opinion, makes it fun to listen to as I try to master and memorize the lyrics. I like lots of other kinds of music too though. When I’m drawing or driving for instance, I’ll tend to listen to rock, classic rock, but if I’m playing a game or trying to have fun hiphop is where it’s at.

I highly recommend mc chris to anyone who’s a geek and doesn’t yet know that they too love hiphop. Check him out here:

http://www.myspace.com/mcchris

Heiruspecs. There may be nothing better on this earth than what they do. profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=3819949

nice link jeffe, indie for the win.

I hate pop music. I hate how rap has basically sold out. I hate 50 cent. I luv early hip-hop when it was new and fresh and the big companies didn’t turn it into a money-making scam. SCREW MTV!!!!!

75% of all rap sucks, but thats just what I think.

i think you shouldnt say it sucks. i dont like rap but some people do. all music is basically personal preferance

90% of all stuff sucks. therefore, rap is abnormally good.

lol kinda true

I like Eminems music when it first came out and he was really p’od at the world. Those were the best! haha.

rap? i am nuetral on this. some is really good, but some artists (snoop dog) are pretty demeaning in women. im no feminist, but come on. labeling women as oblectsfor you enjoyment is not ok.

Hating rap shows that you’re a very close minded individual, usually the people that hate it have only heard the stuff on the radio and generalize it as stupid unthoughtful music. Hip hop is relaxed a lot of the time and generally good time music, but it can be very meaningful, even if you don’t like it, that’s just your taste, it’s pretty arrogant to imply your opinion onto everyone else. I really like Dr.Dre, E-40, and Ludacris personally, though I usually listen to indie/folk more then hip hop.

Rap and hip-hop are different genres of music. I personally won’t listen to ‘rap,’ but enjoy a good set of hip-hop (live or recorded) any day…

Maybe it’s just me being white, but I can’t enjoy music where every other word is bitch, n*, ho, etc. Hip-hop generally seems more thoughtful and artistic.

Hating rap shows that you’re a very close minded individual, usually the people that hate it have only heard the stuff on the radio and generalize it as stupid unthoughtful music.

No it doesnt. One can have taste without being ‘close minded’, just as an individual can hate certain foods without being close minded. A person can be completely open minded and still have a distaste for music based on artistic or moral objections, or simply because of a preference.

ArcaneCoder: I agree, and disagree, you see I think you can dislike a genre of music, but when you say you “hate” and entire genre you’re being close minded, it goes from having specific taste to being presumptious and clumping stuff together. I haven’t ever heard any Jazz that I’ve liked, in fact I dislike Jazz that I’ve heard in general, but I wouldn’t say I hate Jazz music because I haven’t explored the genre, or heard enough of it to make a judgement. And that’s my problem with a lot of the people who judge rap. They say they hate rap, when they haven’t really given themselves a chance to listen to a lot of rap, and are making their judgements based on a couple songs they heard on the radio. And that’s what I’m reffering to. I don’t really think that anyone that dislikes rap or hip hop (they overlap each other a lot of the time as genres) is close minded, I just think a lot of them tend to be. I wasn’t really implying that people that take the mind to check rap out and give it an honest chance and still didn’t like it, were close minded people. Sorry if I gave that impression to you.

“Rap and hip-hop are different genres of music. I personally won’t listen to ‘rap,’ but enjoy a good set of hip-hop (live or recorded) any day…

Maybe it’s just me being white, but I can’t enjoy music where every other word is bitch, n*, ho, etc. Hip-hop generally seems more thoughtful and artistic.”

I think the genres overlap a lot of the time, and people often group them together, so it’s kind of hard to differentiate. Not all rap is like that; For example Too Short’s “In the Ghetto” http://www.lyricsdepot.com/too-short/the-ghetto…

I think you might be mixxing up R&B with hiphop though. (?)

but when you say you “hate” and entire genre you’re being close minded

Still, not necessarily. They may have listened to it quite deeply and thereafter come to the conclusion that they really truly hate it. Or like I say, they may have moral objections to the obscenities used or the type of culture. Of course, I agree that hate is a strong word and that you should always base your judgments on actual reasoning that has been investigated and not just shallow bias. However, I wont hold it against a person if they hate it for whatever reason they, nor will I think they are closed minded. Again, its art – so its subjective and therefore based largely upon opinion.

I like Public Enemy and Beastie Boys, I’m trying to get into more rap though. So if you think I should listen to something, tell me.

Yeah that’s cool, I respect rap for being an art form that can reach people’s minds and tell people’s stories. I enjoy some rap; I don’t wanna make characterizations of the music, so when I say hip-hop and rap are different genres, I probably should say that (to me) they really just represent the opposite ends of the rap spectrum. It’s like thoughtful-yet-hard lyrics vs. totally meaningless gangsta violence. So it ends up I can only dig like 50% of rap; it’s easier for me just to say I like hip hop.

check out the Aussies “Hilltop Hoods” or “The Herd”

Yeah I love the herd, I saw a gig of their’s a while ago and it changed my perspective on hip hop (also an Ozomatli show helped). They have a really big band, really political, amazing lyrics. I think if a lot of people looked past the stereotypical rap music (eminem, whatever), they’d find something they could like. For me that was getting past American stuff to find Australian acts that had a bit more relevance to me, that weren’t pretending to be gangsters. If anyone want’s to hear some good aussie hip hop (or good stuff in general) hit up Triple J’s Hip Hop Show and go stream last program. Or try The Herd’s Myspace. Go with The Herd for a quick sample though.

Generally I think discounting a genre you have a dislike for is a bad idea. “rap is crap”. If something doesn’t do it for you don’t listen, but be ready for any good tunes that cross your path. :)