This is only my personal opinion. I’m not attacking anyone for having their own opinions. I’m only expressing my own opinion and asking you to provide your own input. I’m trying my best to say all this without insulting anyone.
I see and hear people all the time saying that rap is only someone talking to a beat about having lots of money, getting girls, and doing drugs. This may seem true to the unenlightened ear, whose sources are only that heard on the radio and MTV. Radio rap is mainstream music. Most of us know how corrupt mainstream music can be. Most of us say “I hate that radio ****” We know that the better music, “REAL” music as we like to say, isn’t found on the radio. Well, my friends, the same thing applies to rap. Mainstream rap is commercialized rap, as I see it.
Some also argue that rap is destroying today’s youth with their inappropriate lyrics... I think that statement can apply to any genre of music. (Closer by Nine Inch Nails, Love Game by Lady Gaga, Cigaro by System of a Down… just to name a few)
Now, if you tried listening to underground rap, you just might change my mind. I know, underground rap sounds a little put offish (if that’s a real word) but it’s not bad at all. I admit I tried to stay clear of it without ever giving it a chance, but I finally decided to give it a listen when I decided to become more open minded musically. I honestly believe that underground rap lyrics have the potential to inspire and really change lives.
Please take a listen to these few tracks and decide for yourselves. They say that rap takes no singing talent, and that may be true, but it does take great rhythmic talent. It’s not just poetry. It’s much greater than poetry (I write poetry myself, at times, and this stuff is so different than anything I’ve ever read. The beats and rhythm are so different than something you would just write down on a piece of paper.)
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link <--- this one is great.
Sure, rap is terrible when it's terrible, but that doesn't make it all bad. Some people just need to expand their horizons a bit instead of accepting everything MTV puts on their plate.
So please, try giving the real music a chance before you decide to judge and completely disregard an entire genre.
I see and hear people all the time saying that rap is only someone talking to a beat about having lots of money, getting girls, and doing drugs. This may seem true to the unenlightened ear, whose sources are only that heard on the radio and MTV. Radio rap is mainstream music. Most of us know how corrupt mainstream music can be. Most of us say “I hate that radio ****” We know that the better music, “REAL” music as we like to say, isn’t found on the radio. Well, my friends, the same thing applies to rap. Mainstream rap is commercialized rap, as I see it.
Some also argue that rap is destroying today’s youth with their inappropriate lyrics... I think that statement can apply to any genre of music. (Closer by Nine Inch Nails, Love Game by Lady Gaga, Cigaro by System of a Down… just to name a few)
Now, if you tried listening to underground rap, you just might change my mind. I know, underground rap sounds a little put offish (if that’s a real word) but it’s not bad at all. I admit I tried to stay clear of it without ever giving it a chance, but I finally decided to give it a listen when I decided to become more open minded musically. I honestly believe that underground rap lyrics have the potential to inspire and really change lives.
Please take a listen to these few tracks and decide for yourselves. They say that rap takes no singing talent, and that may be true, but it does take great rhythmic talent. It’s not just poetry. It’s much greater than poetry (I write poetry myself, at times, and this stuff is so different than anything I’ve ever read. The beats and rhythm are so different than something you would just write down on a piece of paper.)
link
link
link <--- this one is great.
Sure, rap is terrible when it's terrible, but that doesn't make it all bad. Some people just need to expand their horizons a bit instead of accepting everything MTV puts on their plate.
So please, try giving the real music a chance before you decide to judge and completely disregard an entire genre.
