What do you think of hip hop and rap?
By pandaeyes
@pandaeyes (2065)
April 12, 2010 12:16pm CST
I used to think hip hop and rap were awful.
Too loud,too shouty and not at all musical but over the last few years I have changed my mind.
Now I keep an open mind when I know that they are going to play on the radio and oft times, they are not bad at all.
The more rhythmic ones are ideal for using in my skipping routines.
Some are really cleverly worded and poetical.
What do you think? Are you open to listening to hip hop and rap or do you have fixed views either negative or positive about the genres.
6 responses
@jeeyah (1092)
• Philippines
12 Apr 10
I've always been okay with hip hop, but as for rap - I didn't consider it music. But now, I'm also learning to appreciate rap. I've realized how hard it actually is to compose a rap song. And what's more is that rap songs usually convey deep thoughts that you won't really notice if mixed with regular tunes. So I guess that what rap songs are all about - the lyrics. They allow more attention to the actual message of the song. It's more like a poem with some beat.
@pandaeyes (2065)
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12 Apr 10
Yes it is, I sometimes think they are as well worded as Shakespeare.
When they get the timing right ,it is a very good listening experience.
Sadly some people think all you need is the words and they don't put any expression into their performance which spoils it, r they might have good expression but the wording is not very well thought out.
Good raps are rare but worth the wait.
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@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
14 Apr 10
There are good rappers who really deliver good tunes and beats. I'm a wide listener of music and i really love that rap/rn'b really influenced my ways/views of music. I love to rap and dance too. I love snoop dogg, tupac, not.Big, and a couple more. 
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
13 Apr 10
I will gladly listen to them if they aren't obscene or the subject isn't hateful. Too many rap and hip hop songs are like that.
My main gripe with this type of music is that it is blasted from cars with too much bass in the speakers and invades the entire block as the car travels down my street, often late at night or early in the morning.
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@pandaeyes (2065)
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13 Apr 10
hmm that's true,its not nice to have any music blasted at you from the street.
I think things like that don't really help to promote youth and their music but sometimes it is much older people and then they just look a bit childish.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
12 Apr 10
hi pandaeyes I can take hiphop and some rap but most I do discard
into the heavy metal garbage, yet some are not too bad, but would still much rather listen to the beattles or the rolling stones, or go back to mmy favorite, my classical music files, I love the blues and scott Joplinps rags those do send me. no hip hop maybe rap no way.
my favorite, my classical music files, I love the blues and scott Joplinps rags those do send me. no hip hop maybe rap no way.1 person likes this
@pandaeyes (2065)
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13 Apr 10
The good ones are like diamonds,they really show up amongst the rest of the ordinary stuff.
There seems to be two kinds of youth that do rap, the one kind try to be all attitude and atmosphere but have no real message to convey, they are often awful to listen to , the other kind are the poets who want to put their feelings to music in a modern way and they are the best ones.
@6precious102 (4043)
• United States
16 Apr 10
I know I'm showing my age, but I really don't like anything about rap. I don't feel as strongly about hip hop; but I don't listen to it if I can help it, and I certainly wouldn't buy it. My 85 year old mother likes rap, at least the tempo.
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@pandaeyes (2065)
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16 Apr 10
Is it the style of the lyrics you don't like or the type of rhythm or the music they have alongside? I find the shoutier ones are quite aggressive sounding and some of them sound like gang type chants but the well worded ,cleverly timed ones are okay.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
15 Apr 10
I don't really listen to these genres of music to be honest. That doesn't mean that I have a problem with them, however, I think that the reason that I'm not a fan of them is because they don't fall into the same categories as the things that I typically listen to. That all said, I won't change the radio station if a rap or hip hop song comes on, but I'm also not going to go specifically looking for these genres to listen to.
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@pandaeyes (2065)
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15 Apr 10
Yes I am like that too.
I have changed my mind a lot about rap in particular because I used to put the whole thing in the 'awful' category, in my head but now I have heard a lot of rap and find that there are some excellent performers but you will always still get lots of awful and only a few really good artists.
I think it is the attitude thing that often goes along with them.
Some of the performers think all you need is to sound confrontational or obscene and it will make you popular but they are wrong.
