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Posted by: Nick325 Nov 29 2007, 11:22 PM

do u like rap music?

Posted by: botoxfox Nov 29 2007, 11:23 PM

It depends...

Mostly I can't stand it.

Posted by: lefty01 Nov 29 2007, 11:25 PM

No, No, No...and No

Posted by: Kaneda Nov 29 2007, 11:28 PM

Mostly, nope. It's one of the few genres of music that I avoid, so maybe I'd like it if hearing the right stuff, but it's unlikely I'll ever HEAR the right stuff

Posted by: FretDancer69 Nov 29 2007, 11:31 PM

NO.

Also, i think there's been like 4 threads about this...

Posted by: Paul Coutts Nov 29 2007, 11:34 PM

I can't stand it...for the most part. Anything related to this commercial rap you see everywhere, I hate it. Not just cause of the music, but I can't stand people with THAT much attitude!
Some of you guys should check out Heiruspecs, rap band with real instruments played by the guys etc...pretty chilled, especially the song 5ves.
Timbaland is fairly good, when your driving or something, and so is that one song by Ndubz ndubz vs. naa

Posted by: Robin Nov 29 2007, 11:34 PM

I like old school hip hop, like Beastie Boys and Run DMC, but I pretty much hate the majority of this genre.

Oh and I used to listen alot to a norwegian rap group called Tungtvann during my skateboard days. I still like a couple of their songs, like this one for instance http://youtube.com/watch?v=xvQBVKOvaZI

Posted by: Smells Nov 29 2007, 11:35 PM

No cant stand it

Posted by: JVM Nov 29 2007, 11:52 PM

Yes.

I answered the question the same way I would answer "Do you like rock music?" There's a lot of rock I don't like, and there's a lot of rap I don't like, but when it's right its so good.

Posted by: Pavel Nov 29 2007, 11:56 PM

"No" is winning so far I am pretty sure it will stay like that


It would be like visiting a RAP forum and making a poll: "Do you like rock music?" - there would be like 98% of "no" answers

Posted by: JVM Nov 29 2007, 11:58 PM

Actually I know quite a few rappers and people who grew up with rap and all that, almost all of them like rock but it doesn't go the other way around. Go figure.

Posted by: Fsgdjv Nov 30 2007, 12:08 AM

I took "a little", since I listened a lot to looptroop and such when I was younger, so I still respect the musicians, and even today I listen to some rap, like Atmosphere and Sage Francis.

Posted by: fkalich Nov 30 2007, 12:09 AM

Rap reminds me of the religious thing among some fundamentalist Christian sects, "talking in tongues". They talk real fast, and nothing they say makes any sense.

Posted by: nickmarx12345678 Nov 30 2007, 12:34 AM

I like a lot of different music (except country lol) and rap is one of them...but I believe that the songs coming out today about sex and brand name clothes and *BLING* no no no thats destroying rap.
rap and hip-hop used to be arts of storytelling. If your ever interested in good rap listen to the lyrics of The Notrorious B.I.G. or tupac or the beastie boys. THEY knew how to do it! lol

Posted by: Milenkovic Ivan Nov 30 2007, 12:52 AM

I`ve listened a rap and hiphop when i was younger (in grade school ). I think that it is a very primitive form of music if not music at all. It is more like a rhytmic talking expression. I know it sounds stupid but i think it is true. Some songs have meaning, but even that is ripped off from blues, soul standards etc

PS and i am talking about old school and gansgta rap, this new sh*t is terrible

Posted by: g-forcelover Nov 30 2007, 01:05 AM

i hate all of it with a passion

Posted by: FretDancer69 Nov 30 2007, 01:26 AM

agreed!!!

Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Nov 30 2007, 02:58 AM

Some rappers are quite talented in writing poetry and lyrics but it isn't really music on its own.

Posted by: VinceG Nov 30 2007, 03:47 AM

ofcourse I do.

Posted by: JVM Nov 30 2007, 04:03 AM

You guys should check out stuff like Dear Mama, or Stan on youtube. Classic stuff that really has a message and meaning, plus some great melodies and such.

Posted by: Arrival Nov 30 2007, 04:31 AM

Be careful what you say on these boards.

Posted by: SLASH91 Nov 30 2007, 04:41 AM

I heard a Tupac song the other day, and was expecting some sort of lyrical genius, but all I could understand the entire song was " F***** b*tch mother******" over and over again

Posted by: FretDancer69 Nov 30 2007, 04:42 AM

yeah i dont understand why the say Tupac was the "real thing", seems exactly like today's stuff imo

Posted by: VinceG Nov 30 2007, 05:15 AM

Nothing beats NY hip hop back in the day. Ghost, Mef, and Wu Tang dominated my ears for years to this day.

Ghost- All That I Got Is You
http://youtube.com/watch?v=grSrmb70W1Q

Method Man- I'll Be There
http://youtube.com/watch?v=98dUhydvarw

Wu-Tang Clan- Bring The Ruckus
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jY4g-avcqLc

Posted by: swingline Nov 30 2007, 05:22 AM

I hate it all except the Beastie Boys and some Run DMC.

Posted by: Maximus Nov 30 2007, 05:26 AM

I hate to say that I don't like something across the board. I really do think most of it is weak. I compare this topic to the "Is cheerleading a sport?" thing. I think the problem with today's rap as with today's pop music is that the performers are propped up by a few methodical, business driven individuals. The result is a product that feels like it was the result of a mathematical formula rather than an artistic expression. Why is it that every hip hop song/rap has that ridiculous "feat. (insert obscure future has-been here)" credit line? I am longing for the days of people who write their own stuff and actually play their own insturments. Is that so much to ask?

Posted by: swingline Nov 30 2007, 05:44 AM

The definitely isn't any Van Halens anymore.

Posted by: fkalich Nov 30 2007, 05:45 AM

Dear Mama is nice. But I would argue more soul than rap. Not a lot of Rap videos depict school books with reverence, at least not in my experience. Maybe I am just missing that, I killed my tv some time ago. Maybe now most rap songs encourage kids to read books, stay away from crime and drugs, and do well in school. If that is the case, I think Rap is great stuff.

edit: what a lot of privileged white middle class kids growing up in the burbs fail to realize is, not every kid is white, middled classed, and growing up in the burbs. Some have a mother in an out of rehab, maybe Grandma is trying to keep thing in control. Rap is all fun in games to privileged white kids. Very bad influence to kids lacking that sort of suport system, who may have few or no positive role models in their personal lives.

Posted by: Animosity Nov 30 2007, 06:59 AM

Where is the: "Dun dun dun dun dun, dun dun, dun dun, can't touch this. But other than that, NO" option?

+666

Posted by: shredmandan Nov 30 2007, 08:06 AM

We all know what i voted

Posted by: stratman33 Nov 30 2007, 09:26 PM

I voted for some songs.when you go to school, the music people like is rap, and it kind of grows on you.