Hip-Hop?
 

How many of you peeps here like rap? Anybody hate it? Let me know. I have a poll here too if you want to respond.

Love it.

i can't stand it. there are some exceptions. that's the punks who're rapping because they can't sing.

old skool or new school?

Who's your fav artist?

old school rap is ok,i like Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Back then rap actually meant something and it took talent. Now its just completely stupid,anybody who can cuss and talk really fast can be a rapper.

Like some of it, some of it I hate.

Like = Dre, Eminem, Nas, Snoop, Canabis, Eyedea, Outkast

Hate it.

hmmm, maybe we should open a punk/rock thread...

Now that I can relate too.

I like it. :D

And... I also like for this thread to remain civil, and not become a bash fest us Mods have to babysit and/or lock. :wink:

Thank you so much.

Lets not get carried away with bashing other people's tastes in music.

I'm not going to do it.

I like it.

I don't care much about most of the artists that came out after the 90's, though. The only rapper that to hit it big after the 90's that I like and can think of is Ludacris. He's the only new generation artist I can think of that I really like.

I mostly prefer stuff from Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Tupac, and Busta Rhymes.

Both actually. Mystikals probably my favorite. I like Outkast a lot too.

"THE MAN'S RIGHT CHEA"!!

Geez, I will always remember that song.

I hate most of it.... but there are exceptions... I like some of outkast's songs... and I don't mind old skool rap.... but most rap is pure crap....

As a whole, I don't really like it. There's some I like....Outkast, DMX, Dr. Dre...

they dont even talk really fast any more do they?

Here's my answer.

Notice how they're only industrial and rock groups.

I absolutely loathe Rap, Hip-Hop, and R&B.

I'm also not a fan Punk. It just plain sucks. Hell, it was meant to sound crappy.

Hey Ya- Outkast is the only hip-hop song I have ever liked. It's the best thing since the double stuffed oreo, homie.

I haven't really heard much old school so I can't say I hate everything else. But everything I have heard is...well....crap.

As for punk music, it's pretty good. I really like emo-influenced punk such as Yellowcard/Brand New/The Used/Lost Prophets, but I hate the whole punk style/look, with the spiky hair and checkered pants....I mean come on, it's just a stupid way to get attention methinks.

I like a few old groups like Public Enemy and N.W.A.

Heh, talking fast while rhyming and sounding good takes tremendous talent if you ask me. Anyone ever hear of Tech N9ne?

I agree, it takes talent......but it doesn't sound good.

Well I completely hate it except for the vew songs of Rap Sean puts on like Beastie Boys and House of Pain. I can tolerate though, like if I'm at some place.....like my freakin' High School Prom all they played was rap. DJ wasn't taking requests so I couldn't do anything. I was gonna get him to play Bon Jovi. My mom is worse though. She told me if I ever put Rap on in my room I'd get thrown out of the house. You should have seen her at this CD store we were at once. We walk in and they play rap and she's like "If they play Who Let the dogs out, I'm running right out of here." I was waiting for that song but it never came up. lol. That song is OK. I keep making fun of it though, The other day I looked at Sean and I said "Who let the mice out? Squeak, squeak squeak." lol. My mom's an idiot.

:lol: :tlol: That's classic!!!

I really don't listen to rap all that much unless it's old school rap, like....Run DMC. Now, don't get me wrong, I love Outkast's "Hey Ya", but it's the old school stuff that gets me goin'. :D

I hate rap. sure it takes talent to speack fast, but rap is not signing, its just saying words really fast, so you cant understand them.

all rap sucks in my opipion.

That's "freestyle" you're thinking of, which is a tad bit different. Lots of rap today actually goes pretty slow.And NTN thinks I'M bad?

The vocalist of Cake doesn't sing either, and Cake is excellent. A lot of punk bands don't sing either (though I don't much care for punk.) Since when do people have to sing for it to be considered music? I don't remember Beethoven ever singing.. Or Bach.. Or Mozart. Or how 'bout techno and drum and bass? You don't have to like rap, but I hate it when people say it isn't music just because they arent singing.

Cake rules

NWA is bad! I love the song about police if you know what I'm saying. :wink: Not that I hate police but I like that song.
Dre remained good after NWA as well.

I have listened to Tech Nine before. Only because may friend loves it. If I remember right they are really fast right?

Red and Meth are good too.
I used to listen to rap all the time. Along with other stuff. But know I'm in college and have left a lot friends behind, so I left the rap with them. Now I listen to the radio more. I bought the Lord of the Rings trilogy music too, so I listen to that a lot. Just today I bought the old Green Day record. Man I spend too much on music.

And you can understand the mindless grunts of Mushroomhead?

I've heard a few songs of theirs...a cat getting stabbed to death makes a better sound than them.

Yeah, really.. Those kind of bands are even less-barable to listen to than rap, in my opinion.

Like the genre in general, although there are some artists I don't like due to the messages in their songs.

For Western artists, Missy Elliott and Outkast are the top two for me, although Ludacris is also fun. 'Fix my Weave' is one of the best songs! :)

I've also started picking up Japanese and Korean Hip-Hop and R&B artists - these genres are very popular in the Asian region now. I've also listened to some cool African rap from a group called 'Gidgi Gidgi Maji Maji' (although my spelling may be wrong) on a radio show called Afropop Worldwide.

Well, there are two vocalists in the band and only one of them has the growl-like voice. The other has a perfectly clear and great singing voice.

Well ya know what I hate worse than rap.........ELVIS!!!! I can't stand him and Sean LOVES him!! Ok, If Sean sings Elvis, I don't mind. When Sean does the Elvis dancing I love it......Watching Elvis do anything or sing makes me gag but I put up with it when Sean puts it on. He rarely puts Elvis on anyway. I'd rather listen to the most offensive Rap than listen to Elvis. My sister hates him too thank god. lol

"But why's the rum gone!?" :D

Everyone is forgetting that this is if you like hip-hop... not RAP. Rap is but an element of hip-hop, as hip-hop is a culture, a way of life: from DJing, to rapping, cyphering, beatboxing, breakdancing, etc. I personally, grew up on hip-hop, that has been my way of life since birth. Rap is something that I have grown into since birth, and is something I'll always love, no matter how tainted rap can be through those damn commercial tracks (i.e., Cash Money). Any other artists, I can feel: Ludacris, Scarface, Outkast, Snop Dogg. The type of rap I've actually listened to intently is underground music and artists not known, Royce da 5'9'' being my favorite of all-time. There's a lot of great guys underground, but all that have gone mainstream either dropped average or garbage albums. The only person I can say would put up a great album in the mainstream market is Lloyd Bank$, Fabolous, and maybe a few select rappers that understand the concept of a "punchline". It's punchlines, meta's, and wordplay that I look for in rap songs now... the gangsta style put me to sleep a long time ago, and G-Unit is the only group I'll tolerate with the gun-toting concept, but only because their style is brought in a unique fashion from the rest.

Yeah, the guy is great in my opinion. I'm addicted to his newest single, "Imma Tell". Heh... it gets stuck in my head.


P.S. Punk rock sucks harder than............. well, I just want to throw "my opinion" out there. And Rez, LMAO. You're not kidding, I will respect major pain's opinion though. *twitches* It's the freedom to speak out... *twitches frantically* So I'll let this ILLOGICAL BS go on. *calms down* Just had to get that one off... :D

Wow... maybe you're mistaking rap for Reggae or something, because not one word could even relate to what rap really is. I'm sorry, those weren't even opinions, those were just stereotypical words...... actually, I don't even think those are stereotypes of rap.

No, this is not a flame post, this is educating. Exactly what rap songs have you exactly heard to come to this conclusion that this is what exemplifies rap? You might want to research your hypothesis before actually claiming it as your conclusion, because not a bit of that I could call rap, not even in a nutshell.

but the thing I think counts most is I dont like rap, so well leave it at that.

'Hip-Hop' isn't a way of life. Same with Punk.