1 definition by An 18 y/o black kid.
A form of music that has so much potential to be good, but due to complete lack of creativity is kinda sucky. Ever since The Millenium hit and Diddy introduced glitter suits, rap consists mostly of rapping about money, possessions or the number of "bad bitches" that one can corral depending on the quality of said bitch. Most people tend to hate rap because of the above reason, but sometimes they should consider where most rappers come from. If you are raised in poverty for most of your young life and suddenly become rich and can have anything you've ever wanted, you'd also be pretty damn eager to showboat. Sometimes you can't blame a rapper for wanting to celebrate his success but it is very understandable that one can be annoyed when almost every rapper does it ALL THE TIME. To me, a rappers first album is usually ok (unless you are Soulja Boy) because there is a lot of truth behind what they say regardless if you like their message or not. But a few years and albums later they will still be talking about what they did "back then" as opposed to what they do "now". Image plays a large role in that. Once again, there's not much to go around in the ghetto, so people will look up to you if you have money and cars and all that. Unfortunately, the people that get the majority of the money are drug dealers and such. All the youngsters see that and envy it even though it's wrong because they want to be respected and have something to feel good about. In addition they've grown up with an aggressive mentality because that's the only way they feel like they can get what they want and keep what they have. After all fear is one of the easiest ways for people to "respect" you. Rappers try their darndest to uphold that "gangsta/drug dealer image because at one point in time it was the only reason that everyone around them envied and revered them. If they were to change their image, no one in any hood would have that same respect for them anymore. Even though a rapper is successful and rich, he still going to have the want to feel acceptance from the people that he was like for the majority of his life. So even though he gets older, he never appears to mature in his music or in just about any other area of life. Another reason that rap is in the state it is right now is because of love for money over music. Your typical rapper LOVES money because of the above poverty reason, and how do you make money? BY APPEALING TO THE EAR OF THE PEOPLE. Unfortunately, "Rich-Hop, Club-Hop, and Hip-Pop" are the only things that a lot of kids wanna hear right now because kids this generation are pretty much all about materialism and fun and anything else that requires minimal thinking to enjoy. Just like any other typical American, a rapper is going to do the thing that gets him more money. In this case it is making club bangers, making a dance, and trying to sing using autotunes. That's also why so many rappers do the same things. They see that an new idea or catchy phrase another rapper thought of worked and they want to cash out too, so they don't take the time to be creative, they just bite the other rapper's idea. It's sad because a current day rapper could choose to make some intelligent music but money is a little more important to them and the execs that own T.V. and radio stations. Since they have already made up their mind about what they want to put out, the only way that rap can recover is for the common people to change their tastes. IF YOU WANT GOOD MUSIC, YOU HAVE CHALLENGE A RAPPER TO STEP HIS GAME UP. All of this is just guess work, but think I'm somewhere in the ballpark.
by An 18 y/o black kid. June 10, 2009