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modern rap 

The history of rap

In the times of slavery slaves would sing call and response songs in the slave pens which turned into Blues, Jazz Swing, and R&B such as Louis Armstrong and Ray Charles. Louis Armstrong made Jazz more of a solo kind of style instead of in orchestras. The blues music was from bad happenings in their lives and from the slavery. Jazz was a style with a rythm that moved more and swing was more crazy and out of control. Scat singing was a wordless singing style which was for rythm. In the ghetto after the slavery but during the descrimination people only had their voices and objects around them for making music. Rap was a spoken type of music influenced by scat singing. Rap was poetry syncronized with an instrument with a quick, short sound to give it sync with the syllables of words. In the ghetto they probably used trashcans. In the 70's people had used the technique of "scratching" with records. In the 80's came Run-D.M.C. who used scratching, drums, and used guitarists in some songs came and pretty much created rap for what it was by definition: poetry in motion, and poetry has rhyme scheme or meter but rap follows both of those. In the 90's there were rappers like Tupac and Notorious B.I.G. who would rap about the streets. These rappers used beatboxes, and beatboxes still had the quick, short beat that fit rap.

Modern Rap

At the turn of the millenium, after Tupac and Notorious B.I.G.'s deaths. Rappers were following the theme that they set, the problem with these rappers were: they acted too egotistic and rap became all about money and image. And to look richer more rappers used synthesizers in their music. Synthesizers, have a more constant beat, not the quick short one that fits rap. Also the poetry was dropping too, and rap is "poetry in motion" so what is called rap these days isn't even rap.

My opinion on modern rap and modern rappers

Modern rap sucks ass! Half the modern rappers aren't from the streets and to make it look like they are, they have to rap about the streets which they know nothing about. Modern rappers also rap about image. A modern rap song sounds like "everybody likes me, look at my shoes" and shit like that. The thing is nobody likes them. There aren't as many rap fans as there used to be, even the wiggers don't listen much to modern rap. Some rapper/rap group better come along with poetic meter and rhyme and the good sync of drums with syllables. And not sound like a repetetive dipshit(s) that only know(s) two words.
modern rap fan: did you hear the new chamillionare song?
intelligent person: I prefer to listen to good rap like Run-D.M.C., not dumbasses like chamillionare who mispronounce words to try and make them rhyme because they don't know how to rhyme.
modern rap by Joe725 March 12, 2007
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modern rap culture 

The use of cartoons from Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network and somehow associated with rap. The use of the n word, slang and auto tune. And completely being a poser by wearing shirts of famous rock and metal artist they never listen too. They also sample some of the worst media. They do too many drugs and like modern trashy sports cars. They often barely use any instruments only a computer and dj who is horrible. They often also sample voicemails from there angry ex girlfriend. There music videos are horrible also. They are mostly rappers trying to be gangster. They also roast many popular American things. They also roast southern Americans by having rap music videos on farms and dressing up as cowboys. They often preform at rolling loud, Coachella, etc. artist include many you probably already know of
I hate todays modern rap culture. Fred durst, Eminem, snoop dogg, and post Malone I only have respect for because post likes and respects metal, Fred durst still sounds like he’s from 1999, Eminem still is lyrically innovative, and snoop dogg’s still crazy high as usual
modern rap culture by Nascarfan2007 October 17, 2022

Modern day rap 

using a ton of auto tune and also not actually raping more like singing
"I like lean I, like drugs."-Lil xan
(High autotune) random guy - That's modern day rap not old school
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