Is actually good music as long as you listen to real rap and not Lil Wayne. Some say rap stands for Retards Attempting Poetry, but it's likely that the only 'rap' those people heard was T-pain or some shitty rap artist like him.
by Petafilegjjffh June 10, 2009
Rap is not music. It is people talking loudly to a repetative beat. Rappers usually have no talent, and that is not an opinion that is a fact.
consider this:
-Rappers usually buy beats from older rappers, or play them on cheesey keyboards.
-they do not play instruments
-they don't come up with a melody
so basically all they are are poets, poets with terrible taste in lyrics.
They are mostly sellouts, in that they advertise many products on tv, and endorse basketball teams. many of them also eat at shitty resteraunts like mcdonalds. they sing about who has the most hoes, or the better rhyming skillz or the most bling.
When rap was about the ghettos, it was much better. It was a way for poor intercity people to express their broken dreams and poverty/danger rittled life. now it's become about all the negative aspects, like money and hoes. they don't realize that money isn't everything,
and hoes are just in existance for straight people who cannot get layed.
The only good rappers (i can stand) are Snoop dogg and Kanye west.
consider this:
-Rappers usually buy beats from older rappers, or play them on cheesey keyboards.
-they do not play instruments
-they don't come up with a melody
so basically all they are are poets, poets with terrible taste in lyrics.
They are mostly sellouts, in that they advertise many products on tv, and endorse basketball teams. many of them also eat at shitty resteraunts like mcdonalds. they sing about who has the most hoes, or the better rhyming skillz or the most bling.
When rap was about the ghettos, it was much better. It was a way for poor intercity people to express their broken dreams and poverty/danger rittled life. now it's become about all the negative aspects, like money and hoes. they don't realize that money isn't everything,
and hoes are just in existance for straight people who cannot get layed.
The only good rappers (i can stand) are Snoop dogg and Kanye west.
Gangsta Rapper: YOZ I'm JAMMIN IN DA KLUBB WIT MA FITTY SIX HOEZ
AND MA PINK CATTILACK WIT THE CHROME AND DA DOEZ
AND I GO TO THE TEAT-R TO C A MOVIE SHOW
BUT I WOUND UP GETTING DOWN WIT MA BRAND NEW HOE
Chorus: drugs drugs, sex sex, bling bling, gunshot gunshot
so i shot my best friend
i shot my grand ma ma
I shot my uncle sven
and my daughter ba ba
and i blew up the world cauz it had no mo hoez
AND MA PINK CATTILACK IT HAD NO DOEZ
Normal person: dude chill there rap sucks
AND MA PINK CATTILACK WIT THE CHROME AND DA DOEZ
AND I GO TO THE TEAT-R TO C A MOVIE SHOW
BUT I WOUND UP GETTING DOWN WIT MA BRAND NEW HOE
Chorus: drugs drugs, sex sex, bling bling, gunshot gunshot
so i shot my best friend
i shot my grand ma ma
I shot my uncle sven
and my daughter ba ba
and i blew up the world cauz it had no mo hoez
AND MA PINK CATTILACK IT HAD NO DOEZ
Normal person: dude chill there rap sucks
by Jay pee July 7, 2006
Contrary to the belief of thousands of narrow minded teenagers, Rap is a legitimate form of music. Like any other genre of music, it can be both good or bad.
Rap is not always about drugs/sex/violence. That's mainly Gangsta rap. Saying Gangsta rap is representative of Hip hop in general is like saying that Death metal is representative of Rock.
So all in all, don't go saying stupid shit like "Retards Attempting Poetry" or "Rap is just missing a C". It's just fucking stupid. Go listen to some decent Hip-hop, Outkast being one example, before you make up your mind.
Rap is not always about drugs/sex/violence. That's mainly Gangsta rap. Saying Gangsta rap is representative of Hip hop in general is like saying that Death metal is representative of Rock.
So all in all, don't go saying stupid shit like "Retards Attempting Poetry" or "Rap is just missing a C". It's just fucking stupid. Go listen to some decent Hip-hop, Outkast being one example, before you make up your mind.
I listen to rap. I also listen to Rock, Grunge, Metal, Funk, Punk, Techno, Trip-hop, Reggae, Jazz, Electronica, and much more. Taste in music doesn't have to be exclusive.
by Zerotrousers March 25, 2011
by levi1993 November 26, 2007
1. I rapped to him last night.
(We made out last night)
2. I wanna rap to her so bad!
(I wanna make out with her so bad)
(We made out last night)
2. I wanna rap to her so bad!
(I wanna make out with her so bad)
by gdawg April 7, 2003
Horrible music. I have some good reasons for having this opinion too.
I used to be around rap all the time, and really.. it all sounded the same. Same beat all the time, and very identical voices (seeing as most rappers are black and have similar voices). The only thing that really changes are the sound effects in the back. Not only that, but most mainstream rap is about, yup - you got it: Sex, drugs, money, violence, racism against whites, and gangsta life. I'm not stereotyping, because I KNOW not all rap is about this. But really.. how many examples can you give besides people such as 2pac, Kayne West or Mos Def?
2pac wasn't really any different from today's rappers. He too made songs about life in the ghettos, and being a gangsta. He made songs about shooting cops, and committing other various crimes. These really aren't some standards I'd want to live by. Wouldn't you agree? And Kayne West... he recently exposed his racist personality by talking about how whites don't care about black people, and how he thinks that everything that happens is because of white people. Mos Def might've been one of the only rappers who did not follow all these stereotypes, but there are few people who listen to him compared to people who listen to shit like 50 Cent, Ludacris, or Nelly.
If you listened to most of today's rap, the songs will always be about either one of the themes mentioned above, but mostly sex. Actual lines in some rap songs include: "I'm in love with a stripper", "It's getting hot in here, so take off all your clothes", "Shake that ass girl", "I'll let you lick the lollipop", and "Your ass is a masterpiece". I could probably come up with lots more examples if I continued looking. Just goes to show you what most rap is made of.
So therefore, to those of you who are trying to defend rap, why bother? You're telling us to listen to the good stuff like 2pac, Kayne West, Mos Def, etc., but however, you listen to all that gangsta rap shit at the same time. Go out in public, and look around you. See how many people have been possessed by this music. They act like they're "the shit", use curse words in all of their sentences, wear G-Unit clothes, and call themselves "gangstas". If people really listened to the stuff you're telling them to listen to, why do we have so many people who listen to OTHER stuff and follow THEIR standards?
One more thing. To those who defend rap and bash rock/metal, SHUT UP. I'm not stereotyping rap, but YOU'RE stereotyping rock. There are VERY few bands who, as you call it, smash their instruments or scream at the top of their lungs like psychotic lunatics. The bands who do that are usually black metal bands, and black metal is virtually unknown by the public. The same goes for bands who, once again as you call it, make songs about Satan, blood, death, and all those other gruesome themes. That's death metal, which isn't any more popular than black metal. Sure, some of today's modern popular bands DO talk about this stuff, and they DO smash their instruments and scream, and yea, we all know those bands suck, just like 50 Cent does as a rapper. But they don't reflect on the ENTIRE genre. Whereas with rap, almost 2/3 of the genre is about the stereotypical stuff. Seriously, if you're going to attack something, at least be accurate with it.
I used to be around rap all the time, and really.. it all sounded the same. Same beat all the time, and very identical voices (seeing as most rappers are black and have similar voices). The only thing that really changes are the sound effects in the back. Not only that, but most mainstream rap is about, yup - you got it: Sex, drugs, money, violence, racism against whites, and gangsta life. I'm not stereotyping, because I KNOW not all rap is about this. But really.. how many examples can you give besides people such as 2pac, Kayne West or Mos Def?
2pac wasn't really any different from today's rappers. He too made songs about life in the ghettos, and being a gangsta. He made songs about shooting cops, and committing other various crimes. These really aren't some standards I'd want to live by. Wouldn't you agree? And Kayne West... he recently exposed his racist personality by talking about how whites don't care about black people, and how he thinks that everything that happens is because of white people. Mos Def might've been one of the only rappers who did not follow all these stereotypes, but there are few people who listen to him compared to people who listen to shit like 50 Cent, Ludacris, or Nelly.
If you listened to most of today's rap, the songs will always be about either one of the themes mentioned above, but mostly sex. Actual lines in some rap songs include: "I'm in love with a stripper", "It's getting hot in here, so take off all your clothes", "Shake that ass girl", "I'll let you lick the lollipop", and "Your ass is a masterpiece". I could probably come up with lots more examples if I continued looking. Just goes to show you what most rap is made of.
So therefore, to those of you who are trying to defend rap, why bother? You're telling us to listen to the good stuff like 2pac, Kayne West, Mos Def, etc., but however, you listen to all that gangsta rap shit at the same time. Go out in public, and look around you. See how many people have been possessed by this music. They act like they're "the shit", use curse words in all of their sentences, wear G-Unit clothes, and call themselves "gangstas". If people really listened to the stuff you're telling them to listen to, why do we have so many people who listen to OTHER stuff and follow THEIR standards?
One more thing. To those who defend rap and bash rock/metal, SHUT UP. I'm not stereotyping rap, but YOU'RE stereotyping rock. There are VERY few bands who, as you call it, smash their instruments or scream at the top of their lungs like psychotic lunatics. The bands who do that are usually black metal bands, and black metal is virtually unknown by the public. The same goes for bands who, once again as you call it, make songs about Satan, blood, death, and all those other gruesome themes. That's death metal, which isn't any more popular than black metal. Sure, some of today's modern popular bands DO talk about this stuff, and they DO smash their instruments and scream, and yea, we all know those bands suck, just like 50 Cent does as a rapper. But they don't reflect on the ENTIRE genre. Whereas with rap, almost 2/3 of the genre is about the stereotypical stuff. Seriously, if you're going to attack something, at least be accurate with it.
Face it, rap sucks. The only talent it takes to make rap is to write lots of words and keep it in harmony with the beat. Too bad the words that are used are almost always about sex, drugs, money, and gangstas. I respect those who do not write about this stuff, and actually make their words poetry, but there are few artists who did this.
The only thing rap has going for it is that it's good music to dance to, whereas you can't do that with most rock. However, rock takes lots more talent. You need cooperation of several people to make just ONE song, while rappers don't need anyone - thus his/her job is easier. You need to learn to play instruments, while a rapper only needs to know how to talk/sing on the mic, which in fact IS quite easy to do. Not only that, but rock music is actually VARIED. Rap.. all you have is about 2 or 3 different beats with different sound effects in the back, which can be played by pushing buttons on a machine. NIIICE.
The only thing rap has going for it is that it's good music to dance to, whereas you can't do that with most rock. However, rock takes lots more talent. You need cooperation of several people to make just ONE song, while rappers don't need anyone - thus his/her job is easier. You need to learn to play instruments, while a rapper only needs to know how to talk/sing on the mic, which in fact IS quite easy to do. Not only that, but rock music is actually VARIED. Rap.. all you have is about 2 or 3 different beats with different sound effects in the back, which can be played by pushing buttons on a machine. NIIICE.
by SomeBadJoke August 5, 2006
Real African Parlance (RAP) is a language family spoken throughout the African continent. Though its origins are not known, many modern day scholars believe it was first used in the areas now known as Congo and Zambia. Real African Parlance (RAP) in the modern day is widely used in popular culture within most Western nations and its influence can be found in many songs, movies, and entertainment media streams.
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