Rap.
Any of you who know me personally should know how much I dislike rap.
Most of the time it sounds like a beat. Nothing but a beat and some dumbo rambling and mumbling on so you can't understand what they are saying. How is that music at all?
Then, there's the music videos that correspond with these songs. Oh my gosh! Will the girls P-L-E-A-S-E put some clothes on! The songs tend to lean towards sex. And by lean, I mean that are so close they might as well fall off a cliff. Yes, I know, sex sells. It makes the songs more popular and makes the "artist" more money. DOES EVERYTHING have to involve sex and money. Either it's just me or that, for a good deal, is what music has reverted to.
Rap, as I feel, is supposed to be the raw emotions. Show the feelings and all included in how that person feels. It should be, understandable, easy to relate to and created in a way that doesn't take away from the meaning of the song. It should have a simple beat or instrumental part. That way it really conveys the message of the artist. Music videos should not have all these women that flaunt what they have (or what they don't have.) There should be meaning and emphasis put into those types of videos.
There's only one artist I've ever really know to follow what is written above. He's a local artist too. The meaning is wonderful! And you can really feel how he was feeling when all these events took placed that influenced him. The instrumental used is exquisite! I fell in love with the first song I heard. Me, one who hates just about all rap with a fiery passion. His music is unlike something I've ever heard and it's something any person my age, or any other age, can easily relate to.
Why can't more music artists be like that?
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I like your description of rap, although I don't think I'd much like it even when it stuck to that. Just not my style. Still, the only rap I really enjoy is by Classified, and the songs I've heard by them have all pretty much fit that. Plus, I like the sound.
ReplyDeleteDOES EVERYTHING have to involve sex and money. Either it's just me or that, for a good deal, is what music has reverted to.
ReplyDeleteNyup, only pop music. And by pop music, I mean hip hop and dance music.
In regards to your comment about rap, for the most part, that's true of the majority. There are several artists who actually talk about the issues in their lyrics - although I don't have personal experience with his stuff, we've studied some of Kanye West's stuff as poetry.
And personally, I like a few of Eminem's songs - as strange as that sounds. Stuff like Lose Yourself, breaking free of this life through music; When I'm Gone, a song about sometimes forgetting your family; and to an extent, stuff like Toy Soldiers and Stan are pretty good, as well (the latter being really darkly ironic).
I'm sure there's more out there, rap just usually isn't my thing. xD Or Fort Minor's "Remember the Name", about pushing yourself to your limits, or for sheer awesome lolz, Run D.M.C. and Aerosmith's co-op of "Walk This Way", which has an underlying theme about rock vs. rap, and then coming together at the end (because in the end, they're both music).
=P */defence of rap*
There are some good rap songs out there that have something to them. And with that, I never thought I would defending rap, either. =)
ReplyDeleteIt's the same with every single genre of music. One of my favourite artists is rap. What I can't stand in EVERY genre is vapid, self-depreciating music that is based entirely off of our carnal desires.
ReplyDeleteThink of 50 cent, but then go to a Band like nickleback, or even bands like the Jonas brothers, who aren't selling music, they're selling a perfect clean cut world to young girls. There is bad in every style of music, but also good.
You're not attacking or defending rap so much as attacking, or defending good or bad music. :3