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Too many people bash rap because all they talk about is "I smoke weed", "My pops is a crack addict",etc. In the Rap game, and I quote from Alchemist, a beat is the first step into making music not just the lyrics cause that can easily be done by any lyricist in the business. Today, no one really likes to listen to the shit now because they repeat the same shit like sex and shit (not that it's a bad thing but the ladies love it so that's a A+ from me ;p) Rap right now isn't that great anyway. The lyrics are garbage, the same surviving rappers are trying to keep it alive such as saigon, nas, jay-z and any other underground rapper besides the legends.
I know a few friends who are white and hispanic (such as myself) and we love to listen to any kind of music that offers a great beat to the ears (for those who are still clueless, Beat = bgm/instrumental/). Most of them listen to that overrated Reggaeton which died a year ago from 2k5-2k6. Obviously if Rappers talk about sucking and fucking, we would all lose interest. Rock was and still is in the same situation. All we have is a shitload of myspace singers who "make it" into the business, god bless them. However, they still suck. They're all in it for the money. And we money accumalates, the same bullshit lyrics/ emo lifestyle lyrics sell more than creative lines. That's what I believe and say to people who don't appreciate rap. It isn't really racism. hope i didn't stray away far from topic =/
In short , It's not for everyone. But. there are a few people who are racists when it comes to hating on rap. In short, I have an opinion and I don't know how to get it across without ranting about fucking nothing and losing the thread of meaning I was going for.
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There. Much more succinct.
Anyway, to touch on Brady's original question. I'm sure on some level it's a racial issue, though I'd be loathe to say the large majority of people who comment "Rap? More like CRap" and then smugly cross their arms and smirk like a prat are racists. I think they're just pop-culture parrots and don't really have a grasp of what they're trying to elucidate.
As an upper middle-class white kid, I didn't come into contact with rap growing up (also born before the boom) and as such, I didn't really get heavy into rap. My education on the genre came later, in my early teens. Gave me a lot of respect for people like Mos Def, Jay Z, RUN DMC etc. Do I like rap? Not especially. Not the majority of the modern stuff, anyway. However, is it any less musical than metal? Nope, not really. So I guess it's only fair to argue it's a cultural (read: often racial) motivation.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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No. Hard Pass. 