Rap is technically music

[Shadow_God_10]

Re: Rap is technically music

Wow I missed this thread.

The way I see "music" is as follows: Does it have a melody? Does it have rhythm? The answer to that question is 100% of the time YES. Music always has both of these components.

Now let's ask us the following: Does RAP MUSIC have melody and rhythm? The answer to that question is absolutely yes. Even underground rappers have a melody and rhythm to go off of. Brainsick 1.0 by Twisted Insane, Kaancepts by KAAN are the two best examples I can provide of UNDERGROUND shit. But you can hear a melody and a rhythm to both beats. Therefore I would consider Rap to be music.

[Shadow_God_10]

Re: Rap is technically music

Because you fucks are too lazy to look anything up, here you go!

[SK8R43]

Re: Rap is technically music

Because you fucks are too lazy to look anything up, here you go!

I disagree, i heard ZERO music in these. They are poems
Rap nowadays is literally just crappy mumble rap that you cant even understand but people call it "music" because it has a beat. Not true at all.

[V-Ormix]

Re: Rap is technically music

[Not devonin]

Re: Rap is technically music

To anybody trying to make their statement that rap isn't music seem less offensive by saying "because it's poetry instead" do you actually LIKE poetry? Because if you don't like poetry at least as much as you like music, you're still relegating rap to a status of "lesser" which is some pretty dangerous ground to be treading.

[mellonxcollie]

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Is this poetry to you...?? to me it sounds like a fun party song about smoking weed with very little poetic value aka music

So what I keep 'em rolled up
Saggin' my pants not caring what I show
Keep it real with my **********
Keep it player for the hoes
And look clean don't it?
Washed it the other day, watch how you lean on it
Give me some 501's jeans on and roll joints bigger than King Kong's fingers
And smoke them hoes down 'till they stingers
You a class clown and if I skip for the day I'm with you bitch smokin' grade A

[mellonxcollie]

Re: Rap is technically music

I know shadowgod knows this one....

so poetic

Half a bottle of 151 off in a jug
One cup of Malibu Rum, baby that's whassup then you
Fill the rest of the jug with pineapple juice and it's crackin'
The only defect is waking up like what happened
I like red light parties and fed right bodies who like
Bread like Dolly and head right totties at night

Tech n9ne is an awesome rapper with some dope rhymes and poetic lyrics but are you really gonna tell me that the song Caribou Lou is primarily poetry and not a party SONG?

[Gradiant]

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I disagree, i heard ZERO music in these. They are poems
Rap nowadays is literally just crappy mumble rap that you cant even understand but people call it "music" because it has a beat. Not true at all.

Learn what the word music means

[SK8R43]

Re: Rap is technically music

Is this poetry to you...?? to me it sounds like a fun party song about smoking weed with very little poetic value aka music

this song actually has singing, unlike alot of rap.

I dont mind rap, if its not mumble rap and actually has good lyrics.

[the sun fan]

Re: Rap is technically music

I want to see a US map where its like
"We asked 1,000 white people in every state whether or not rap is music and here's the % responses
blue = yes
red = no"

[flashflash account]

Re: Rap is technically music

I want to see a US map where its like
"We asked 1,000 white people in every state whether or not rap is music and here's the % responses
blue = yes
red = no"

there are a lot of musical preference heatmaps but I can't find any for arbitrary definitions of art

[flashflash account]

Re: Rap is technically music

To anybody trying to make their statement that rap isn't music seem less offensive by saying "because it's poetry instead" do you actually LIKE poetry? Because if you don't like poetry at least as much as you like music, you're still relegating rap to a status of "lesser" which is some pretty dangerous ground to be treading.

I'm sorry my opinion offends you

[XelNya]

Re: Rap is technically music

I mean as long as it has an intentional beat it pretty much qualifies as music.

Like how a single paint stroke on a canvas is art.

Even if it's cheap and honestly, lazy imho. Still art though.

[Not devonin]

Re: Rap is technically music

I want to see a US map where its like
"We asked 1,000 white people in every state whether or not rap is music and here's the % responses
blue = yes
red = no"

there are a lot of musical preference heatmaps but I can't find any for arbitrary definitions of art

This poll -was- done, as part of the "Cards Against Humanity Saves America" project, they used a professional polling service to conduct a series of polls with a wide cross-section of respondents on a wide range of subjects. They did a whole section on Rap as music.

People who don’t think rap is music are more likely to be older, rural, uneducated, conservative, approve of Trump, oppose welfare, and think black people benefit from welfare more than white people.

[the sun fan]

Re: Rap is technically music

yup
that's what I was expecting to see
that's really cool that that was done