Rap… it sucks.
What has been the main music industry for the past couple of years in America? Rap. Now wait… explain to me why it has been the top? Explain to me why shows like TRL on MTV have been taken over by rap. Explain to me why my local Top 40 station has been overtaken by rap. I don’t see why anyone likes it. It just sucks.
To me, rap involves low to no talent. The “talker” (he/she doesn’t sing, don’t argue) just says rhyming sentences really fast, and most of the time, the lyrics involve crime or sex. I don’t see how “bustin’ a cap at the popo, fo shizzle” would get me singing along.
Next is the crap they call music. Today’s rap usually has this playing in the background: a small (5 or 6) piece drum set (the best part), a simple bass beat, clapping and/or stomping (the only song in my knowledge to pull that off is We Will Rock You), and one weird sound/instrument you wouldn’t normally hear. I could make that in GarageBand with my limited skills, and probably make $100 million in sales. But the best part is that they take all those pieces and make a four-second soundclip that plays over and over until the talker runs out of words to say. If anyone has heard Usher’s “Yeah!”, then you can sing… talk along with this video. http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/yeah.php
The only plus side I see about rap is that there are half-naked girls in the music videos. Great. More of what I can never get. And the Beastie Boys, who raps, but they don’t have the same thing playing over and over again, they do some rock, and they took over 200 different sound clips to make Paul’s Boutique. Mixing is sweet. I would probably consider the Beastie Boys to be more alternative than rap though.
In the end, rap sucks. Yep.
Objectification of women D: *gasp* Sex sells o_o And yeah, most of the time you can’t hear a *insert swearword* thing they are saying/”singing”…