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For those into Hip Hop / Rap
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Hip hop and rap videos are great fun to watch.
Made the mistake of listening to one once, though.
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(December 15, 2015 at 5:23 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Hip hop and rap videos are great fun to watch. Stimbo there is much more to music than simply not liking a style. The reason music changes is because humans change, just like boarders and religions. Nobody should claim all artists are great, but getting stuck on style is not how music thrives. I used to hate thrash metal like Ozzy and Metallica just like some here hate ABBA. Music is much deeper than one type. If you want to say it simply isn't your personal taste as a style, I get that. But beyond that no.
And that's the last time I try to make a joke.
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RE: For those into Hip Hop / Rap
December 15, 2015 at 5:41 pm
(This post was last modified: December 15, 2015 at 5:49 pm by Jackie.)
(December 15, 2015 at 5:34 pm)Stimbo Wrote: And that's the last time I try to make a joke. No you can, but I don't know about you, but there really are far too many people in the states that look at Hip Hop as if it is all black gang bang music. And it is funny I have no problem pointing to my own taste in music and find lyrics that convey hot chicks and angst ridden "violence". Cherry Pie by Motley Crew isn't exactly deep and Metallica's "Seek And Destroy" and "Fade To Black" aren't exactly the Hanson Brothers. Not to mention Clapton's "I shot the Sheriff". I love the Ramones and they have a song called "Beat On The Brat".
I don't have any preference one way or the other to any musical style (except gospel I can't stand. Oh, and xtian 'rock'). I am completely indifferent - I can take it or leave it. Same with my brand of humour; I don't care if someone doesn't find it amusing, I only care that it's not taken as a commentary on my opinions and then thrown back at me.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
(December 15, 2015 at 5:48 pm)Stimbo Wrote: I don't have any preference one way or the other to any musical style (except gospel I can't stand. Oh, and xtian 'rock'). I am completely indifferent - I can take it or leave it. Same with my brand of humour; I don't care if someone doesn't find it amusing, I only care that it's not taken as a commentary on my opinions and then thrown back at me. My Redneck friend from OK grew up in religion, now out of it of course, but yea, I am with you, sometimes even if the music is solid, I cant get past the lyrics. He can, I cant. Once you start singing about invisible friends, and magic babies, i am gone. It is like the sushi can be damn good, but someone stuck burnt grilled cheese in the center of it.
Oh yea, Stryper for example, they should be brought up on charges against humanity's ears.
I've always enjoyed Hip Hop and rap, I just think people confuse mainstream radio rap with all rap music ever produced. Firstly, there's a difference between hip hop and rap - Hip hop as a whole is a cultural movements with strong roots, causes and social consequences - Rap is simply a style of music literally translated to Rhythm and poetry. There's different types of rap music. There's old school, golden era, east and west coast, commercial and undergound - There's rap songs where you talk about bitches, money and drugs, and there's songs where you can directly state how much you hate oppressive systems in society.
Personally, I think hip hop is an unconventional music genre as much as rock - Both have always been associated with social transgression and rule breaking, and right now both enjoy mainstream radio playing and commercialization (whether I like the mainstream music or not). You cannot lump one entire musical genre together. You can't compare Guru with 50 cent and Eric B Rakim with Soulja boy and expect to get away with it. Brian, I suggest checking out Immortal Technique, Very underground artist.
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