stereotyping rap, .. SERIOUSLY .. Options

[jnukes]

i tried searching .. didn't come up with anything ..

SERIOUSLY .. it HECKA bothers me when people stereotype rap .. stuff that i've heard/seen


1 ]] . in class a few weeks ago, my classmates and I were talking about music .. and what our favorite genre of music was .. and i said " rap " .. and some doofus is like " rap is tha worst kind of music !!! .. it's pointless !!! all they rap about is sex, drugs, money and being tha club !!!" .. and i asked him " have you even heard of talib kweli ? " .. he said ' no ' .. and i told him he has NO idea what he's talking about , then ..


2 ]] . in p.e, we're doing badminton .. and we formed up teams, and made up our own names .. and these one group of guys we're like "OUR TEAM'S NAME IS TUPAC ! .. " and they ran around like "fo' shnazzle i like Snapple !! " , " bitches and hoes, bitches and hoes ! " .. "yo yo yo yo yo !!! " .. .. forrealz, not all rappers are like that ..

3 ]] . and people know i listen to rap .. , so like some people, when they see me, they're like " SUP GANGSTA ?? " .. or " WASSUP HOMIE ?? YO YO YO YO ! " ..

i mean .. i'm not putting anyone/thing down or anything .. i gott love for rock/punk/emo .. but it's just stupid how people think rap is all about drugs, sex, money, ect ect ..

does anyone feel me ? .. anything to say .. ?




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people really need to read this .. i just gott through reading 4 pages of " tha worst genre of music " .. w/ people disliking rap and stereotyping it ..

This post has been edited by jnukes: Jun 10 2005, 08:15 PM

[b0st0ngrl]

i was going to make a topic similar to this...

well you know what is really gay? people that say "rap isnt even music... its just people talking fast..." .. in my opinion rap is the highest form of music because rap is the only genre in which an average person can express their views and feelings in a song... other genres force you to be able to play an instrument, dance, have a great voice, look attractive, etc ... also rap is also one of the few genres where artists write theri own lyrics .. rap today might not be good music but saying rap is not music is stupid..

^I know lots of artists who don't rap who can express themselves perfectly. I.E. Anna Nalick is not a rapper but she doesn't play an instrument or dance or "look attractive". She said that some of her lyrics come straight out of her diary..

I personally don't listen to rap music. But I don't listen to it because it's just not appealing to my ears, not because I don't think it's music.