What is your view on Rap culture?

I hate the culture personally, and I only like one or two wrap songs.

A lot of the pop rap out there is nihilistic IMO. I liked the days when I heard rap and it was about some dude's experiences and thoughts, not some dork saying whatever comes into his head to hyping himself up.

K, thx for the opinions so far. Another question I'd like to pose though to those that dislike it (I'm not objecting you opinion, merely interested): do you feel the same way about other fads/trends in society (ie. emos, goths, stoners, etc.). If no, what makes the gangster/rap fad/trend different?Setsa

What makes the gangster fad different is it encourages things like i mentioned above; violence, objectifying women, et. The other trends don't do that. Emo's maybe glorify cutting - but not not near as many people fall into that trend. The "gangster" trend has become commonplace in poorer regions of the US - it's just the way things are. It is by far the most destructive trend. Stoner isn't a trend, its a byproduct of excessive marijuana use, and isn't destructive at all.

A lot of the pop rap out there is nihilistic IMO. I liked the days when I heard rap and it was about some dude's experiences and thoughts, not some dork saying whatever comes into his head to hyping himself up.

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A lot of the pop rap out there is nihilistic IMO. I liked the days when I heard rap and it was about some dude's experiences and thoughts, not some dork saying whatever comes into his head to hyping himself up.

Setsa

I find it unnecessary, pointless, and stupid.PlasmaBeam44

Also, some are pure poetry, like "You Never Know" by Immortal Technique.

I can't stand the subculture behind it. Drugs, violence, gangs, "bling", sagging pants, overall trying to be "gangsta". It's just stupid and promotes terrible things. Gangs are a horrible part of urban society and they just promote drugs, weapons trafficking, violence, etc. with their behavior.

However, I will acknowledge that there is a difference between "gangsta" culture and rap. As for the music, I just hate it for the music, regardless of the lyrics. The electronic beats and chanting (not even singing) and stuff just isn't for me. I don't see how it got so popular, but to each his own I suppose. I do think it goes into the realm of being bad when it has those
"gangsta" lyrics about disrespecting police and women, glorifying gangs, etc.

And to answer your question, I don't think emo, goth, stoners etc. is as bad because it doesn't glorify gangs and violence and such, but I do think that cosmetically, that stuff is ugly and the drugs and such they're associated with are bad things. However, there's not as much (if any) violence associated with them whereas guns and violence are very often associated with "gangstas". I dunno, I guess I don't have a huge problem with them, I just think their subculture is a bit weird and they need to get off the drugs (if they're on them, you can't assume all of them are on drugs).

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A lot of the pop rap out there is nihilistic IMO. I liked the days when I heard rap and it was about some dude's experiences and thoughts, not some dork saying whatever comes into his head to hyping himself up.

iHeartCali

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A lot of the pop rap out there is nihilistic IMO. I liked the days when I heard rap and it was about some dude's experiences and thoughts, not some dork saying whatever comes into his head to hyping himself up.

Setsa

And I'm not a fan of subgenres, although I see why people would use it. I'm really open-minded to any type of Rap music really.

[QUOTE="PlasmaBeam44"]I find it unnecessary, pointless, and stupid.sandroDX

Also, some are pure poetry, like "You Never Know" by Immortal Technique.

the only rap i listen to bigge smalls not that soulja boy crap

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I think rap is a unique type of music, no kind like it

But, people should dress/act more mature, it gives bad influence to younger kids (ex: pants low, showing underwear)

Or let me put it this way: I despise blatant self-adoration in general, and rap seems to have quite a saturation of it.

Either way, I don't like the music with the exception of a few old songs like the famous Rapper's Delight. Even that I don't make any deliberate effort to listen to, but I'd actually rather listen to that than quite a bit of the rock songs on the radio.

I love it8)Orlando_Magic

Same here. 8)

K, thx for the opinions so far. Another question I'd like to pose though to those that dislike it (I'm not objecting you opinion, merely interested): do you feel the same way about other fads/trends in society (ie. emos, goths, stoners, etc.). If no, what makes the gangster/rap fad/trend different?Setsa

I enjoy alot of old school rap music (Above the law, scarface, rundmc, Mac Dre, 2Pac, Digital Underground, Tribe Called Quest, KRSONE,NWA, Messy Marv etc..) but i kinda laugh at how so many people try to act gangster at times :P

Also all the younger kids these days are growing up with some terrible hiphop music like 50 cent and soulja boy, not all the music is like that