I wish people were more open to different music
by Bruin4ev3r1520 on Comments
Or at least be more tolerant of others preferences. My Psychology of Women class watched a movie called "Hip Hop: Beyond Beat and Rhymes." It detailed all the problems most people hear about rap music. Hyper masculinity, violence, degrading women etc. I didn't have a problem with what was being said because I agreed with most of it. It was the discussion about the movie later on that bothered me. I'm a very quiet guy and I never share my thoughts in class, but listening to other people bugged me a little. I get this feeling that when people watch videos like this one they label all rap as bad, which is really unfair. Although Pink Floyd is my favorite band (for now at least), underground rap is my favorite music genre. I think the reason I get so upset about it is because underground rap was really important to me. When I first started high school I constantly felt like crap and then I started listening to underground rap. It instantly became the best part of my day. No matter how bad I thought my day was, I could come home, listen to some music, and I would feel alright. From the end of my freshman year of high school until about two months ago I listened to only underground rap. That's almost four years. Obviously I got tired of it and decided to try some new stuff. I started listening to a little heavy metal and some jazz and I really liked some of the stuff I heard. Then I came across Pink Floyd. I've never liked any artist/band this much. Its kind of bad because 90% of the songs I've listened to in the past month were Pink Floyd. Anyway, the point is, if you only listen to one genre try some new things and you might be very pleased.