Do you like Rap?

[Anonymous]

I was out with some mates that I went to school with driking. They all said they "loved hip hop". I said something like "Grandmaster Flash ey?" None of them knew who the hell I was talking about. How can so called hip hop 'fans' not know who the pioneers such as Flash, Afrika Bambata, etc. and reggae artists were who influenced the sh*t they listen to today?

Its a reflection on the state of knowledge a lot of music lovers have today. Its not confined to just the genres of rap though. I'm sure you could ask a lot of fans of the latest garage rock revival about their thoughts on the Rolling Stones or the Beatles or whatever and they'd have no idea either.

I mean, Jet is pretty much one part AC/DC mixed with one part Rolling Stones with a hint of Beatles thrown in for flavour, but the majority of their fans probably wouldn't even know more than one or two songs by those artists.

 

[Everlovin' Antichrist]

Rap died for me when MC Hammer hit the bible.

 

[Alba]

Old School rap is the best and this hiphoppy "rap" is nothing and should never be referred to as rap as it is NOT it is HIP HOP ... gimme DMX, Dre, Snoop, NWA, LL Cool J, Tupac and Ice Cube ANY DAY OF THE YEAR!!!

 

[Kakihara]

Wrong, theres no such thing as hiphoppy rap

Rap is just one of the four elements of hip hop, with the other elements being break dancing, graffiti, and turntabling. To be a proper hip hop artist you have to be involved with all 4 elements.

If you refered to chingy as hip hop to someone like KRS One he'd probarly laugh his ass off at you.

 

[CliffyIsGod]

Run DMC and Public Enemy, y0!

 

[Chippo Raiders]

Creativity.....it takes more talent to write a successful rap track than say Green Day's American Idiot......

NWA, Snoop, Tupac, Dr Dre, Eminem...SS LP MM LP.....D12 are cool

Nelly, P Diddy aren't

 

[DJ Raida]

I love rap

 

[dimitri]

i like rnb the best

but rap is good too

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