rap

A genre of music that's been around since the 80's or so. Early artists (ones that i can remember anyway) include Tone Loc, MC Hammer, and Sir Mix-a-Lot (Baby Got Back...love that song. And Resonate.) Rap is, in fact, not shorthand for "crap". Rap is like any other genre... lyrical and musical stories of life and incidents occuring in life. Rap is also like any other genre in the fact that some artists have 3-to-4 minute long songs about absolutely fucking nothing. Any fuckface can make a beat and spit words out and "make a million by saying nothin on the track" (to quote Mims, i think that's who said that anyway), but it takes real fuckin talent to make a song that goes to the bitter core of your soul. I'll name 50 Cent, Eminem's earlier music, and Immortal Technique as a few artists that have songs that go to the core. Rap's no better or worse than rock, country, or blues... and to all you motherfuckers who love to bash on rap, try this on for size. I listen to rock, country, and rap..and when it comes down to it, suckass songs aside, and ways you present your story in musical form, it's all the same. Music is life... the genre you choose is just how you tell your story. So fuck off, haters- you don't have to listen to it, but don't bash people who do, cause you're just contradicting yourself.