Today's hip-hop

tontontonton
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
I really didn't like Eminem. Couldn't really say why, but I really didn't like him, and The Eminem Show did nothing to change my opinion of him.



Then I heard him at the Grammy's, and I thought. okay, that song's not bad. So I gave the 8-Mile ST a chance.



Oh, my God. that has to be some of the worst rap I've ever heard in my life. Where's the music? It might be mainly about the words, okay, but I find the words neither particularly clever nor enlightening, nor truthful.



"I had a gun before guns was in fashion."



How enlightening.



And what's that song that just keeps repeating "mother****in" over and over again over a horible loop.



And then that brings us to the music.



Take away the raps, and it sounds like a ten year-old and his Casio. The loops are horrid and the sounds have no depth. Where's the talent in programming four notes into a sequencer to repeat ad nauseum?



I've never been a huge rap fan, but with what I've been familiar with, rap has never been this bad with amateur loops. NWA had a great sound to it, and a diversity to vocal styles which added interest to the sound. Even Ice Cube solo had a depth to the music behind his voice. Coolio and Snoop Dogg had great, "cool" sounding jazz loops. Black Sheep had a more mellow sound and Cypress hill had that laid back "smoke dope and leave me alone" sound to it.



Now we gat these idiotic robots who think "fuck, fuck, fuck" is talent. I just don't get it.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 11
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    Listen to the following:

    Blackalicious

    Jurassic 5

    Beatnuts

    The Roots

    Dilated Peoples
  • Reply 2 of 11
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    The Roots
  • Reply 3 of 11
    agent302agent302 Posts: 974member
    I'll second all of groverat's list here. I've been listening to Phrenology a lot for the last month.
  • Reply 4 of 11
    artman @_@artman @_@ Posts: 2,546member
    You could also check out <a href="http://www.iamlost.com/features/slomo/"; target="_blank">SLO MO</a> the rapping retard.



    As you can tell...not a big fan of current rap music, especially white rap...But the Brand New Heavies...I've been a fan of them for ten years or so. <img src="graemlins/cancer.gif" border="0" alt="[cancer]" />
  • Reply 5 of 11
    mr. macintoshmr. macintosh Posts: 463member
    I like Eminem but i think the rest of the rap world sucks right now, at least pop rap.
  • Reply 6 of 11
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    [quote]Originally posted by Mr. Macintosh:

    <strong>I like Eminem but i think the rest of the rap world sucks right now, at least pop rap.</strong><hr></blockquote>

    Especially 50 Cent. I don't see how he got so damn popular. He's not good and he sounds like an asshole when he's being interviewed and stuff.
  • Reply 7 of 11
    samantha joanne ollendalesamantha joanne ollendale Posts: 468member
    Blackalicious are decent...I saw them 2 months back. But so much hiphop/R&B pretends' to be so rebellious and cutting edge' when at best it is bland, safe, corporate and predictable.
  • Reply 8 of 11
    colanderofdeathcolanderofdeath Posts: 1,261member
    Rap died the day Professor Griff was exiled from Public Enemy.
  • Reply 9 of 11
    buzzardsbaybuzzardsbay Posts: 153member
    The Roots. Spearhead for the acid jazz combo.
  • Reply 10 of 11
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    [quote]Originally posted by tonton:

    <strong>I really didn't like Eminem. Couldn't really say why, but I really didn't like him, and The Eminem Show did nothing to change my opinion of him.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Well said. I totally agree
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