YuzoraRyuu
Rap is a very poorly represented form of music. I have heard numerous songs (All out of America) that are jut plain amazing. It isn't just talking, it is a hamonious effort to point out what is wrong in the world. For instance Damien Marley's 'One Loaf of Bread' is very moving. He doesn't talk about some guy doing some chick, or shooting up a place because I don't like a guy's shirt. He brilliantly places a poetic movement into a simple chord progression and doesn't stay on one note. I believe that rappers should be more carefully selected but I still think it has musical potential in the world of art forms.
This is the crux of one of the issues and one that drives me crazy: those who damn a music often do not explore it in enough depth to have an informed opinion. Anyone who claims rap or hiphop to be all about "bitches, hoes, and bling" has only listened to a very small fraction of what has been posted on the radio.