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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:23 pm
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(I'm not a big fan, but I hold no grudges or burning hatred toward it) Rap is by defintion a form of music. I once had a student teacher band director who believed everything was music, the awkward silence of a conversation, the sounds of everyday life, etc. People constantly label rap and say it can't be music because it has no instruments in it, but then, what is sound itself? What is techno? What are synthesizers? I have heard some rap that has instruments in the background with the sounds, and every rap song has some form of percussion to keep a beat, whether it be electronic or real. As far as lyrical content, that's based on the tastes of the artists and listeners, and shouldn't really be the main focus of the whole argument about rap, because lyrics are only a healthy half of what makes a song. And if this is truly a guild for music artists, then there should be no problem in allowing rappers to join. Music is a form of freedom, of escape, of expression. Whomever forgot that and had to actually create a thread that questions and judges a musical genre based on a taste bias, needs to take a long hard day to sit down or boogie, crank up the headphones, and get lost in their music until there is nothing but life and sound flowing as one through their minds.
~Peace!
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:34 am
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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:08 pm
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Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:22 am
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Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:20 am
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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:04 pm
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:45 pm
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Rap is a kind of music, and there are a few rappers that I love there songs.
But, most other rap is wrong, insuting, and brings shame. I am an outcast of my school, because I refuse to like demeaning rap music, I like rap with positive messages, and good lyrics.
Today, too much rappers spend time trying to be as 'gheto' as possible. While I respect some rappers for there messages, other I abhor because of there messages. B/c of rap, and the videos that accopany them, women are brainwashed into acting/dressing/being as harlots, men desire look like drug dealers and thugs, and rap encourages horrible grammer.
Thus, I think that rap has two sides, a musical side, and a demonic side. If only there were more ppl to oppose the demonic, gang-idoliser side then most rap would be okay. Just my opinion though whee
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:27 pm
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:00 pm
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:18 pm
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:34 pm
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:28 pm
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:00 am
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:02 am
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:18 am
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