EPTThis is not to say I don't listen enjoy rap and metal myself at times.
Why does everyone love hip hop/rap now? - Page 3
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phosphorylation
United States2935 Posts
This is not to say I don't listen enjoy rap and metal myself at times. | ||
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Emon_
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Moonling
United States987 Posts
On December 10 2010 16:14 pfods wrote: Girls who aren't into death metal aren't worth knowing or associating with. Lol okay buddy, I'm not sure what kind of girls your in to. Also just because you know girls that listen to metal doesn't mean there attractive in ANY way, Also, no people don't listen to rap just because you can dance to it yea thats a good reason but also because its main stream its what the "kids" listen to everyone wants to be like everyone else this is so true in high school where conformity and popularity are at its finest | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10801 Posts
Right now it seems to be all about sing a song writer and easy listening rock. I love hardrock/punk and so on, but i wouldn't shed a tear if death/black whatever growling thing that calls itself music would never have been invented. | ||
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BlueRoyaL
United States2493 Posts
On December 10 2010 16:48 Velr wrote: I love hardrock/punk and so on, but i wouldn't shed a tear if death/black whatever growling thing that calls itself music would never have been invented. this. thank you. all that growling stuff makes me wanna puke. but everyone is entitled to their own opinions and tastes in music, and i'm sure people who like these kind of metal has had some sort of influence early on in their lives that led them to like it | ||
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Lorken
New Zealand804 Posts
I'm also going to pull a huge douche move here and say Death metal(or anything with unintelligible growling, constant screaming) is to music as a BA in something retarded (language, religion, etc) is to an education. Also, most of the population is sheep. | ||
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Ryndika
1489 Posts
Around me rap and hip hop is less loved than ever.. btw I LOVE SOAD 8)) (First fav band from 5th grade and last one too.) | ||
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BlueRoyaL
United States2493 Posts
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BenKen
United States860 Posts
On December 10 2010 15:40 MahatmaSC2 wrote: Why did it grow so much more popular than metal, not to mention every other kind of music? Lots of reasons. a) Metal is only for "rawr so intense!". Maybe I don't feel like kicking someone's ass at the moment. There are very few exceptions to this. For example, I can't put on some metal on a first date or at a party with co-workers. Some girls like metal, but not many. b) Hip Hop fits more situations. There are hip-hop songs to get you pumped up to kick someone's ass, songs to get you laid, songs to get you thinking about life, songs to dance to, songs to celebrate to, songs about getting dumped, songs to talk about how awesome you are etc... Most girls like hip-hop in some form or another. c) It's really not as "high-level" musicianship as it seems, it's just played with a lot of intensity and speed. Nothing wrong with that; I still get in the mood for that on occasion. Lots of country players and christian rock bands are more skilled than most metal guitarists though. d) It used to be next to impossible to sound like Metallica. Now anyone with $200 can get balls-crushing guitar tone. Hell, Nickelback's guitar tone is heavier than the Kill'em all album. Anyone can line up some Marshalls and a drumkit and blast out some metal. On the other hand, most homebrew "beats" people make sounds like shit imo, and that's usually because it's hard to get the gear to sound like Kanye, and yes there is some skill involved in the production. e) It's 30+ years old. Metal is locked into "Heavy guitars + intense vocals + drums + bass" so it's gotten stale after 3 decades. Every iteration of this formula has been done to death by this point. I'm not saying Hip-hop is anything revolutionary right now, but it still occasionally sounds new. Metal hasn't sounded like anything new in a long, long time. Funny thing is, i've listened to shit-tons of metal in the course of my life. I've played in metal bands when I was in high school, and know ever guitar part for the Master of Puppets album by heart. I also know next to nothing about hip-hop compared to your average sorority girl. So you know where my biases are. Still seems obvious to me why one is more popular than the other. I'm not trying to shit on your favorite musical genre though. Who cares what's popular. It's just sounds in the end, listen to what you like. | ||
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guN-viCe
United States687 Posts
hahaha | ||
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RoarMan
Canada745 Posts
On December 10 2010 16:48 Velr wrote: I feel like Hip Hop/Rap was M U C H bigger in the early 2000's? Right now it seems to be all about sing a song writer and easy listening rock. I love hardrock/punk and so on, but i wouldn't shed a tear if death/black whatever growling thing that calls itself music would never have been invented. I agree. I think what we're seeing now is just pop music becoming really big, and by pop music I mean anything really hyped and being sold by the big music labels. Atleast I feel that way living in Canada. I think it really depends on where you are and who you're around tbh, there's a large variety of music out there, although the new stuff maybe a lot of pop, dance, hip hop and such people still love some Metallica imo :D | ||
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LaLLsc2
United States502 Posts
On December 10 2010 16:01 PUPATREE wrote: The dumb are mostly intrigued by the drum. Please elaborate ... | ||
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TheGreatWhiteHope_
United States335 Posts
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nam nam
Sweden4672 Posts
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Swede
New Zealand853 Posts
I would be more worried about the declining quality of music these days, Meh. People who think that the quality of music is declining aren't putting the effort in. I could agree that there is LESS good music (percentage-wise), but not that good music has gotten worse (if anything it's gotten better). | ||
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guN-viCe
United States687 Posts
"On balance, however, Walker & Kreiner (2006) found in their study of male and female college students that participants who expressed a preference for intense rebellious music (defined as alternative, rock, and heavy metal) tended to have higher scores on an intelligence test, especially those processes involving abstraction." http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCR/is_1_42/ai_n25124428/pg_2/?tag=content;col1 | ||
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Drowsy
United States4876 Posts
On December 10 2010 17:01 BenKen wrote: e) It's 30+ years old. Metal is locked into "Heavy guitars + intense vocals + drums + bass" so it's gotten stale after 3 decades. Every iteration of this formula has been done to death by this point. I'm not saying Hip-hop is anything revolutionary right now, but it still occasionally sounds new. Metal hasn't sounded like anything new in a long, long time. That's just retarded. Most metal sucks, but I give the genre credit for having way more variety than average. There's just such a vast difference between the metal of 30 years ago and today, a much larger gap than the hip-hop of 30 years ago and today. Even comparing metal bands of the same time period yields, on average, much more variety than practically anything. | ||
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UrASofty
Canada772 Posts
Plus listening to hip hop = dancing = girls = fun | ||
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Zhoul
5 Posts
Of course there was plenty of other bands as well, like Otyg,Graveworm,Watain,Sins for thy beloved and so on. And nowdays the more melodic death metal like Dark Tranquility, Mors Principium Est, Black Dahlia Murder. Also ofcourse The Crown and Catamania. Really the list just goes on and on.. BUT! Even thought i could prolly go to sleep listening to metal, I just don't like listening to metal when i play competetive gaming for some reason. And since I really don't like pop at all, I tend to listen to rap while playing but not all rap thought. I usually listen to a bit more aggresive rap like Mystikal - Mystikal Fever or such, it has some of the aggression of metal but it fits better as background music when I'm trying to stay calm, some people might like adrenaline but i prefer to stay really really calm while playing. | ||
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Moonling
United States987 Posts
On December 10 2010 17:13 guN-viCe wrote: interesting study here... "On balance, however, Walker & Kreiner (2006) found in their study of male and female college students that participants who expressed a preference for intense rebellious music (defined as alternative, rock, and heavy metal) tended to have higher scores on an intelligence test, especially those processes involving abstraction." http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FCR/is_1_42/ai_n25124428/pg_2/?tag=content;col1 Intersting study here..... Heavy Metal Music "Most research on music use has examined heavy metal music and the people who choose to listen to it. Studies have found that children who listen to heavy metal music are more likely to participate in a number of risky behaviors including drug use, drunk driving, and casual sex. Heavy metal listeners also report more conflicts with authority figures, such as teachers, and are more prone to depressive feelings and suicidal thoughts." http://www.teenhealthfx.com/answers/Emotional/45520.html - I'm not saying Metal is bad, just saying the way you tried to prove a point wasn't the best  | ||
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