EPTWhy does everyone love hip hop/rap now? - Page 31
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Quanticfograw
United States2053 Posts
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The KY
United Kingdom6252 Posts
The song/remix that originally made me realise I was a fucking idiot for looking down on hip hop before. | ||
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ghermination
United States2851 Posts
and are two completely different songs in two completely different styles. However, the common link is that they are both produced by independent artists and both (IMO) fucking amazing. People like Lil Wayne, Slim Thug, etc. are basically just big figureheads for terrible recycled beats and meaningless lyrics. | ||
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gulati
United States2241 Posts
On January 25 2011 03:30 Lennon wrote: Obvious hip hop versus metal troll thread. To answer your question, people have different music tastes. ^ ***** OP, you are trying to make a statement about why people listen to what they do. We listen to what we want because we enjoy it. This is pointless. Metal concerts are for metal-enthusiasts, Rap shows are for fans of hip-hop, Trance events are for trance and house fans. We love "hip-hop/rap" (or any other genre for that reason) because it sounds good to us, we relate to it, we have a family member in the field, etc. Fin. | ||
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KvltMan
Sweden1609 Posts
Any amount of props I give you will not suffice. Holy shit that album is epic. | ||
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saliens
United States10 Posts
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[N3O]r3d33m3r
Germany674 Posts
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FragKrag
United States11567 Posts
On January 26 2011 08:31 KvltMan wrote: Given the fact that metal has survived disco, pop, glam rock, grunge, hiphop, nu-metal, metalcore and techno, and given the fact that it's latest "competitor" is something as lame as kids ripping off Meshuggah... I wouldn't be too worried. lame kids ripping off shitty music = bad music killing metal | ||
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KvltMan
Sweden1609 Posts
On January 26 2011 09:14 FragKrag wrote: lame kids ripping off shitty music = bad music killing metal as if that's never been done in greater scale before? | ||
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redFF
United States3910 Posts
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FragKrag
United States11567 Posts
On January 26 2011 09:16 KvltMan wrote: as if that's never been done in greater scale before? It's never been as widely accepted in the metal community | ||
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KvltMan
Sweden1609 Posts
On January 26 2011 09:25 FragKrag wrote: It's never been as widely accepted in the metal community In all honesty, the biggest bands in the genre (Periphery and Animals as Leaders) receive a hefty amount of flak. I also don't think that this genre will last long, simply because every single djent group sounds like every other djent group. Don't worry about a genre, it'll always pull through. I definitely think the glam-era of rock was more damaging to metal than djent is, and it still didn't manage to bring it down. | ||
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dUTtrOACh
Canada2339 Posts
Not all metal is worth listening to. Most new metal fits into the category of terrible. Too many pop-rock outfits are trying to pass themselves off as metal bands, particularly in the U.S. European metal is the best, hands down. Metal is still as popular as ever. Most of the good stuff is just too heavy for the mainstream radio, and they'd rather play classic rock and popular rock than lose ratings. Also, many metal bands employ drum-machines as an alternative to a human drummer. Not because they sound better, but because a drummer with tendinitis in his elbow is a sad sight to behold. Oh, and there is a lot of good hip-hop and electronica. Listening to just one kind of music and holding prejudice against other genres is just simple-minded. | ||
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omg.deus
Korea (South)150 Posts
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HeadhunteR
Argentina1258 Posts
Regular people like love songs that remind them of having a good time. There is a conception that when you go to dance you have a good time that is why rap is getting a lot of attention you can dance to it. Rap is made for mass consumption. The star or Idol ideal that this "Artist" is gonna change the game, he is going to make money, fuck hoes and Party all the time is a big part of what the USA and this capitalist society is about. Rap represents those capitalist ideals better than other genres that is why its so popular, it can have a huge and wider fan base than teenage punk pop and other kind of Radio friendly stuff which also you cant dance to. Thats why its so liked. | ||
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McKTenor13
United States1383 Posts
Also...hiphop makes the booty shake and we all love that =D | ||
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MahatmaSC2
United States192 Posts
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Silidons
United States2813 Posts
Strapping Young Lad (and Devin Townsend) Dimmu Borgir Vader Meshuggah (Only a couple songs, they are not really that great :/) Sevendust (I guess kinda like hardrock, but definitely probably my favorite band) I also listen to shit like Vocal Trance (only like female voices) too. I used to listen to rap and hip-hop, but you realize that 99% of them are talentless and are terrible. I've listened to a lot of rap, and the ONLY groups that I find that have talent are: Eyedea & Abilities (RIP) Saturday Morning Soundtrack I wouldn't really call it rap though, it's more like poetry to me. I used to love Tech N9ne, Aesop, that type of shit, but really almost all of it is wack (now even moreso). Tupac is only popular because he got shot, and the main reason rap is shit IMO is because they make up all the shit in their songs. It's not hard telling a make believe story about selling crack and shooting people. Here is an example of good gangter-rap, recorded straight from prison through the call box. The song was even used as evidence against him in court (he's in jail for murder):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGPheeLcNMQ | ||
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S.O.L.I.D.
United States792 Posts
On January 26 2011 12:17 Silidons wrote: I used to listen to rap and hip-hop, but you realize that 99% of them are talentless and are terrible. I've listened to a lot of rap, and the ONLY groups that I find that have talent are: Eyedea & Abilities (RIP) Saturday Morning Soundtrack I wouldn't really call it rap though, it's more like poetry to me. I used to love Tech N9ne, Aesop, that type of shit, but really almost all of it is wack (now even moreso). Tupac is only popular because he got shot, and the main reason rap is shit IMO is because they make up all the shit in their songs. It's not hard telling a make believe story about selling crack and shooting people. You say you've listened to a lot of rap, but it doesn't seem like that from this post. I'm interested to hear what you've listened to and tried out. Tupac is not popular because he got shot, he's popular because millions of people can relate to his struggle and he's an icon. I hate the shit you hear on the radio, and yes a lot of that may or may not be false, but there is A LOT of really good shit out there if you try to find it. | ||
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The KY
United Kingdom6252 Posts
To make good music all you got to do is 'XPRESS YOURSELF *dance dance dance* | ||
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