So who like rap music?

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[b]Well I do, as a matter of fact im in a rap group... I formed it, with a good frien of mine......

We have a band sight on myspace.....

www.myspace.com/greatwhitemusic

Check it out tell me whatchu thinkin, and if you got a rap band sight put yo links in too... Heck we might find people to work wit us....

just tryin to find people with the same hobbies and dreams....

Warning:my bands songs contain explicit language...[/b]

I don't think you can say any one style of rap is any better than another, but I think gangsta has got a bad reputation ebcause of the generic stuff that keeps ending up in the charts. Bring back the days when two of rap's biggest ever talents were releasing amazing albums - namely Notorious BIG and Tupac.

Oh heck yeah, Tupac is the sh!@..! My band does gangsta rap, my homie is a crip from sac town cali and im not a member but i go friends who are and they say they regret ever joining... I wont join but all my homies are down wit it so yeah... I grew up in down town dallas so i was surounded by Tupac and NWA... i grew up a Tupac fan.... Rap is my life i hope to get signed someday but i know its a 1 in a million chance..

I voted Old School, personal favs are Gangstarr, Main Source, Kool G Rap and DJ Polo and Ultrmagnetic MC's. I really love the sound of the era and the beats.

Well my opinion is all of them.. Rap is rap to me, its all about who you are and what you like as a person... so its all about expressin your self, i do gangsta and club rap.... I aint old school, im a hood cracka from the new age of rap... But i like mc hammer, hate vanilla ice, kid rock was cool back in tha day, i cant remember all of them but yeah...

All Rap is Trash.

I like Old School stuff like Public Enemy, Cool J, as well as newer underground Trip Hop stuff like Dalek, and New Kingdom. Beasties, are OK as well as some older Gangsta stuff.

When the lyrics in rap are actually meaningful and not just about smoking marijuana and having sex, then rap's somewhat okay. But other than that, I just don't really care to listen to it. = =

yeah i agree, i rap about what goes on in my life mostly, I do do other songs that really arent motivated by anything but random thoughts and those i dont write i just freestyl them...

I mostly listen to stuff like Canibus, Eyedea, JMT (just some US examples). I dont think they fit into any of those 3 categories particularly. I suppose theyed be called hip-hop, rather than rap?

some rap is really, really good. most i hear is absolutely terrible though, its a shame because personally i think the genre has a hellalot of potential. prefer more old school stuff or your more unique/abstract underground stuff.

Have hard time putting things into neat categories, so am not sure about what to call it, hip-hop, rap, and what subgenre. Like particular tracks or albums, but not all the stuff by any one group/artist (or kind of music).
Beastie Boys
Jurassic 5
Spearhead/Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy (Michael Franti)
beatbox style, as in old school
MC Serch's "Return of the Product"
Fiend's "Street Life"
Mr. Lif "Earthcrusher"
Jean Grae
The Roots
Public Enemy
MC 900 Foot Jesus
Consolidated

Not that it really matters, but theres a good video series on youtube..

The Difference Between Hip-Hop & Rap - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEda6aexW1g
The Difference Between An Emcee & A Rapper- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QOCfo84P2U
The Difference Between Underground And Mainstream - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoItp4bPzDM
The Difference Between Old School & New School - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzj_V79PGFM

I don't listen to rap a lot, but I think rap can be really nice. It annoys me when people say something like "rap isn't real music" or whatever. ]:

Fasho, rap is real music, people said the same stuff about rock back when it first started, music is just like other forms of art... Its about expressin your self...

I love rap music! It's one of my favorite genres.