Why do you hate Rap???

[Joshua J. Daigle]

I don't dislike Rap music (or the hip-hop culture) per se, but most mainstream rappers (Eminem, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg...etc.) have some of the most vile lyrical content that I honestly don't see how professing Christians can even stomach it. It's not necessarily the sound of the music, but the content. There are some Christian rappers whom I do enjoy...KJ-52, The Cross Movement, Raiders of the Lost, Tunnel Rats, LA Symphony, Grits...etc. However, Rap isn't really my forte. I personally listen to Christian Blackmetal, and believe me, I do sympathize. Most Christians hear my music and swear up and down, DESPITE the lyrics, that it is the spawn of Satan himself. But then again I think that Country music is the spawn of Satan. If you really enjoy Rap as much as you claim, then check out some of the Christian rappers. I would imagine that some of their lyrical content would make for some very interesting conversation and debate topics at your university.

Joshua

 

[Joshua J. Daigle]

and a mouth full of ye olde "bling"

Ye Olde Bling? MWAH HA HA HA HA HA!!! *ahem* Sorry, I just found it funny.

 

[blackwasp]

u couln't survive one day in tha hood cauze u talk to much.

peace

 

[Joshua J. Daigle]

Personally I find teeny-bopper pop just as being just as damaging as it encourages 12-year old girls to dress like prostitutes and flaunt their bodies, but hey that's for another thread.

Amen...

Joshua

 

[musicPhan#41]

SPEAK ENGLISH!

word.

i love black people to death, but that doesn't mean i need to use words that end in "izzle".

just a word of advice to John the Apostle: when debating something on an online message board, finding creative ways to pervert the english language doesn't help your case. It will generally lead to other people not taking you seriously.


just some friendly advice.

 

[sower of cheer]

we-ell.. i guess rap is acceptable if the lyrics are of a positive note. (think Black Eyed Peas "Where is the love") What surprises me is that most rap aficionados don't even bother to check the meaning behind the lyrics and just ramble them subconsciously just for the "feel". And it's not just only rap... all the other secular songs, too. Just because I like some singer does not mean I am entitled to endorse the negativity of the lyrics of some song she/he sang.

 

[Western Deity]

The last 7 minutes on the Sway & Tech "Back to Basics" album sampler explain it.

 

[musicPhan#41]

we-ell.. i guess rap is acceptable if the lyrics are of a positive note. (think Black Eyed Peas "Where is the love") What surprises me is that most rap aficionados don't even bother to check the meaning behind the lyrics and just ramble them subconsciously just for the "feel". And it's not just only rap... all the other secular songs, too. Just because I like some singer does not mean I am entitled to endorse the negativity of the lyrics of some song she/he sang.

have you seen the movie zoolander?

 

[Sign Of The Fish Burger]

Most people i know don't like rap cauze it is done by blACKS.

stertotypes like da ones yall are sayin are da ones u see people gettin shot when da come to da Hood (mostly whites) cauze dey think dey know everything about rap and black people when they don't.

you forgot to use "dey" again at the end

 

[Joshua J. Daigle]

you forgot to use "dey" again at the end

*snicker*

It just goes to show that the kid actually has the potential for intelligence, for some odd reason however, he prefers to be viewed as ignorant. Shame really.

Joshua

 

[Western Deity]

u couln't survive one day in tha hood cauze u talk to much.

LOL.

Imagine all the times people type "Lol" or "Lmao" at a funny statement- how many times do you think these people actually crack up, actually are laughing out loud? Not many... but this was one of them LOL...

(Hollatchaboy.)

 

[Western Deity]

Oh man.

http://www.christianforums.com/t1316265-i-need-serious-help.html&page=3

^ I never for a second believed that this pop-gangsta-rap actually influenced anybody. Man that is lame... People like this are the reason rap gets a bad name...

 

[brightlights]

Sorry to jump in and derail this thread, but I have some good rhyme sayers (hip-hop artists/poets/not rappers) for those of you who might be interested.

Sage Francis
Aesop Rock
Eyedea
Buck 65 (folk hip-hop)
AOI
Non-Prophets

Check these guys out ^

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[God.is.my.force]

Its not usually original, to much rap is not very well written, and, mainly, what its about (I like some Christian Hip-hop)

 

[mathethes]

Too many words.

 

[Western Deity]

Sage Francis
Aesop Rock

^ How come you like them?

 

[brightlights]

^ How come you like them?

They're philosophers, poets, intellectuals, and they have good beats. Their lyrics are superb -- rhyme style amazing. Overall just great rhyme sayers. They're infinitely better at freestyle than the average rapper, as well. I'll share some of Sage's lyrics:

Sun set and sun rise I'm my own personal light show
Flipping switches...moving from basin bottoms to plateaus
The Earth...manipulates itself beneath me
I stand still...stagnate. Can't kill...this lagged state

Life...manipulates itself around me, but I'm dead still
Upright...but dead still
Word is still born...I will not stoop to the level of the stoop
that y'all chill on
If the building's boarded up and the children of the corn
-er Liquor Store don't want to kick it no more...
because holes have filled the wall, sneakers are scuffed & toes
have become sore

...and here's some Aes Rock stuff:

It's the year of the silkworm
Everything I built burn yesterday
Let's display the purpose that these stilts serve
Elevate the spreading of the silk germ
Trying to weeble web but all that I believe in is dead
Nah brother, it's the year of the jackal
Saddle up on high horse
My torch forced Polaris embarrassed
Shackle up the hassle by the dooming legend marriage
I bought some new sneakers
I just hope my legacy matches

 

[tadpole29]

My opinion is not to get anyone angry, which is where this thread has went with a few cases. I don't deny that some, not much but some rap does have its glimers of lyrical genious, however as a musician myself, I hold a lot more respect if the artists actually participate in the making of the music. A song is not only about the lyrics, but about the feeling in them, dramatized by the chord progressions of a real band.

 

[PACKY]

u couln't survive one day in tha hood cauze u talk to much.

peace

Maybe you should read my profile.

I work in a max. security prison, I carry cuffs, keys and a radio.
It's me against 100 offenders on my housing unit.
I guard Convicts who actually have done the crimes and worse then the ones described in rap "music".
You wouldnt last a hour in my boots.
we have a scared staright program and I actually saw a kid youre age deficate himself when a inmate yelled at him.

 

[Abbadon]

I hate wraps because they're the Atkins equivilant of a sandwich.

Oh, wait... Rap...

Nevermind.