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Originally Posted by Charlatan
You are right, Will. Rap on its own is not neccessarily music.
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I was only talking about rap by itself.
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Originally Posted by Willravel
I doubt anyone could argue that the instrumentals aren't music. They're absolutely music.
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I agree with the idea that the instrumentation is music. Rap can be a capella, though. Mos Def did an acapella version of one of his pieces that was on MTV once upon a time. Was that not rap because it lacked an instrumental?
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Charlatan, I'm not convinced he's won that argument, but your point still stands. Rap isn't quite the same without the beats, etc. But the ones who benefit the most from that are those who can't keep time very well.  |
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