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Just because you don't like it doesn't make it any less legitimate of an art form.
Yeah, a lot of popular rap sucks, but pop music sucks in general. There is also tons of pop rock, jazz, country, R&B, any type of music that sucks.
Many people complain about the lyrical content of rap. Well that's life in the ghetto. I wouldn't expect most white people from the suburbs to get it but people are actually living that life, the music reflects it.
People also complain about the "simplistic" rhythmic elements of rap. Well, one guy banging on a drum can be music. So can one guy with a drum machine. Just because the recorded sounds aren't necessarily made by physical instruments doesn't mean A. it's any less musical or B. that it takes any less talent to make it well. Yes it's easy to crank out simple crap but the good stuff, believe it or not, really takes talent to produce, and not being able to tell the difference between good and bad doesn't make it any more reasonable to say it's all simple and crap.
To say that rap is not music or that it all just sucks is extremely narrow minded. To me the value of music has nothing to do with how it's made or what exactly it sounds like but it's the soul and expression that goes into it. Rap is very soulful music. Listen a little closer and you might start to find the message.
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