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Old 09-22-2010, 01:20 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Dylanist View Post
just because something features rapping doesn't make it hip hop.*
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There are just a lot of rappers emceeing club oriented pop tracks nowadays. Pitbull may be a rapper, but that doesn't make his music hip hop.
Completely true.


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As far as the music of hip hop goes, it's pretty much the same.
Same musically, just not the same in terms of popularity, which unfortunately a lot of people overlook.




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Well, there's rap, and then there's bubblegum-rap. I think to what you are referring to is latter of those.

You hear those dudes singing "Girl, I wanna rock yo body," with the auto-tune? Yeah, that's bubblegum rap. It ain't even man enough to be considered R&B. Straight bubblegum.
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