Why is modern Hip-Hop music, aswell as mainstream pop so hated by people?

Holerbot6000 · 11-02-2014, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Goofle

I dislike jazz because I once trapped my fingers under the lid of a piano.

Funny you say that, but, like Jazz, I think some rap you kinda have to learn to listen to. I don't mean anything academic, just a familiarization with a very different type of music. Like the man says, there are a ton of different Rap genres, so you can find something you do like and then grow from there. To be dismissive of rap and hip-hop in this day and age is to close yourself off from a ton of really cool and interesting music.

And there is plenty of melody in rap too. I'm always referencing the Wu, but the RZA is a master at taking very spare elements like one piano loop and a grunt from a Shaw Brothers Kung-Fu flick and turning them into very catchy little melodies that perfectly complement the beats. That's just one example of course. Rap is a lot more complex and varied than you give it credit.