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Originally Posted by Gridlock
I'll also add: "Yo. I'm the best there is. Yo. I spit rhymes better everybody in the biz. Yo."
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Originally Posted by Nodnarb
Most Rap sucks. I will say, there are some diamonds in that rough. Too bad its more like needles in haystacks the size of Mt. Kilimanjaro.
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Rap is always a bit of a touchy subject. I'll go ahead and say I listen to all music, including rap.
And yes, most rap these days is about money, sex, and cars. But that's what sells.
There will never be another Tupac. There are the few artists like Lupe Fiasco who raps about real things, but the majority is going to fall into the "brag" category of rap.
Honestly it doesn't take much to be a rapper these days. You have a catchy beat that you buy online for a dollar or make on Garageband, you write a sheet of rhymes, play around with syllables for a proper flow, have a singer sing a melodic chorus, and there's another mediocre rap song. This genre is all about attitude and brag now.
With other genres, much more knowledge, emotion, and talent is needed to write and perform a real song. Song structure, keys, change-ups, melodies, harmonies, not to mention a strong vocal if they're a singer as well.