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Originally Posted by evollove
And don't give me that "There are some intelligent rappers" shit, because I haven't heard them.
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So if you haven't heard them, then they don't exist? Or because you haven't heard them, you just don't want to hear about them?
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Originally Posted by evollove
Even if there was a rapper with something to say, he/she would have to be tight for a whole album, then another album, etc. Eventually, they'd run out of shit to say.
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I fail to see how any genre of music leads to burn out any faster than any other. Nor, do I understand why anyone would deny the great art somebody has made if they happen to go on to make shit later. I can fully listen to early David Bowie, Echo & the Bunnymen, or Rolling Stones albums without once concerning myself with how much they later sucked. The phrase "Even if there was a rapper with something to say" reeks mightily of a troll to bait somebody into calling you a racist, by implying that a rapper with something to say is such a novel idea. However, it's so patently ridiculous, it's not worth the accusation you seek.
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Originally Posted by evollove
Ever look at the lyrics to a rap song? Even a tune you like and think might be okay looks painfully illiterate on paper.
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The lyrics to nearly all popular music look pretty silly on paper without music. '60s comedian Steve Allen did a routine on "Laugh In" where he would recite the words of a popular song as if they were "serious" poetry. This argument is nothing new, and hardly unique to hip hop. However, I think you will find that the lyrics to "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, "Welcome to the Terror Dome" by Public Enemy, and "In Midst of Struggle" by Dalek, to cover three different eras of hip hop, all read quite well off the page, and are densely "literate".
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Originally Posted by evollove
And it's all about the words because the music is either a) stolen, or b) a riff that gets repeated 5000 times in three minutes. Isn't it amazing? Any rap group that uses "real insturments" (oooo!!) automatically gets praise? They're fo' real. Gimme a fucking break.
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Ah, so we have the old "sampling is stealing" argument. I hear the RIAA is hiring.