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Originally posted by DUCKY
... any frickin' rap "musician" [aka. professional swearing technician]...
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Dood,
Why are you making such a harsh generalization? Are you generalizing all of that type of music into one category of "rap"? I think if you look into the scene a little, you would find that not all hip-hop artists are "professional swearing technicians" as you so kindly put it. You'll find out that there is a lot that that swears LESS then our "beloved" rock groups like Limp Bizquick and Puddle of Mudd. That, and a lot of these hip-hop artists have a lot more to say about real things then most popular bands.
Even popular, not hard to find groups like Outkast are great examples of this. I'd say they swear a ton less then Fred Durst or any of his projects, and they have a lot to say in some of their songs.
How about
really trying out music before you make harsh judgements about it?
Look into some experimental groups like Herbaliser that mix a more classical music style (ex: Blues & Soul) in with a hip-hop beat.
The bands I don't like, I don't like for a purpose ... most of them are just out to make money. A lot of them are boy bands, just dressed up in hard rocker clothes and written hard rock songs, all they do is perform them. Many of them leach off of others who have had success, just getting deals because they're relatives or just leaching on to someone else's name to get known.
And I don't just focus on rap for this. Country isn't something that should be generalized either. I don't like pop-country, or most of the new popular stuff, but boy, you stick me in a car with some Bluegrass, and YEEHAW.
I guess I'm just tryin to say that we shouldn't stereotype music just because it has a general sound to it. Yes, I have a hard time not doing this myself, but I think we need to try...