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Originally posted by Michael Murphy
Rap is not music. To be music, it has to be played instrumentally. I respect rap as an art form, but it's not music. Not a fan. Give me oldies anyday!
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I said I wasn't going to defend rap being music... but what the hey... I love intelligent debates.
mu·sic Pronunciation Key (myzk)
n.
The art of arranging sounds in time so as to produce a continuous, unified, and evocative composition, as through melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre.
Vocal or instrumental sounds possessing a degree of melody, harmony, or rhythm.
A musical composition.
The written or printed score for such a composition.
Such scores considered as a group: We keep our music in a stack near the piano.
A musical accompaniment.
A particular category or kind of music.
An aesthetically pleasing or harmonious sound or combination of sounds: the music of the wind in the pines.
ALSO... when people sing acapella, is it not music because they are not using instruments? At least you agree its an art form though...