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Woah woah woah, back up a moment. There used to be good rap?

/mind blown

Quote from Zed

Woah woah woah, back up a moment. There used to be good rap?

^this guy listens to power metal

This guy...

Rap music will never die. But Im more into hip-hop as to where in rap music the artist works for what he\she works for and has that right to brag about whatever theyve earned. But I do agree, there is a limit and it can be excessive and repetitive. When it comes to hip-hop, I believe every song has either a message or a story. Hip-hop will never die, Rap is just getting wounded a little bit. Its all good though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnD_CXnXEB8 <--- True hip-hop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3pQFmfLDzE <--- True Rap

*Word

Hopsin's pretty cool.

Lil Wayne has always been shit, Eminem's new stuff isn't his best but it still is probably the best new rap songs out.
As for me I just stick to old school. Gravediggaz, Wu-Tang, Biggie, Pac, Big L etc.

Personally I like grime and that would probably be considered shit rap:



Only sort of "classic" rap I listen to is stuff like this:

You just need to know where to look and stop following rappers who rap about bitches and hoes.

I'm speaking out of my ass here, but I believe that rappers in the past had something to talk about. Racism, poverty, the ku klux klan. This allowed for some quality lyrics as it was something deep and personal. Now in a privileged society, what do people have to rap about? Their job sucking? If someone wants to bring it back, introduce rap to Africa. I'm sure they have alot to talk about.

This of course is assuming that good rap is the whiny kind.

yeah because there's no more poverty and racism in America right?

I doubt it is as bad as during the 20th century.

However, Africa is currently first on my list.

we got die antwoord from south africa but they're not exactly socially conscious
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Its as dead as claymation ....such a shame.

I generally don't listen to much rap, because most of it sucks, and I'm not a fan of the culture.

I do, however enjoy some of the ones that stand out from the whole "gangsta" thing. Tech n9ne is good, Hopsin is alright. Deltron 3030 is really good too. (Vid below.)
I'm just too white to only to listen to rap or to pretend that I know anything about the scene.

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I doubt it is as bad as during the 20th century.

Being tortured for an hour is probably less painful than being tortured for two hours, but they're both really shitty situations.