06-16-2008, 06:11 AM
I hate hearing people say anybody could be a rapper and that is isn't music and that it takes no talent. That is completely untrue. Before I found guitar, I used to be heavy into rap. I wanted to be in the industry either ghost writing or help producing and I've talked to a bunch of people, including artists and managers. I even got to know Young Blaze personally and he came to my town and performed a concert for me. He is from Chicago, if you didn't know.
Not anybody can rap. It takes rhythm, flow, a decent vocabulary, wit, and rhyme scheme. If you can record a track better than any of Lil Wayne's songs and you are a person who says rap takes no talent, then I'll believe you. Until then, kindly stfu.
I don't respect all rappers, I only like a few and I mostly listen to rap when cruising around because it's very enjoyable to ride around to and it's good for groups of people.
I wouldn't say rap is dead. It is just crippled in the fact that it isn't as good as it used to be. Nowadays it's just trying to make the best song to dance to and disregarding actual lyrics and wordplay, but rap is not dead. If it was dead, there would be no TRL or anything stupid like that. There are still millions of teenagers and others who listen to rap and rap is still going strong. Just because you and your friends don't enjoy it doesn't mean that it is dead to the rest of the world.
And to Bra, I realize Jack has his own opinion. I got frustrated because he was getting upset at everybody who disagreed with him and said that Lil Wayne was good. That was what bothered me.
Not anybody can rap. It takes rhythm, flow, a decent vocabulary, wit, and rhyme scheme. If you can record a track better than any of Lil Wayne's songs and you are a person who says rap takes no talent, then I'll believe you. Until then, kindly stfu.
I don't respect all rappers, I only like a few and I mostly listen to rap when cruising around because it's very enjoyable to ride around to and it's good for groups of people.
I wouldn't say rap is dead. It is just crippled in the fact that it isn't as good as it used to be. Nowadays it's just trying to make the best song to dance to and disregarding actual lyrics and wordplay, but rap is not dead. If it was dead, there would be no TRL or anything stupid like that. There are still millions of teenagers and others who listen to rap and rap is still going strong. Just because you and your friends don't enjoy it doesn't mean that it is dead to the rest of the world.
And to Bra, I realize Jack has his own opinion. I got frustrated because he was getting upset at everybody who disagreed with him and said that Lil Wayne was good. That was what bothered me.