Quote:
Originally Posted by livelyshively
Didn't mean to strike a nerve. I just feel that whenever people speak about rap, quite often someone feels the need to offer an explanation as to why they like it. That explanation usually never procedes other types of music. And I just decided a while back( while back cuz my ass is probably much older than u) that if you like something, just like the shit.
|
You didn't strike a nerve. Your comment was just arrogant, and it was received the way arrogant comments normally are, regardless of the subject matter. It is hard to defend a lot of rap, because it sucks, just like it would be hard to defend a candidate who sucks (let's use Mitt Romney as an example, or Ralph Nader). I haven't listened to much rap in the past few months, and I listen to much less rap than I used to. Not because it sucks, but because I like light music (i.e. contemporary jazz) more these days.
I will give people like 50 Cent points for style, even though he does not posess the qualities that I like the most in good rapper (i.e. being "super lyrical" like Notorious B.I.G., Tupac, Nas and Jay-z are). When I was listening to rap recently it sucks, so I acknowledge that it sucks. If that is a problem for your agenda then tough nuts for you.