There are those who believe rap is music and I know people who have taught music through rap. It is not my cup of tea, although there are some examples that I like (the purists probably hate them), such as Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel, The Prodigy, Gary Byrd, The Roots, Afrika Bambataa and De La Soul. There was a rap-rock band called The Workhorse Movement, who were great, but black Sabbath's dabblings in rap have been disasterous.
I am not averse to a bit of musical taste warfare; as an ELP fan, I get it all the time. What I don't like, and encounter a lot, is those who defend or criticise by re-writing history.
I am inclined to agree with MH and others in this thread, and see rap as a lazy way of avoiding singing and melody. Rap is not alone in this respect, but gets a lot of attention. I remember The Sugar Gill Gang and early rap and thinking it was a fad which would pass. All these years later and I am wishing it would go away.
I am not averse to a bit of musical taste warfare; as an ELP fan, I get it all the time. What I don't like, and encounter a lot, is those who defend or criticise by re-writing history.
I am inclined to agree with MH and others in this thread, and see rap as a lazy way of avoiding singing and melody. Rap is not alone in this respect, but gets a lot of attention. I remember The Sugar Gill Gang and early rap and thinking it was a fad which would pass. All these years later and I am wishing it would go away.
âThe fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.â William Shakespeare, As You Like It
