Where is the TALENT in RAP MUSIC?

[chazraps]

Something I wrote because your parents are still making tired "can't spell crap without..." jokes - popularopinions.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/flow/

[Clash, Never a Meter Maid]

Quite true. A lot of my friends were surprised that they didn't have the knack for it, thinking, "ah, anyone could do this", and then they can't execute it the way they had envisioned.

[default]

The talent in rap music is in Rhymesayers and Doomtree.

[Blindkarevik]

See, this is why I respect real rap. However, it still bores me.

Definitely takes real talent, it's just not my taste.

[AriadosMan]

With someone other than the Black Eyed Peas?

[Tapout]

Why put in any effort into making the "raps" when there's autotune to make everything better?

[tartsonawire]

I'm not a fan of Rap, but I understand that like any other genre, to do it right/well takes real talent. There are a couple of guys at my church that Rap, and I like their stuff, through.

[toddpolt]

Mar 5, 2010 14:20:04 GMT -5 Clash, Never a Meter Maid said:

Quite true. A lot of my friends were surprised that they didn't have the knack for it, thinking, "ah, anyone could do this", and then they can't execute it the way they had envisioned.

Not to be a jerk, but...can't that be said about almost anything?

God knows how many times me and maybe other friends would smark about how easy it would be to "act" in a porno, or to be a movie critic.

Yet you find out, both aren't as easy as they look.

Except I never did the porno part, but I recognize how the Ugly Beast and Porn are two completely different things.

[chazraps]

Mar 5, 2010 15:00:21 GMT -5 default said:

The talent in rap music is in Rhymesayers and Doomtree.

Check my review of the Dez & Nobs record, I think you'll dig it.

[chazraps]

Mar 5, 2010 15:03:57 GMT -5 Blindkarevik said:

See, this is why I respect real rap. However, it still bores me.

Definitely takes real talent, it's just not my taste.

Thanks for reading.

[default]

Mar 5, 2010 15:34:22 GMT -5 Tapout said:

Why put in any effort into making the "raps" when there's autotune to make everything better?

Because...

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[GaTechGrad]

The only rapper's music that I've liked is Busta Rhymes.

[Kruton]

I've been reading your site lately, you mention a lot of good stuff. I'm really digging the Curtis Plum and B. Dolan albums, and I can't wait to get my hands on that Dez & Nobs album. Where did you procure it? I cannot seem to find it on Google, nor the Zune marketplace.

[Johnny Danger (Godz)]

It takes talent, but so does a lot of other stuff I can't stand and/or have no interest in. Just saying.

[Bravo Echo November]

There is a significant lack of talent now that I think about it. But why should they have talent when they see a song where 2/3 of the lyrics are "do the stanky leg"? People see songs like that shoot up the charts and there is no looking back.

[chazraps]

Mar 6, 2010 2:16:45 GMT -5 Bravo Echo November said:

There is a significant lack of talent now that I think about it. But why should they have talent when they see a song where 2/3 of the lyrics are "do the stanky leg"? People see songs like that shoot up the charts and there is no looking back.

I think you either didn't read the link or missed the point, homie.

[chazraps]

Mar 5, 2010 21:31:43 GMT -5 Kruton said:

I've been reading your site lately, you mention a lot of good stuff. I'm really digging the Curtis Plum and B. Dolan albums, and I can't wait to get my hands on that Dez & Nobs album. Where did you procure it? I cannot seem to find it on Google, nor the Zune marketplace.

Thanks for reading! The Dez & Nobs album comes out the first week in April and you're going to love it. Seriously.