-- Posted by The Artful Dodger at 12:16 pm on Aug. 17, 2008 The Music & Popular Culture Forum is full of haters. So yeah, I'm here to find out what you dudes think of the genre (culture or whatever). Are you into it? Not into it? Do you respect it as music? Whats harmful beneficial...you get the picture. Let me know -- Posted by paper planes at 12:17 pm on Aug. 17, 2008 i dont find it deep or anything but it's catchy and everyone else listens to it so i do -- Posted by nigeltheoutlaw at 12:18 pm on Aug. 17, 2008 It's just like any other genre. It has deep stuff, it has gross, misogynistic stuff, it has one hit wonder stuff. I like it though. -- Posted by LittleItaly at 9:39 pm on Aug. 21, 2008 It used to have meaning in the 80's then when "gangster rap" came out it took over turning attention from hip-hop to rap -- Posted by ForeignFishes at 7:08 am on Sep. 5, 2008 A Tribe Called Quest, represent represent. Hip-hop is just like every other genre of music. There is good stuff and there is bad stuff and there is everything in between. And anyone who writes off an entire genre as complete shit based on the crap on the radio is a closed-minded tool. -- Posted by Periwinkle at 5:06 am on Sep. 6, 2008 I don't like it in general, although there's the occasional track that I like. Mostly, though, it annoys me. I'm not a fan. -- Posted by Radon at 5:28 am on Sep. 6, 2008 Rap as a musical form is OK. Much of the content is not very appealing though. It's a shame when you think about how much talent is being wasted on cheap, commercialized forms of rap. Classical music is my favourite genre. -- Posted by Crazy snake at 3:13 pm on Sep. 6, 2008 Ugh, no offence, but hip hop is bloody annoying. I personally like Trance and Indie -- Posted by breannafhchick06 at 6:28 pm on Sep. 6, 2008 i think that some of the songs are ok but most of them are huge disappointments. All my friends listen to it and i occasionally do when it is on the radio but i try to avoid it -- Posted by Hoop Jargon at 2:19 am on Sep. 7, 2008 Quote: from LittleItaly at 4:39 pm on Aug. 22, 2008 It used to have meaning in the 80's then when "gangster rap" came out it took over turning attention from hip-hop to rap That is a really generalised, stupid comment; coming from the perspective of someone who has never delved any deeper than the surface (mainstream) of Hip hop.   On different levels, in different countries and in god knows how many languages Hip hop has thrived as an artform through the late 1980s to the 1990s  and until the present day.   A good example comes from my country, Australia, where the hip hop community was informally established in the early 1980s and grew with the culture itself, with the music growing over 2 decades to in (my opinion) a peak in quality at the beggining of this century and a commercial peak about 2 years ago.   I spent the majority of my formative listening to hip hop, starting with the Eminems, Snoop Doggs, Dr. Dre's etc. My interests soon branched out into the Jurassic Fives, De La Souls, Big Daddy Kanes, Tribe Called Quest and then into my own country's music.   Though I have moved away from Hip Hop in the last 2 years I, I still hold a deep affinity towards it because it defined who I was as a human.   -- Posted by LittleItaly at 8:44 am on Sep. 7, 2008 Quote: from Hoop Jargon at 5:19 am on Sep. 7, 2008 Quote: from LittleItaly at 4:39 pm on Aug. 22, 2008 It used to have meaning in the 80's then when "gangster rap" came out it took over turning attention from hip-hop to rap That is a really generalised, stupid comment; coming from the perspective of someone who has never delved any deeper than the surface (mainstream) of Hip hop. On different levels, in different countries and in god knows how many languages Hip hop has thrived as an artform through the late 1980s to the 1990s and until the present day. A good example comes from my country, Australia, where the hip hop community was informally established in the early 1980s and grew with the culture itself, with the music growing over 2 decades to in (my opinion) a peak in quality at the beggining of this century and a commercial peak about 2 years ago.   I spent the majority of my formative listening to hip hop, starting with the Eminems, Snoop Doggs, Dr. Dre's etc. My interests soon branched out into the Jurassic Fives, De La Souls, Big Daddy Kanes, Tribe Called Quest and then into my own country's music.   Though I have moved away from Hip Hop in the last 2 years I, I still hold a deep affinity towards it because it defined who I was as a human. ....i wasn't talking about your country, they made hip hop for their own people....it wasn't even intended for people outside their community they did primarily to keep off the streets, but some luck it's got them.... -- Posted by Hoop Jargon at 12:30 am on Sep. 8, 2008 Quote: from LittleItaly at 3:44 am on Sep. 8, 2008 Quote: from Hoop Jargon at 5:19 am on Sep. 7, 2008 Quote: from LittleItaly at 4:39 pm on Aug. 22, 2008 It used to have meaning in the 80's then when "gangster rap" came out it took over turning attention from hip-hop to rap    That is a really generalised, stupid comment; coming from the perspective of someone who has never delved any deeper than the surface (mainstream) of Hip hop.      On different levels, in different countries and in god knows how many languages Hip hop has thrived as an artform through the late 1980s to the 1990s  and until the present day.      A good example comes from my country, Australia, where the hip hop community was informally established in the early 1980s and grew with the culture itself, with the music growing over 2 decades to in (my opinion) a peak in quality at the beggining of this century and a commercial peak about 2 years ago.    I spent the majority of my formative listening to hip hop, starting with the Eminems, Snoop Doggs, Dr. Dre's etc. My interests soon branched out into the Jurassic Fives, De La Souls, Big Daddy Kanes, Tribe Called Quest and then into my own country's music.    Though I have moved away from Hip Hop in the last 2 years I, I still hold a deep affinity towards it because it defined who I was as a human.   ....i wasn't talking about your country, they made hip hop for their own people....it wasn't even intended for people outside their community they did primarily to keep off the streets, but some luck it's got them.... I know, as an American, you generalised all of hip hop, and that was a sill thing to say, because it isn't true. -- Posted by Radon at 3:24 am on Sep. 22, 2008 Political rap ftw :   -- Posted by Crazy snake at 8:46 am on Sep. 22, 2008 Quote: from Periwinkle at 1:06 pm on Sep. 6, 2008 I don't like it in general, although there's the occasional track that I like. Mostly, though, it annoys me. I'm not a fan. yup yup yup, I'm the same -- Posted by Vordhosbn at 2:31 am on Sep. 23, 2008 hip hop is a huge genre to generalise. i'm not a huge fan of it musically, but there are quite a few artists that i respect. for example, there's an aussie group called the herd. musically they're hip hop, but couldn't be further from a lot of the 'gangster rap' you hear on mtv. their lyrics (and activism) are very political - anti-war, anti-racist, etc. a good listen :)