Some rap is good. Like the Christian rap and everything.
But MOST rap is not good. MOST rap is talking about drugs, people getting murdered/commiting suicide, having sex or wanting to, and then it's filled with cussing. This is the majority of most rap and what most rappers rap.
Some people are trying to make rap "good", but it seems impossible. And it probably is.
And squidward400, I KNOW you don't just listen to "good" rap. I know you listen to the real kind of rap, which is bad.
And the lyrics aren't the worst part.
Why is rap considered music anyway? Where's the music? Okay so maybe there might be a couple of musical notes in the chorus, but most of it's just a beat. And they talk the whole thing. Rap is slang for talk or say. So rap is basically... talking. With a beat. "Talking" about sex, drugs, murder, and suicide.
So what happens when Snoop Dogg runs out of rhyming words? He makes a new language. It was already slang enough before, but now you see an "izzle" thrown in random places. And if Lil' Jon's in the song, you might here a couple of "YEEAAH!!"s and "WHHAAT?!"s. Don't forget the cussing.
You call it poetry? I don't see poets saying "Yo !@#$% mah !@#$%^ YEEAAH!! !@#$% What? !@#$ fo' !@# shizzle !@#$izzle dizzle !@#$% with !@#$% the !@#$$%^^ for %^&***" (Don't worry, I put in the symbols)
So is rap advanced poetry? Poetry with a new language and cuss words? Poetry about sex, drugs, murder, and suicide? Poetry by ghetto people with a beat in the background? Seriously, that doesn't sound like music.
I don't care about Kanye West, R. Kelly, Mase, and any other rappers you say rap about "good" stuff. It doesn't matter even if they do. They still cuss, and they're still rapping, which makes them look bad. Since the majority of rap is bad, all rappers look bad.
And don't start with the "If rap is bad, they can make good rap to attract bad people and make them good". That won't happen. Like I've said before, the majority is bad, so the good ones'll just get buried.
And again, I know you listen to bad rap. Most people that listen to rap listen to the majority of rap, the bad kind. Which is basically the real kind, and only kind, no matter what you say.
All I can say is, most of today's generation like rap. It's becoming the new fad, or it already has. I dunno when this'll die, it seems it'll only get worse. I don't care what you say about "good" rap. Believe me, it won't happen, sorry.