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by themisterF on January 14th, 2007

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Why do most people hate hip-hop/rap music?

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  • by Yeahwell... on July 10th, 2008

    Yeahwell...

    Because it's annoying, degrading, and offensive.
    Go ahead and downrate me for answering an opinion based question..go ahead...I don't care.

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  • by Brian I on July 10th, 2008

    Brian I

    People who don't like that sort of music think it lacks any sort of melody, and it's repetitive and boring.

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  • by Anonymous on January 15th, 2007

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    I think a lot of it is to do with the negative publicity the genre has received. The same happened with heavy metal a few years ago.
    The original hip/hop artists were singing ABOUT life on the streets, in sometimes very impoverished, problematic areas- there's no way of talking about this without talking about drugs, gangs, guns, and other things a lot of people find slightly distasteful. But just rapping in the persona of a man who has shot someone and feels good about it as a result doesn't mean you personally condone such behaviour (People who fail to grasp this concept would do well to look up the principle of Dramatic Monologue, which has been used by a number of highly respected poets for years). Unfortunately there are both young rap fans and (more often) reactionary journalists who have trouble with this.
    Because rap comes largely out of a culture which has a lot of problems, people tend to think that rap is part of the cause of these problems, rather than an observation of them.

    And of course, with some people, it's just not to their taste.

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  • by Anonymous on January 14th, 2007

    Anonymous

    I don't think most people hate it; I just think a lot of people don't understand it. Maybe they think that it doesn't require any musical technique, theory, or talent, or maybe they simply find the lyrics offensive.

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  • by Anonymous on July 10th, 2008

    Anonymous

    Because it's really not music. It's just a rant about something over a pounding beat.

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  • by Anonymous on October 2nd, 2007

    Anonymous

    Um... it sucks?

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  • by Hellaphunt's Skynet on January 14th, 2007

    Hellaphunt's Skynet

    I love hip-hop but the garbage that is coming through radio and television broadcast these days are just that... garbage. I can go on for centuries about what is wrong with the new audience... but I wont. I have done it too many times.

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  • by poddys on July 10th, 2008

    poddys

    I hate it because it's just monotonous, all sounds the same. Most of the artists look and act and move alike, with the same hoodies and oversized jeans falling down, and do the same grotesque movements.

    There is really little musical talent there, not in most artists. It's my excuse to turn the radio off...

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  • by thats.just.me on July 10th, 2008

    thats.just.me

    I think the majority of people who dislike it are

    against the messages it sends to the youth.

    =]

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  • by Da Azian Boi on July 10th, 2008

    Da Azian Boi

    Because it is degrading and offensive, however, I like it.

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  • by Anonymous on January 28th, 2007

    Anonymous

    i hate the kind of rap music that talks about killing people especially cops. It is disrespectful. But to generally answer your question, rap/hip-hop you get the impression that they dont respect anything. they dont care about anything.

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  • by SABOTEUR on August 31st, 2008

    SABOTEUR

    Personally speaking...

    * A lot of hip-hop/rap lacks a pleasing melody (or a melody of ANY kind, for that matter.)

    * Misogynist, sexist or vulgar lyrics.

    * Some of it is incomprehensible.

    * Much of it promotes inappropriate behavior/ideals that kid emulate.

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  • by Kizz miazz on July 10th, 2008

    Kizz miazz

    Rap is crap.

    A poor excuse for music, people not wanting to give time to learn to sing and play an instrument.

    Instant music......no work, no practicing hour after hour.

    Just need a little talent and their you.

    But you do need some talent to do it that is a fact.

    It's just mind numbing rants set to mind numbing music.....crap.

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  • by SoDifficult on July 10th, 2008

    SoDifficult

    Because most of it is very vulgar and low class.

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  • by WoOZackWoO on July 10th, 2008

    WoOZackWoO

    hip-hop I don't have an issue with.....It actually can hold my interest and isn't that bad in my opinion

    Rap is just low-class idiocy made into music...it's pathetic... like the "song" Ya Trick Ya by Soulja Boy makes me wanna put a bullet in my head.

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  • by anglrckx on January 28th, 2007

    anglrckx

    i don't like it because it takes no talent and is not musical to me. The majority of it is pure filth and i am surprised that is even allowen on the radio. when you hear the words itis porn and degrading and shaming to girls and women.

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  • by trouble54 on January 28th, 2007

    trouble54

    I don't like most of it because of the lyrics: profanity, offensive terms and just plain dumbness.

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  • by bigkado69 on January 14th, 2007

    bigkado69

    its a bunch of jibberish after awhile.

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  • by anonymous on January 14th, 2007

    anonymous

    I think it is just a personal preference, just like how some people hate country or classical.

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  • by kuyakev on August 17th, 2008

    kuyakev

    because of its derogatory lyrics.

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  • by Vertical on July 10th, 2008

    Vertical

    it takes no talent to talk into a microphone.......

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  • by Jorne on May 3rd, 2008

    Jorne

    I hate it and yet I'm not white. Anyway, why would I like a genre of music that offends women with lyrics, generalizing that most women are sluts or prostitutes, and promotes the extreme hedonistic lifestyle?

    I don't have any beef with rap. Years ago, most music in rap featured powerful lyrics, such as talks about life in the ghetto, the underdog, and how to make dreams into reality by surviving day to day.

    Now, rap and hip-hop music nowadays talks about the money, the gangs, the girls, the limos, the lifestyle....excess.

    I don't see anything poetic about a person's greed and hyping it. It's sad.

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  • by Nomasain on January 28th, 2007

    Nomasain

    About the lyrics;
    I'm convinced there is a deep meaningful content behind the "unh, unh", "Ayee motherf**cker" and "Check it out, Yo" lyrics.
    Although upbeat, I don't like the rythm, So I don't even care about the lyrics.
    But I'm sure rappers don't understand the "shalala", "o baby, baby" or "oohooh's" from our Europop!
    The speed of the lyrics make it also hard to follow, and I prefer singing over talking.

    Now rate me down, you bitches.

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  • by SalientAlien on January 14th, 2007

    SalientAlien

    I don't think most people can identify with the majority of it at all.

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  • by - Katelyn is a party animal - on July 10th, 2008

    - Katelyn is a party animal -

    I teach hip = hop dance to kids and I think its pretty cool

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  • by Galeanda on July 10th, 2008

    Galeanda

    It could be a combination of not enjoying music that isn't like 'singing', the loudness of it, the urban nature of most of the songs and a lot of the themes of the lyrics.

    Gee, sorry someone doesn't like opinions and is afraid of them.

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  • by technios on July 10th, 2008

    technios

    i have been fighting with my parents about this for years... i have only recently been able to et them to recognize that it is actually music... for years they said it was only poems over elevator background... thanks to some really good artists lately i have been able to get them to call it music rather than noise

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  • by buxtonite ..slowly losing my mind on October 2nd, 2007

    buxtonite ..slowly losing my mind

    because most of it is shit and dribble and all they do is rip of other music and songs and the worst part is when they try to sing ....even makes my dogs howl !!

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  • by Hughey on September 19th, 2007

    Hughey

    Because most of the popular stuff today is geared toward a very immature audience. The profanity, the degrading sex talk, the guns, the drugs, the pimps, the hos all appeal to young teenage guys. Real hip-hop, the classic stuff, Eric B & Rakim, BDP, Public Enemy, Tribe Called Quest was unique and exciting. It was intelligent and intelligence often does not sale. It is really sad because hip hop started off so well and was so cutting edge and great. Most of the stuff now is barely musical. Play an Eric B. cut to kids today and they will think it is corny because there is no bytches ands hoes.

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  • by smart9426 on January 28th, 2007

    smart9426

    I think its because all they hear is commercial/mainstream rap. I think if they listened to some conscious rap it could change their minds

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  • by Halskiisaklink on January 28th, 2007

    Halskiisaklink

    Probably because it's distinctly popular ethnic minority music, and it's commercially successful. White guys who try it just look like twats.

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  • by Rudeboi20 on December 21st, 2008

    Rudeboi20

    I hate rap, it has no meaning, and only exists purely to make people money. Majority of the artists dont care about song quality as long as it sells a million ring tones

    However I love hip hop, I enjoy listening to emcee's telling stories and putting across a positive message, listening to the amazing wordplay in any Talib Kweli track is why I love hip Hop.

    Only the uninformed/ignorant would think that rap and Hip Hop are the same thing

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  • by DueceGod - doGeceuD on November 16th, 2008

    DueceGod - doGeceuD

    Probably for the same reason people hated rock n roll win it first came out.

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  • by Omagus on September 13th, 2008

    Omagus

    I don't mind if people say that they don't like it. People have their own tastes. What annoys me is when people say things like, "It all sucks" or "It takes no talent." I hate generalizations, especially when people are ignorant about the subject that they are denouncing. And explain to me how this guy isn't talented.

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  • by Youngone on September 13th, 2008

    Youngone

    Because it has a bad beat and it repeats itself

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  • by Krystan on September 13th, 2008

    Krystan

    Most of its pure ignorance that doesn't make an logical sense unless your from the hood or live that lifestyle and even then I wouldn't sa its exactl logical :P I use to listen to rap but then I grew up and become an intelligent adult. Some of it is alright, note I said alright and not good.


    I dont hate R&B though.

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  • by Mandy1993 on August 31st, 2008

    Mandy1993

    Well I don't like rap or hip-hop. I am into Rock, Metal, heavy metal, and punk. I dont like it because from my experience with those genres most songs are about sex or something to do with sex and getting the girl.....Now I'm not saying they all are so dont comment me saying it. There are some good songs that are in those genres. But they are not on my iPod.

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  • by Capt. Jack Sparrow GALCIY on August 17th, 2008

    Capt. Jack Sparrow GALCIY

    In my case it just gives me a frickin' headache.
    It's lame, annoyingly repetitive, seems to require little to NO talent, just a lame put-on thug-wanna-be attitude.

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  • by Symbeline on July 29th, 2008

    Symbeline

    I'm going to play the Devil's advocate then, and I don't even listen to rap that much, if barely at all.

    First of all, saying rappers have no talent is crap. Try singing the way they do without screwing up and putting emotion in your song.

    Second, I've seen people free verse in real life, and I couldn't even begin to say what kinda talent you need for that, but you certainly need something, not everyone can do that.

    People wouldn't be so insulted by the contents of rap if putting emotions in their songs didn't work. Remind yourself that a lot of genres can be just as insulting. In fact, sometimes it's even more disgusting. Hearing love songs about eternal promises and all that mushy garbage. None of that is ever true and is so shallow in most cases.
    Even if it's insulting and derogatory, at least rappers are honest and won't lie to you with superficial words that don't mean fuck all beyond the extent of presenting a sly way to do exactly what it is rappers say they do, or want to do, as often presented by a music video completely defying its lyrics.

    I always laughed at how rappers sometimes have to make up or improvise on words to make their stuff rhyme, however that helped to fixate an entire sub culture, and anyways, it's no better than all the leet words people online use to mock rap with, is it?

    Rap originated in the ghetto as a personal means for impoverished youths victims of racism to vent out their frustration and anger, and although the subject has changed much today, I'm of the mind that a LOT of musical genres become superficial in the long run, and some have probably never been honest.

    People don't like it because rap is a scapegoat for all the bubble people in society due its grainy and questionable disposition, whether older or modern. People are damn ignorant and closed minded, and sometimes, I wouldn't be surprised if some are even jealous of some rappers' apathy towards the judgement of others and how they say things like most people probably fucking think but are too wussy to admit and would rather cover up just to look good.
    They would rather listen to sellout bands and whatever the hell HMV tells them is new and hot. Unless it's rap.

    People can use it as an accusation factor for street gangs, violence and all that, but I'm pretty sure street gangs adopted rap and created it, it's not the other way around. Either way, it's not the root of the problem. I'm pretty sure it soothes them rather than encourages them but hey, you have to learn to read between the lines when it comes to claims, reactions and boasting. After all, that's all it is right?
    I could say that Gospel is responsible for creating closed minded Bible thumpers who faint at a women wearing pants and has short hair, but that would be just stupid now, wouldn't it?

    I'm a big fan of metal, I'm like, the first person who is supposed to completely despise rap, all metal fans have like this unspoken hatred towards rap. But it's a buncha crap if you ask me. I don't listen to it because the music gets on my nerves but I have heard some extremely intelligent and very philosophical lyrics in rap. A hell of a lot more deep than what Céline Dion or Linkin Park spew out.

    I think there's a lot of misconceptions about rap though. I find it very hilarious that people say they don't like rap because they can't understand what is being said, than right away go and say they don't like it because of the lyrics. Ha ha that cracks me up.

    Is rap used as a scapegoat to hide the insecurity one feels when they realize that their favoured musical band isn't as great as they think? Wow, pfft that's deep.

    And although the music gets on my nerves, I recognize it, for the most part, as art. At least, it isn't anymore constructive than repeated techno or Industrial recordings or one band wonders that still make millions because of one famous song. Or love songs featuring videos with nothing but women doing the exact same thing shown in rap videos.

    I am a big fan of Emenem though, as the exception, and leave yall with this.

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  • by k_dawg84 on July 28th, 2008

    k_dawg84

    rap music is the shit especially the older gangster rap like 2pac,Bone thugs,Eazy E,cypress hill,dayton family, and the list could go on forever but alot of people seem to hate it but if u listened to these artists i just listed it might interest you with the beats and lyrics but alot of this new rap sucks its all about cars,clothes and money so i like rap music but im more old school you know wat im sayin so peace out

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  • by BigDaddyBS on July 10th, 2008

    BigDaddyBS

    Hip-hop in general, and especially that with live music and melodies in there aren't bad. (Linkin' Park, Will Smith (Fresh Prince), Arrested Development, Kid Rock, even MC Hammer, etc.), usually, as long as the message is NOT about gangsters, whores, junkies, drugs, killing cops, stealing, etc. I think few would have a major problem with it and might even start to like it more.

    But when the ONLY part of a recognizable song is sampled (not live), when the rappers are "in yo' face" all the time, when the lyrics move too fast to understand, when the subject is like one of the above listed, and when they are arrested for various crimes they are so proud... THAT is WAY over the top for many.

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  • by Im BACK on July 10th, 2008

    Im BACK

    I used to hate it, but now I like it. I think its the misconception that its rude, crude, and offensive to women. But its not. People who often makes misconceptions usually are exagerrating.

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  • by shammers still slogging along on July 10th, 2008

    shammers still slogging along

    Because it's hard to understand that version of English in rap. It all seems to have the same beat. I just don't like either one, and when all the stations started going to it in the early '80's, I stopped listening to pop radio.

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  • by Luc Thiet Thuan on July 10th, 2008

    Luc Thiet Thuan

    I think you have to give it a chance and really get into it before you start to like it, and most people arn't willing to do that. Also the kind of perceptions about someone who listens to rap arn't exactly desirable.

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  • by kelana on July 10th, 2008

    kelana

    The beat is monotonous but catchy and trendy, however the lyrics are confusing with lots of grammar mistakes and occasionally with bad,violent and seductive messages.Rap is not meant to be that way in the beginning but has however evolved into such irritating and occasionally provocative and insulting displeasure to listeners who cannot tolerate and understand the music.

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  • by JamesD on February 20th, 2008

    JamesD

    Perhaps people don't like it because there is a lack of singing, or musical instruments in hip-hop and rap, so they don't consider it to be 'music' to them.

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  • by GANGSTA YOGI on February 20th, 2008

    GANGSTA YOGI

    I think the reason people hate hip hop so much is cause people are affarid to know the truth about the streets and that there right about how safe of it is but its not people get shot every day not cause there from a hood its not cause of that and people think there style its complitely ridiculas but its not its a style like i think the style of like classical music kinda style or the really prepy look is really stupid, so stop hatein let people be the way they wanna be its a life choice stop chriszing it

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  • by Domanion on January 15th, 2008

    Domanion

    I hate hip hop/rap because I'm all about the melody. When the beat overpowers the melody, I'm lost. But I recognize the talent involved with making the music. I would never try to take that away from it's creators. While filthy lyrics will turn many people off regardless of the musical style, I feel lack of or subdued melodic content is contrary to what many have come to expect of music.

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  • by chunkymonkey on October 2nd, 2007

    chunkymonkey

    i think the main reason is the message it sends to kids.

    the rappers may not intend this message but it has spawned a whole new level of scum on the streets with silly slang and general violance. like people have stated previous it is black subculture etc. now thats fair enough but i am drawn away from modern day rap now because of all the white kids trying to act like there black peers and basically just cannot pull it off. this sort of thing sickens me.

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  • by Lemonyellow Di Vintage on April 3rd, 2007

    Lemonyellow Di Vintage

    ignorance is often a cause of hatred. i hated previews but loved Audition

    "I blame my hate mail on typographical errors
    Correct the mispellings and then send out thank you notes for the love letters"

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