Quote Originally Posted by Hsu View Post
Close minded much?
Not to mention completely ignorant. Oh well, if people want to make themselves look like fools, then so be it.

Hip Hop and Rap is an expression, it's a lifestyle, it's whatever you make of it. You can like it or not, that doesn't matter, it's your personal choice. But to say "rap is just this, blah blah" or "it's RETARDS ATTEMPTING POETRY LOL" is pretty much just dumb. It takes talent and skill just like any other form of expression, and if you tried it you'd most likely suck at it, and suck at it horribly.

Everything has origins and reasons for existing, rap is no different, and though yes today's mainstream rap music is pretty much horrible, it doesn't speak for all rap music that exists, 50 Cent does not represent the entire genre of rap, nor hip hop nor anything else you care to mention, and basing a vastly varied genre such as rap and hiphop on the mainstream is just silly.

Yes, yes it is. Every song sounds exactly the same and usually has to do with the same things too. I wish for a rap saying how <img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif">ty rappers are like 50 Cent and all his little folk. If rap wasn't made, the music world would still be all.......

METAL!!!!!
Yeah, because Metal totally doesn't have thousands of crappy bands that all sound the same with unorignal boring riffs, angsty crap vocals, and utterly <img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif"><img src="/xxx.gif">e music.

Don't get me wrong, I believe personally that the most talented musicians around today are the ones making Metal, GOOD metal, but the amount of utter crap that comes out of the metal scene makes rap look amazing. Though, seeing as you seem to like Linkin Park I don't think you know what you're talking about anyway.