Rap Music

Ok so i've explained how much i hate pop music before and if you know me at all, you would know that any Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, Rihanna, Bruno Mars, etc. song is an easy way to drive me out of the room.

Well since that's out of the way i'm gonna explain my opinion of Rap.  Now Rap, for me, has it's ups and downs.  Most of it's ups has to do with creative rhyming patterns that can make learning the lyrics to a fast Rap song an enjoyable experience and something you are then proud of.  Sometimes, the Rappers even have a funny personality and make some funny rhymes and references that aren't all sex or drug related.  Some Rappers are just annoying as hell and make you want to turn it off the second the person begins singing.  It is also a genre that is mostly dominated by men; you do not see many female rappers and don't you DARE comment and say a singer that is some obviously pop singer or rock artist.





This is Pitbull. Seriously, look at this douche!



There are Rappers that have my respect because they can rap well.  This includes Eminem, Snoop, Usher and Dre.  Now, i do not like any of these rappers at all and you wont find any of them near my ipod or playing from my speakers.  However, i will not deny that they have skill at rapping.  However, some have gotten lazy lately like Eminem and Snoop.  Eminem actually showed that he can still rap on the collaboration he did with Drake, Kanye and Lil Wayne entitled "Forever."  His rapping in that song hasn't been seen in years.  Snoops collaboration with Katy Perry (also terrible) entitled "California Gurls" (terrible and she can't spell) shows how lazy his work has gotten.  He sounds like was just woken up in the morning and told to rap something (quote from Todd In The Shadows).  Anyway, i don't like any of these but they have my respect cause they are actually good at what they do unlike others like Akon, Kanye, T.I., and most of all the King of Crap himself, motherfucking Pitbull.  Pitbull ruined what was Usher's first good song since "Yeah!" and if you don't know what im talking about, find the blabbering idiot spitting nonsense at you in "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love." You'll understand in a heartbeat.



Andre 3000.  Classy fella.
Cool Voice. Awesome Rapper.



Newcomber B.o.B, kinda looks like
Andre 3000 also...

ANYWAY, there are a few rappers i do enjoy listening to often and will do so because they are good at what they do and are more fun than others.  My favorite rapper, also on my top list of singers cuz hes so awesome, is none other than Andre 3000.  He is the main singer from Outkast and has recently lost his touch like Eminem and Snoop.  However he is also showing signs of returning and bringing back what i think is the best rap group of all time.  His return is shown in his collaboration with John Legend's (who? exactly) single (he has one? wow.) "Green Light."  His voice is just so aweosme and his rhymes are so much fun and creative that i still listen to the old albums a lot.  A new rapper i enjoy is B.o.B, a newcomber who gained fame with his collaborations with Paramore's Hayley Williams on "Airplanes" and with Weezer's Rivers Cuomo on "Magic."  I even enjoy his mix with Bruno Mars because the song actually feels like the lyrics he is singing has meaning, unlike a lot of crap released today.  I may also like it a lot because he sounds a BUTT TON like Andre 3000, especially on "Magic."  Other rap groups i like include Run DMC, Flobots and Styles of Beyond. Good Stuff.

Ya so some rap has my respect, a lot doesn't but i still do like some rap. Shocker, i know.