| REVIEWER | RATING & REVIEW |
 | emj5687 (4)
03/23/2005 | how can you all generalize rap to the poppy crap you hear on the radio. Yes their is bad rap, just as their is bad rock. But their are also incredibly talented rappers and rap groups like Talib Kweli, A tribe called quest, de la soul, the roots, common, mos def to name a few. ***oh there i go with my unhelpful comments again
(2 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) |
 | jamestkirk (24)
02/26/2005 | To me, it is overrated. However, it would be a mistake to equate it w/ disco. Rap has stayed around much longer and will continue. It's example to impressionable youth has been damaging and will continue to be.
(6 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) |
 | max9 (0)
02/25/2005 | Yes !....... its singing gangsters.
Imagine how strange it would be if Al Capone entertained you with song before gunning you down .
WAZZUP with rap? Are you a tough guy or a poet....yer both???? A tough poet ? I never thought poetry and violence would work so well together I am impressed. What next...knitting gangsters ?
(2 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) |
 | louiethe20th (79)
02/25/2005 | Ignorant, mindless,drug riddled,womanizing,over sexed,pointless,garbage...you get the picture.Update:I agree with Canadasucks!
(5 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) |
| Jar-Jar Binks (17)
02/25/2005 | Rap music is here to stay. If it was overrated, why are they still playing it? C'mon, rap is good stuff. ... It's just that y'all don't like African-American achievements.
(1 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) |
 | Mooselover (1)
02/21/2005 | louiethe20th how can you call this music? This isn't music, this is very loud noise with uncatchy rythem. Plus like Mad Hatter said who ever named Rap forgot to put the C in front of it.
(3 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) |
 | forgotten hero (15)
01/20/2005 | You can't imagine how pissed off I was when I heard that a rapper had ripped off Crazy Train. That seems to be the trend in the music industry nowadays take another person's original ideas and expressions of creativity then remaster them.
Even if either Ozzy or Sharon gave permission. The point is that instead of taking the time to make something new and original a rapper decided to make a song that already existed.
(5 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) |
 | RunsWithWhiteWolves (6)
01/18/2005 | Well isent all music overrated.
(1 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) |
| ClassicTVFan47 (38)
12/25/2004 | Horribly overrated! To me, nothing but a repeative beat with agressive, sexist, violent, mean-spirited lyrics to go with it. Sorry, but I demand both creativity and optimism with my tunes!
(2 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) |
 | CastleBee (85)
12/25/2004 | I may not listen to it, but that doesn't mean it doesn't float someone else's boat. My mother didn't care for Rock music but that didn't make it any less valid entertainment for those of us who appreciated it.
(1 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) |
 | Djahuti (57)
12/23/2004 | While there is some real talent in this genre,it is few and far between.Most of it is formulated,commercial garbage designed to keep kids ignorant and relieve them of their money.Occasionally,there is a real message being delivered with original music and an irresistable beat-but 90% of the time it's all this crap about bling-bling pimpin and other would-be gangsta posturing.
(1 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) |
 | abichara (63)
12/23/2004 | Rap music lacks any significant message or artistic value. Seems to be dominated by poseurs and low-lives trying to find an easy way to make a name for themselves. The result is a product that is completely shallow, but yet a lot of people buy into it.
(4 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) |
 | SpecialboothvicJr. (10)
12/22/2004 | Really overrated. It's so lame I turn it off. Listen to 80's rap and you'll enjoy it.
(0 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) |
 | Mad Hatter (38)
12/22/2004 | I still can't figure out how this is called music. Would someone put c back on the front of this type of music?
(3 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) |
 | CanadaSucks (50)
09/15/2004 | It is already a parody of itself. What little actual artistic contributions that exist have been glossed over by wanna-bes and no-talent rip-off artists who seem to sample other music and call it their own. Pure style over substance.
(2 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) |
 | Mike Mason777 (1)
09/04/2004 | I'm with GoneAway! It doesn't take much tallent to be a rapper they all sound alike to me and give me a head ache. While the old stuff was o.k. This new stuff is TERRIBLE!
(1 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) |
 | Molfan (60)
08/20/2004 | Not too fond of Rap music. really there are no instruments just poetry in Rap. It must be popular to others since it is still around. I suppose some of it can be clever, not good when it promotes violence either.
(1 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) |
 | Redoedo (41)
08/18/2004 | Senseless noise and hardly what I would call music.
(1 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) |
 | cromulance (1)
08/14/2004 | Although I am annoyed with the current state of mainstream rap, I also get annoyed with people who don't realize that there is rap music with substance out there. Most of it just doesn't get played on the radio or video channels.
(3 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) |
 | scarletfeather (54)
08/14/2004 | Not all rap music is bad, but unfortunately much of it sounds the same. I don't see how anybody could listen to this music all the time.
(1 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) |
 | souljunkie (21)
08/12/2004 |  Rap has always been overrated. When I think of how much great black artists like Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Micheal Jackson, Prince, The Isley Brothers, the list goes on and how much they they were revered and the influence they had on music in their day it makes me sad. Whether you were a fan or a musician you wanted to be like them. I believe rap became popular because of the anger and sence of loss that there is amongst our youth nowadays. If you think its cool to be the loudest mouth in the crowd while your being shocking too, it might be your cup of tea. Being able to rhyme a little is cute but it hardly makes you a musician. I believe it will be a thing of the past soon. I have already noticed how nowadays rap has to have sampled music from a better song, naked women, dancers and vocalist all mixed in for it to sell. Thats because all the ignorant ranting is not interesting enough by itself. DUH! I would not pay a nickel to hear 50 Cent much less go see him. Rap music has brought the black community down a notch in the world of music. It is a shame.
(3 voted this helpful, 0 funny and 0 agree) |
| 1-21 OF 21 | View All |
