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When will rap music be less mainstream?

First time I heard MC Hammer’s song many years ago, I like the rhythm and thought it is quite unique. After that, all kinds of rap music pop up. I never thought rap music would be mainstream for such a long time in US. If you look at the music award ceremonies, you will find it being flooded with rap music. Sometimes I am not even sure rap can be considered as song because you don’t sing but speak. Now you start to hear rap music in some other languages like Chinese, Japanese and Korean that don’t sound good in rap format. It would be interesting to hear rap music in Italian.

Time will tell if a song is good or not. A song is good if somebody want to play it for their loved ones on the radio 20 years later. I can’t imagine someone will play a rap for their beloved one 20 years later. Just curious if any A’gon member keep any rap collection?

Besides rap, I also have a feeling that the music industry in general is getting cheesy now. American Idol show gets huge attention while lots of singers perform at the bar or hotel can easily sing better than the idols. The show also asked Barbara Streisand if she watched the show and who was her favorite idol. What do you expect her to answer? People said Justin Timberlake is very talented singer/songwriter. I know him because I saw lots of headshot of him on commercials and magazines, but can you name any popular/well known song from him?
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kmulkey
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"People said Justin Timberlake is very talented singer/songwriter. I know him because I saw lots of headshot of him on commercials and magazines, but can you name any popular/well known song from him?"

Good question/point. I know I can't and I have a 24 year old daughter who started listening to music when he first hit the scene.
I'm kind of rigid with this but I tend to think a lot less of stuff that's called "music" when no one anywhere in the studio played an instrument during the creation.
I know, drum machines, etc, have been around for years but the vast majority, if not all, of the music you hear on Dylans stuff or Bob Segers stuff or Pearl Jams stuff emanates from a real guitar and a real drum set.
slikric3000
638 posts
 
When will rap music be less mainstream, not soon enough for me. I find rap lyrics a bit like nursery rymes, not much artistry goes into it. I guess you gotta keep it simple for that crowd of people with low IQ. I have Beastie Boys - Check Your Head and Anthrax - Killer B's, not rap rap but in the sense.
bwp
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I really don't pay attention to ANY mainstream music, it has been years since I listened to the radio. There is a whole world of music waiting to be discovered on the internet, many young people are just too lazy to search it out. Kids also have the pressure of fitting in so they tend to like what everyone else likes and are easily influenced by the media. As long as corporate america is making money off selling the "hip hop is cool" image it will always be mainstream.
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