Rap music on high-end speakers

Nilthepill, theres lots of music about "pain" that does not exploit it, wallow in self pity, and use it as an excuse to degrade, belittle, insult and threaten others. No other form of music or any type of art that I can think of, does just that, with as much violence, and degradation to women as rap.and they are NOT artists, they just exploit social problems to further themselves and pad their pocket. can't call it music, but then, if you want to pay for it and listen to them whine, scream and swear, thats your problem. feel free, but I do have to agree with you on one point; "country music" is also an oxymoron. but to each his own.

This is an odd thread. 104 posts in response to a request for recommendations of speakers on which to listen to Rap "music," and precious few on point. One of the questions was what to listen for. My recommendation is to listen for the sound of real life. If you attend Rap performances (???), choose speakers that sound the most like live.

Now, I am not going to recommend specific speakers because I don't know what to make of the vast number of speakers on the market. At the moment I am listening to a Zydeco cd, Rosie Ledet's Sweet Brown Sugar, which I am sure many (most?) audiophiles would consider beneath consideration (if not contempt), on Harbeth speakers. My take on Rosie and this cd is you're dead (or a certain portion of your anatomy is all shriveled up) if you don't like her and it.

Harbeth speakers are ideal for every kind of music.

Get up and dance. Nobody cares if you don't know how.

Paulwp, that is a great quote! " Get up and dance. Nobody cares if you don't know how."

I thought so too. Shameless plagiarism. Imitation the sincerest form of flattery and all that. Don't know where I saw it recently, either here or AA, or who is the source.

I only wish someone had told me that when I was much much younger.

To each his own...if TRU likes to listen to Rap, fine. I have some rap albums, too. This is not a thread about tastes, it's about suggesting gear. Although, a black audiophile friend of mine viewed this thread and his comment to me was that someone who matched a system like TRU's with such synergy DOES know how to pick up his own sub. That therefore TRU knew what was going to happen...and that it was intentional.

I understand the point these people who don't consider RAP as music bring up. They just unfortunately bring their prejudices in the postings. The proper way to deal with this is the way Tito Puente did at a concert in my university many years ago. It was two groups: De La Soul and Tito Puente's Orchestra. I didn't know who De La Soul was at the time. They went in first and attempted to be BAD. It was such a mismatch--who in their right mind have these two groups in the same concert? It was almost a riot!!! During the intermission, a voice spoke over the PA system: "No se preocupen, amigos. Los vamos a poner a pedir misericordia." Translation: "Friends, don't worry. We will make them ask for mercy." And so they did. Tito Puente put up such a class act, it made everybody sit down, shut up, and lean forward in their seats...even the university policemen sat down and did the same. The undisputed King of Afro Caribbean percussion was teaching the rappers who was truly THE bad boy of the hood. And with class...Jazz, African rythms, Spanish/Arab music-all masterfully blended and orchestrated by professional musicians.

The street has its place in the music world, but there's much more to it. I don't think De La Soul learned their lesson, though...