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Rap...

I hate it. I mean, it's great that people can get famous by wearing baggy clothes, making up words that they think are cool, and getting up and talking on stage, but seriously - where's the talent? The prerequisite for music should be musical ability, not making up beats on a computer and having it loop back while one rhymes along to it for 3 or so minutes. I'm not saying that rap should be abolished from the face of the Earth, but I seriously think that rappers could improve themselves. In fact, I think there's even hope for it to make great music...that is if the style of rap attempts to incorporate music. Look at Mat Kearney: he's one of my all-time faves. He successfully mixed his alternative/pop (similar to Jack Johnson) with rap, and it sounds great!! He doesn't make up ridiculous words to rhyme things, he doesn't say his name in his songs (which is one of the all-time lamest things that rappers do), and he raps about true life experiences with MUSIC accompanying him. So rappers, drop the beat machine, computer, or whatever it is you use, grab a dictionary, and stop talking about your own name, how cops suck, and don't remind us that you drive an Escalade.

Thanks.

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