Rap/Hip-Hop > Rock

[TheGenius]

It's true, hip hop is better than rock music (IMO). Hip hop is more lyrical and samples loops from classic music in jazz, blues, soul, funk, r&b, and rock.

[Karen*]

Eeeehhh...I like em both the same. But just the moderate stuff for both genres.

[chopshop]

get a life dude. why do you think rock is making a come back. cus hip hop has sucked for the past couple of years. good hip hop died in the mid 90's. maybe it will come back. who knows

[platinumblondelife]

Originally Posted by chopshop

get a life dude. why do you think rock is making a come back. cus hip hop has sucked for the past couple of years. good hip hop died in the mid 90's. maybe it will come back. who knows

Um...Rock hasnt made a comeback. All you hear on popular radio mostly is hip hop and r&b...so, what are you talking about..? There hasnt even been a non hip hop/rnb #1 that's not from an American Idol, since fricken 2001...
Lets look at the top 10 on the hot 100 as of now:
1. Check On It - Beyonce
2. You're Beautiful - James Blunt
3. Grillz - Nelly
4. Temperature - Sean Paul
5. Be Without You - Mary J. Blige
6. Im N Luv Wit a Stripper - T-Pain
7. Yo - Chris Brown
8. So Sick - Ne-Yo
9. Unwritten - Natasha Bedingfield
10. Shake That - Eminem feat. Nate Dogg

none of them are rock. I like rock, but lets not fool ourselves, it's not doing well right now...

[MaydayMalonesGirl]

Originally Posted by TheGenius

It's true, hip hop is better than rock music (IMO). Hip hop is more lyrical and samples loops from classic music in jazz, blues, soul, funk, r&b, and rock.

What exactly do you mean by lyrical? I don't want to say that all rap music lacks in any true meaning, because I know that that probably isn't true. But a lot of the mainstream rap music I've heard is extremely shallow lyrically.

I'm not passing judgement, I'm just wondering what you meant.

[Heart Shaped Box]

Honestly, the rap songs I ever hear are ones about either hooking up with a girl, having sex with a girl, or something with drugs. For god sake's, Nelly's lyrics were about his teeth..

[TheGenius]

Originally Posted by MaydayMalonesGirl

What exactly do you mean by lyrical? I don't want to say that all rap music lacks in any true meaning, because I know that that probably isn't true. But a lot of the mainstream rap music I've heard is extremely shallow lyrically.

I'm not passing judgement, I'm just wondering what you meant.

I agree, a lot of the hip hop on the radio and in the clubs is horrendous lyrically, but there's a lot of other hip hop out there, not just underground, but artists like Jay-Z, Nas, Wu-Tang Clan, Common, and others who have some of the most intelligent lyrics. Plus I say hip hop is lyrically superior to rock because the style allows for better execution of lyrical poetic devices such as alliteration and rhyme scheme.

[TheGenius]

Originally Posted by chopshop

get a life dude. why do you think rock is making a come back. cus hip hop has sucked for the past couple of years. good hip hop died in the mid 90's. maybe it will come back. who knows

U ?
Tell me how that hateraide tastes.

[Dr. Thong]

Originally Posted by TheGenius

It's true, hip hop is better than rock music (IMO). Hip hop is more lyrical and samples loops from classic music in jazz, blues, soul, funk, r&b, and rock.

And those sampled loops are from songs written by actual musicians who took the time to learn how to play instruments and write songs, which can be a painstaking process.

I'm not impressed by someone who pushes a button on a sampler, cops someone else's groove and then raps over it to a computerized drum machine beat.

When I heard Puff Daddy's "I'll Be Missing You," I rolled my eyes, thinking that was a great song when The Police wrote and performed it 15 years earlier as "Every Breath You Take." If you can't come up with your own song, why bother?

But you know what? That's just my opinion. Hip hop and rap have done very well without my patronage, so I'm sure 25 Cent is doing fine without me as a fan.

[Steve M.]

Originally Posted by platinumblondelife

Um...Rock hasnt made a comeback. All you hear on popular radio mostly is hip hop and r&b...so, what are you talking about..? There hasnt even been a non hip hop/rnb #1 that's not from an American Idol, since fricken 2001...
Lets look at the top 10 on the hot 100 as of now:
1. Check On It - Beyonce
2. You're Beautiful - James Blunt
3. Grillz - Nelly
4. Temperature - Sean Paul
5. Be Without You - Mary J. Blige
6. Im N Luv Wit a Stripper - T-Pain
7. Yo - Chris Brown
8. So Sick - Ne-Yo
9. Unwritten - Natasha Bedingfield
10. Shake That - Eminem feat. Nate Dogg

none of them are rock. I like rock, but lets not fool ourselves, it's not doing well right now...

Amoing the reasons rock isn't doing so well:

1) Most radio stations don't want to bother with promoting rock acts due to a little thing called "demographics." Most rock fans are older, and radio stations reccord companies want to attract young people.

2) Rock became too white and too male. The white male percentage of the U.S. population is dropping like a stone - and young white guys like hip-hop anyway.

3) When record comapnies do sign rock acts, they sign acts your parents could be comfortable listening to. Your parents could be comfortable listening to New Age as well! Rock is supposed to offend your parents.

4) The rock bands that get a lot of attention today are filled with the kind of guys Tom Petty said you once joined a rock and roll band to get away from.

5) While there are several bands that could shake rock out of its complacency, record companies don't want to sign them because they're not "safe." Besides, they'd rather stick with signing hip-hop acts so they can attract that "young" demographic.

6) Russell Simmons is hell-bent on destroying rock so he, his brother, and their friends can sell more hip-hop records.

7) Madonna is hell-bent on destroying rock so she, Brintey Spears, and other assorted floozies can sell more dance records.

8) The only rock radio you hear anymore, at least in hip-hop-happy New York, is on public radio. What sort of loser listens to public radio? Oh, that's right - me!

9) Rock bands are so corporate and conservative, it's hard to tell the difference between one and the other.

10) Colonel Mustard did it in the conservatory with the candlestick.

(Kidding! )

[Steve M.]

Originally Posted by Dr. Thong

Hip hop and rap have done very well without my patronage, so I'm sure 25 Cent is doing fine without me as a fan.

25 Cent should change his name to Shave and a Haircut.

(Two bits!)

[EmoJoe]

ok...um. no

[EmoJoe]

Originally Posted by TheGenius

U ?
Tell me how that hateraide tastes.

lol WTF?!?

[EmoJoe]

Originally Posted by MaydayMalonesGirl

What exactly do you mean by lyrical? I don't want to say that all rap music lacks in any true meaning, because I know that that probably isn't true. But a lot of the mainstream rap music I've heard is extremely shallow lyrically.

I'm not passing judgement, I'm just wondering what you meant.

[MaydayMalonesGirl]

Originally Posted by TheGenius

I agree, a lot of the hip hop on the radio and in the clubs is horrendous lyrically, but there's a lot of other hip hop out there, not just underground, but artists like Jay-Z, Nas, Wu-Tang Clan, Common, and others who have some of the most intelligent lyrics. Plus I say hip hop is lyrically superior to rock because the style allows for better execution of lyrical poetic devices such as alliteration and rhyme scheme.

I understand what you're saying. But you have to understand that there are so many different types of "rock" music, as well as so many different types of "hip hop" music. I listen to a majority of alternative bands, many of who have lyrically inspired me so much. I think that you have to have an overall knowledge of all types of music to be able to make a fair judgement of which is the best.

I'd personally love to expand my listening habits to include some hip-hop, but I have no desire to listen to someone rapping about getting shot and having sex, and that's all I've really heard out of the genre. I guess I'm a bit ignorant.