Anyone else HATE rap music?

[Rock'n Robin]

With all of this stuff about Don Imus and the comparisons to rap music (i.e. they can sing it but he can't say it), I was wondering who else has a MAJOR problem with rap music. I know my DD#1 has some of it on her IPod--she is 15 and I can't keep her in a bubble. But there have been instances where I actually hear some lyrics and go to her itunes and delete the song. "Candy Shop" comes to mind. I HATE it how these hoodlums make so much money singing about sex and drugs and yes, "hos" and it's all OK, it's "Art". No, it's crap. We have never purchased a rap CD. DD burned a Nelly CD once and once I heard it I threw it in the trash. It reaches so many more teens and kids and ruins the perception of how a woman should be treated, among other things.
But that's my humble opinion.
Robin M.

 

[grinningghost]

Some I like, some I hate. Depends on the song.

 

[Corwin12]

I think rap music is an oxymoron.

 

[Christine]

Well, I try not to think about it. How's that?

I find some of the tunes catchy, at best. I don't mind singing Candy Shop. But, god, when I listen to what they are saying, I just shudder. I guess, as a woman, the songs that bother me the most are how women are viewed in the "hip-hop" world. Songs like "Ridin' Dirty" don't really bother me. But, if you are not a booty-shaking, poledancer wannabe, then you are NOTHING. It truly puts women down. Then I hear my DD (who is almost 16) just singing away to it. She laughs at it, mainly, but I often have to wonder about women who have low self-esteem who feel that this is the way things really are.

 

[Not so Dumbo]

 

[kimmikayb]

It depends on the song, but most of it I absolutely hate. There are just a very few I will just listen to. Some of the rap songs I've heard I can't even believe it can be played on the radio!

 

[ugadog99]

I think rap music is an oxymoron.

I have very eclectic tastes in music, however, I just do not get the interest in rap.

 

[Amlee]

I bought my nieces (14 and 10) Ipods a few years back. I had them make a list of songs they wanted so I could download them. Some of their songs didn't make it on there as I refused to do them.

While I can't stand rap and it's like finger nails on a chalkboard to me. I will not put up with any music or "artist" that makes degrading comments toward race, women, or people in general. Nor will my nieces or nephews get such music from me.

Some of the cartoons are also being added to that list.

 

[Robinrs]

Nope, can't stand it.... I also hate Country music so go figure!

 

[Micca]

I believe music is intrinsically a good thing. Doesn't matter if I like it or not, if it's doing something for somebody, that's good enough. I don't listen to rap music, but to each his own.

 

[ZipaDeeDooDah]

I don't mind some of the rap music, but I cannot STAND rap videos (not that I watch a lot of music videos!) But it is like watching the same video over and over and over again. Why are all rap videos the same?

 

[djm99]

I try to focus on things I love not so much on things I hate or dislike. I love Disney, I love how Disney makes me feel when I there (like a kid). I love the smell of the first summer rain. I love 80 degree weather. I love my family (DD7) pictured below - DH in the background. I love so many things, I can't type them all. And of course, I love disboards, when they are kind to others.

 

[Fitswimmer]

My DN was into it for a while, and I listened to what she listened too so we could talk about what was being said. I wanted her to listen critically to music-all music, so when she first started choosing CD's for herself I encouraged her to bring them in the car with us when we took trips or went out so we could listen together. She's in college now and we still talk about the music she listens to and I really enjoy it. We've analyzed Eminem, Ludacris, Pink, Anna Nalik, Madonna, The Beatles and John Mayer to name a few.

I've listened to a few rap songs that I've liked, a few that I've hated, and a few that I've hated but learned something by listening to them and talking about them. My iPod has some rap on it, mostly for my workout mixes-some of those songs are really good to jog with.

 

[LilyWDW]

I personally do not have any rap CD's and don't search the radio for it, but honestly to each their own. Some of it I enjoy, most of it I do not. I am a fan of Cam'ron and his "crew" which my boyfriend exposed me to. Unlike most "artist" Cam seems to have a bit more of a style that is his own; much different then 50 and Diddy in my opinion.

If you don't like it, then you don't have to listen to it.

 

[mickeyhat]

DH Loves it and I hate it. We compromise with any kind of Disney music. We did get some funny looks (in our late 20s before we had DS) blasting Hakuna Matata in traffic, but who cares?

 

[Poohbear123]

It depends on the song, but most of it I absolutely hate. There are just a very few I will just listen to. Some of the rap songs I've heard I can't even believe it can be played on the radio!

I agree, although the whole song is bleeped out, on some of them. Apparantly its OK to say HO in a song by famous rap stars, but if said by Imus it isn't.

 

[Alyssa88]

I know alot of music that says worse things, but they don't seem to get much attention from the older generations, probably because it is similar to the music genre they grew up with.

To the older folks, I think the problem you guys have wth rap is similar to the one your parents had with Rock n Roll and the problem I will have with whatever the hoodlums at that time are listneing to.

I have eclectic music tastes, I like petty much everything. I really don't find much country or rap to be of my tastes but there are a few groups or artists that stick out to me.

 

[pearlieq]

I enjoy some of it, not all. I don't like the harder stuff, but I love the funk-inspired more pop-ish songs.

As with lots of stuff, it can contain adult content and needs to be understood in context by a mature listener.

Rap certainly doesn't hold a monopoly on adult content, though, so it's silly to hold one's self up as a paragon of moral virtue simply because you don't like rap!

 

[DISUNC]

I like Rap as much as I like getting my teeth drilled!!!

 

[tinkerbelt]

I'm not really a big fan of commercialized rap, but there are some really amazing, intelligent, talented hip hop artists out there, and it makes me sad that their positive messages get ignored because of the glamorization of some of the negative messages in rap music.