by Jon2JZ » Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:21 am
I agree with what megaman has been saying. Rap is more than music, it's a culture. Rap (or Hip-Hop) in my opinion, is also a way of being expressive, an art form of "Freedom of Speech". Rap also contains "messages".
Honestly though, I dont listen to maintream rap, I listen to "Underground Hip-Hop" like Immortal Technique, Jedi Mind Tricks, Hieroglyphics, Non Phixion and so on, they dont rap about stuff like the maintream rappers you see on MTV, they spit their own vision of the truth in expressive manner. I do give credit to 2pac (RIP), The Game and Kanye West though. They are deep.