Re: Integrity of Rap (was "Rap Poisons Your Mind")

Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 02:54:37 -0500
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.percussion
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mhf <email-address-deleted> wrote:
> You want to hear killer grooves find some stuff with Steve Gadd on it
> or any old James Brown stuff would do. How anyone can take this hip
> hop or rap serious as music and to actually find anything good about
> it is beyond me.
>
>
> Mike
Mike, I completely agree with you that some great grooves can be found in
the classics... but that doesn't discredit new music to be void of talent.
If you want to hear great mastery of melody, you can go to Mozart... but
that doesn't mean rock and other popular genres don't have notable artists
who can create killer melodies.
It's a matter of giving something new a chance (and yes, in the historical
perspective, rap is relatively new). I used to be with you -- my favorite
saying was "rap is crap;" if there wasn't at least one guitarist, it wasn't
worth listening to (I was a big hard rock / metal fan). But then I decided
that I wasn't going to be so closed-minded... and what a world of treasures
have been opened for me! I've grown a strong appreciation for some music in
almost every genre (still having a little trouble finding techno music that
I like). Whether it is Classical chamber music or heavy metal or bluegrass
or rap, there's something out there that took skill and pure talent to
create -- I'm not going to deny myself of good music that's out there. But
if you don't want to, hey, it's your life, your loss.
--
Kevin Buffardi
"Rockstars -- is there
anything they don't know?" -Homer Simpson