Is There Talent in Rap Music?

Date: 6 Mar 2003 11:32:58 -0800
Newsgroups: alt.fan.howard-stern
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Does it take any talent to record a rap song? I mean, it is music
that is spoken, so you don't need a good singing voice. All of the
music is sampled, or on a machine, so you don't have to play any
instruments. 99.9% of rap artists are dumb as fuck, so you need no
brains. Where is the talent? If your song is a hit, it does not mean
it is good, it just means that clubs play it a lot, and eventually it
grows on someone.
So, how can we explain that some no talent ass clown like Ja-Rule can
make more that $20,000 in a year? Maybe that is why most brother do
rap music, is because it takes no effort at all.