re: Serious question: why do older people hate rap so much?

I thought this said "rape" because I was skimming quickly and thought you might have been Trillhog.

Occam’s razor should have ended the thread at post 2.

I will add that it has been around 30 years and it is same shite different decade

because its crappy music

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I’m under 40 and rap is an abortion of music.

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glorifies behavior that has destroyed black families and communities. And it sucks.

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Sanger is smiling up at us.

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There is nothing musical about rap.

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Hmm........

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BIG K.R.I.T. RECOUNTS STUDIO SESSION WITH B.B. KING, CREATING “PRAYING MAN”

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"Praying Man," the album's penultimate cut, painted a picture of three different slave narratives in its verses. Adding to the power of the track, it featured vocals and guitar playing from musical legend B.B. King. Big K.R.I.T. explained to XXLMag.com how the concept for the song came about, what it took to get B.B. King on the record, what it was like being in the studio with him, and more. 

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In the beginning, I was just working on a record, and I wanted to make something super impactful. I kind of came up with the hook first, and then coming up with the verses. But I didn’t want it to be about me. I wanted to kind of step outside of myself and write a song in the perspective of what I think somebody may feel or how I think somebody may look at the situation that they’re in that they never wanted to be in or that they never thought they’d be in. 

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When I finished the record, we had already been riding around listening to it a lot. It came about one day in a general conversation between me, DJ Wally Sparks, and Big Sant, like, “Yo, what if I put B.B. King on this record?” And we all kind of sat back and laughed about it, like, “Yo, that would be crazy!” But you never really think you can make some shite like that happen.

Over time, I took it super seriously. Like, “OK, what if I really got B.B. King on this record? This is a very powerful record. And I think being able to tie the two generations together to get somebody that’s so impactful in music to be a part of this song, lord willing, would make people pay more attention to this record. And the content, and where I was tryna go, and hopefully open people’s eyes up about something that’s still super sensitive

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I got the opportunity to go to Las Vegas and record with him. He sat down and sung the hook. I was in the studio when he sung the hook. And he actually sat down and played the guitar on the song—which, for me, was a monumental moment in my life. You’re talking about someone I’ve seen countless times on television—documentaries, live performances on television—mad books. And he’s sitting right there, playing the guitar over a song that I produced, and singing a hook that I had the opportunity to write.

It was mind blowing, to be honest with you. I walk in, and he was just chillin’. “Hey,” you know what I’m sayin’? I’m like, “Hey, you B.B. King!” It’s one of those situations where you meet somebody and you immediately look around the room, Does everybody else see this?

He was super cool. He told me about touring life, and staying consistent, believing in yourself, making music that comes from your heart. How it was to work with a lot of his friends, like Eric Clapton and John Mayer. It was crazy.

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Big K.R.I.T. Praying Man Feat. B.B. King

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It seems that people over 40 lose their minds every time a rap song comes on.

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Obviously you’ve never been to a wedding reception or Mardi Gras ball when “Cash Money Records takin over for the ‘99 and the 2000’s” drops

I'm 44 and love a lot of rap, not so much the new stuff because it's not really rap. They just kind of talk with no rythym. I do like "Energy" by Drake a lot though.

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Yeah, 80s hair bands sucked as much as rap does.

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Hair metal as a genre was cheesy and shallow. While there are a few select songs I like for nostalgic reasons, I was damn glad when that era was over.

I can totally understand why many people hated it.

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they rap about drugs and fricking girls

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oh no

I hate those things

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Have you ever made a beat on the computer?

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Yes I have. It's not hard. I could grab a random person and have them producing beats on Pro tools, Reason, etc within a couple of days. They would be very proficient within a month or two.

Now if I take that same person and teach them guitar, it will be weeks before they're making chords, months before they're putting them together, and years before they have the knowledge and ability to write their own music.

All that said, I liked rap when I was 12-15........then I grew up.