Quote Originally Posted by NMTBxxHTSP
People who know about music and play music themselves hear rap & hip hop for what it is; a drum machine, a synth track, and some less-than-well educated jackass shooting his mouth off.
Amen. I stopped listening to rap and started appreciating music more. I love how guitars sound, and how you KNOW that at certain parts, the person playing is GOOD and deserves appreciation for their hours and hours of practice and expanding their knowledge of music to learn how to read and write it as well as play it.

Not to diss all rap, yeah I hate it, but whatever you wanna listen to. There is a difference between well thought out and well-played music and "rap".