I'm not saying that although if you want me to get into how little musical talent it takes to make a hit rap beat I could. No I'm saying that most rap songs, even indie rap songs dont have very weighty lyrics. Theyre just a compilation of pretty sounds. now granted, a lot of rap artists are very intelligent and dedicated people and with intelligence and dedication comes a well produced work but I'm saying the whole idea of having a musical style that relies so heavily on the beat and largely ignores complex composition is only made for the purpose of appealing to a base side of us rather than the intellectual human side. That's why people grind to little john and not Dave Brubeck. I can see why so many people like rap and how they will hotly defend something thats given them so much enjoyment, but that doesnt change the fact that it is on a sheer musical level on the bottom rung of the ladder.