Is Rap music dead?

[adriane23]

highwaystar101 said:

adriane23 said:
No, it's just on hiatus. Much like when real rock music had to take a back seat to hair metal (just pop music with screaming). It'll come back, but it'll never be what it was.

The amount of times I've had to explain to people that hair/glam metal is pop with screaming when they find out I'm into metal and ask me if I like Motley Crue or Poison.

OT:  Unfortutantely good rap is losing out on radio air time to make way for a very watered down version of rap, like Nicki Minaj or Lil' Wayne. Rap is not dead though, good stuff is still being produced. I think you just have to go off the beaten track a bit to find it.

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I've just realised that I've come off as a massive music snob. I don't mean to be, I will usually listen to anything once.

LOL someone once started naming Poison songs to me and I just stared at them until they got uncomfortable.

Well, if you really enjoy substance in the music you listen to, there's no way to not come off as a snob. And you know what? That's okay.