It's not so much rap nowadays as it is pop, hip-hop and R&B. Those three genres get marketed FAR too much (and that's an understatement). They don't have hardly any distinguishable qualities from each other, there are so many pop songs that sound the same even from different artists. Even some of the titles are too similar. Take Carrie Underwood and Chris Daughtry, two people that were at the top in AI in the same season. Both of their debut songs were "I'm so over it" by CU and "It's not over" by CD. Both songs sucked yet sold very well because they were marketed.
Pathetic.

@ion-storm

and why is that?
let me guess, you hate emos?

immortal technique... they ain;t bad you know... i just listened to a tune of theres...

You struck a chord, I know exactly how you feel. Ah well. Some people choose to live in ignorance I guess.

As far as rap goes, you gotta check out the underground stuff. Check out Styles of Beyond; their first two albums are great. There really a throwback to great 90's underground rap. They've got a new album coming out this year, too.

If you hate rap, these guys might change your mind. Really, really ingenious lyrics sometimes.

I don't care about what other people like or not... as long as the artists i like have enough success to make a living, and continue to record good music, it's not important if they sell thousands or millions of records... at least not for me... for them, that's another story... but hey, success sometimes "corrupts" people too, and they become less and less creative with it, so...

It's a little bit different in the videogame industry, though, as the console of your choice has to be very successfull if you want to see many good games released on it... if there was a single, universal console, then i'd care only about the games, not the hardware companies... and i'd like some mainstream games and some niche games just the same, as long as i find they are great...

Yeah I think people should listen to heavy stuff like slipknot, disturbed and Korn cuz those bands are awesome and not like the posers in the media.




...But in all seriousness im not a big fan of rap or said bands. As long as im not forced to listen to it i dont mind, i just feel sorry for them.

I don't hate them at all, a lot of my mates like most rap that I hate. I just play them some of my lesser known hip hop and they all ask what it is, just makes me feel great. Same thing with my brother and some of my underground dance tracks. I'm just happy I was blessed with such a broad music taste. And mainstream doesn't always mean bad, although more often then not...

What I HATE though is people that proclaim to hate a whole music genre because of the mainstream. I despise people that make such a damning judgement without being bothered to look into the music, it's so close minded and disgusting to me.

What I don't get is why people concern themselves with other people's interests.

There's people out there that are into 2 girls and 1 cup...but hey...to each their own.

If you didn't concern yourself about other people's interests mancandy, you would not have 1000+ posts on a website such as this :P

Ah, but it is an interest we all share SeriousWB. That's why I am not in the 2 girls 1 cup forum.