Rap

I don't listen to rap as much as I do other genres of music, but I can definitely say that I've dabbled with it. I particularly like rappers who can weave either a story or a message into the words that they use such as Tupac did quite often. To me, rap is a genre of music that requires quite a bit more analyzing. I've found that simply listening to a verse once doesn't allow me to truly grasp what the particular artist was trying to get across with their music, I need to listen to a rap multiple times before I can really wrap my head around the words. Rap culture has played a large role in molding society into what it is today. Yes, many artists incorporate misogyny and racism into their music, which is what turns a lot of people off of the genre from the get go, but I've found that if you muscle through that, rap has a lot to offer. Tupac in particular, despite the elements of sexism, brought a lot of important issues such as poverty, racism, and other struggles of people in lower socioeconomic classes into the spotlight, which makes him an incredibly important figure in the music scene in general. I'm not going to lie, I'm not an expert on rap. However, the purpose of this blog isn't for me to give expert opinions on topics, it's for me to observe these subjects and spit back what they mean to me and what I take away from them, which is what I'm doing here. Many people dislike rap, but I feel that those are just the people that aren't able to get past the negative aspects to get to the underlying or overt messages put forth by various rappers. Love it or hate it, rap music is a part of our culture and it's not going anywhere so you might as well try to get something out of it instead of going out of your way to avoid it altogether.