Proof that Hip-Hop is a talentless genre

[Fawqueue]

First off, just to be clear, there's plenty of hip-hop songs I enjoy. But I stumbled across this video, and it's just been proven to me that the genre is 99% post-production.

If you've seen the "They rapin' ev'rbody out here!" guy, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about.

http://="http://www.funnyordie.com/v...utotune-remix"

[azeth]

hip hop and rap are the only genres i subscribe to for lyrics and bass. With any other genre I appreciate only the talent of the musicians herego why I exclusively listen to post rock.

[Fawqueue]

Originally Posted by Fourthmeal [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The Roots are all excellent musicians

Agreed, they fall into that other 1%.

[taxi2]

Lol its a fail argument. Let me prove to you that punk rock sucks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ht5RZpzPqw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAbcgmwq3EU

But its not punk rock you say? Well there lies the fallacy

Alot of people who criticize hiphop have no knowledge of the genre and alot of the times its based on stupid shit like "its not music" and you can generally dismiss these kind of critics as racists who will find anything to rag on what black people do. (Im not saying thats what the op is though, just saying his argument is invalid cuz that music isnt hiphop)

Here are some actual hiphop artists:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZErZm8lMMm8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nruVyJmtcqo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjCHXJA9D9E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBlMrGgpwXE

Again, to re-iterate, you cant cite commercial horse shit and call it hiphop

And i know the bands i linked are old, im just outta touch with hiphop having drifted to other genres over the years, but i heard a DJ play some recent stuff and it was 2 hours of solid hiphop, its just underground, once again.

[Fawqueue]

I should make myself clear as well, since taxi brings up a good point. When I say "Hip-Hop" I specifically mean the top40 stuff you hear on the "Hip-Hop" stations. I like plenty of artists in the genre, but most of them get little or no air-play. But the ones that do sound exactly like the link I posted. As a matter of fact, if I had heard that on the radio and not online, I wouldn't have known the difference. That's all I was saying.

[Slade_the_Slide]

There's very little rap/hip-hop I listen to, for those very reasons. I do however have an affinity for early 90's west coast hip-hop/rap. I dunno, the sound and style I dig, not sure why. Most music in general past 1995 I can't listen to though. Just my preference.

[ShadowWulf]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHK8WbrlaZY

Fuck hip hop and rap.

[taxi2]

Originally Posted by ShadowWulf [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHK8WbrlaZY

Fuck hip hop and rap.

aww man thats awful awful music. But hey, singer killed his wife and tried to kill himself by setting the house on fire afterwards, thats gotta count for something right

[Hasbinbad]

Killer bees on teh swarm.

[ShadowWulf]

Originally Posted by taxi2 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

aww man thats awful awful music. But hey, singer killed his wife and tried to kill himself by setting the house on fire afterwards, thats gotta count for something right

Yep, its better than gang shootings in casinos and pissing on underage girls while making music about how much money one has.
Or we can just go on pretending that a shit ton of musicians are not in fact mentally disturbed in some way, and the harder generas (Metal, hardcore, punk, death, some classic rock nut jobs etc etc) seem to have a much higher concentration than the rest.