Rap is just somebody getting something off his chest. That's all it is.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Rap is only one end of a whole spectrum of verbal play and virtuosity. Rap is geared for aural pleasure.
I'm not really into rap.
I don't like rap music at all. I don't think it's music. It's just a beat and rapping.
The problem is that rap is so often a caricature of its own image. Nobody comes to the table with the seriousness of the effect that it can have; nobody is prepared for that.
Rap is poetry set to music. But to me it's like a jackhammer.
I've never been a rap guy, I don't really know that much about rap music, to be honest. I like it, but I think what really happened was just my music seems to work so well with rap music.
Rap is rhythm and poetry. Hip-hop is storytelling and poetry as well.
Rap was started by black people and, thus, is at the foundation of black culture. So people cannot always wrap their minds around someone like me being inspired by it. But if you listen to the things we're saying, they're authentically us.
Rap is poetry to music, like beatniks without beards and bongos.
Rap is just to me very annoying.