Birdnow's Aviary

October 26, 2022

About that Rap Crap...

Warner Todd Huston

So, we are thirty years into the benighted era of rap "music," and have you noticed something? No rap songs are making it into the commonly used songs for TV, commercials, and movies.

Once in a while you hear "Hammer Time," or "Baby Got Back," or "Ice, Ice Baby," but you almost never hear and other rap songs as a backdrop to a commercial or movie soundtrack. And most of the time those particular songs are used more for comic effect.

But you always hear Rollings Stones songs, Beatles, songs such as "London Calling," "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," "Singing in the Rain," "Born to be Wild," "Back in Black," etc., etc. But never much of any rap at all.

Why? Because rap is garbage. It has no wider appeal past a subset of people. It isn't melodic, it isn't memorable, it is rooted in hate and avarice, and it just has no capacity to be a greater cultural touchstone like the old standbys of 50 years ago and more.

It's just more evidence that rap music has no redeemable traits.

Tim adds:

Rap was not an organic, natural phenomenon. It was, rather, a creation of the big cultural gatekeepers to promote societal change. The music industry pushed it for years before it "caught on" - something it really didn't ever do with the general population. As a result it does not have any real presence in our culture outside of the approved channels.

Most people just don't like it.

It is misogynistic, sexually deviant, violent, and does not even speak to the culture which is at the root. Most black people do not have any real affinity with what is being promoted and discussed in rap "songs". Some of the kids want to, and try to emulate the rappers, but even that is nothing but phony baloney fake posing. All it has done is encourage bad behavior by kids who don't know any better. But it has no real cultural roots.

I will be glad when it finally dies the death it deserves. It only exists because some Progressive dipwads want it to influence our culture.

One last point; there is not a single rap Christmas song as far as I'm aware. Or Patriotic rap song. Unless you can discuss killing people and having sex with "hoes" you have no rap. Does anyone think this music will be remembered by future generations? It will be, but as a cautionary thing, something to show the decadence and mental breakdown of America.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at 10:30 AM | Comments (6) | Add Comment
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1 TOTALLY agree, Warner. And this garbage will NEVER find its way into what's normally called "The Great American Songbook!"

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at October 26, 2022 10:41 PM (551jX)

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Posted by: smmheart at October 27, 2022 03:41 AM (8wo3M)

3 I agree with you. Despite the fact that there are those in which there is some kind of melody. And I agree that the main problem is what the rap says. | Cat sitting

Posted by: Becky at October 27, 2022 06:19 AM (DgvT/)

4 I can't seee it happening Dana. But if you change America enough and eliminate the great songbook...

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at October 27, 2022 08:28 AM (3BNSK)

5 Very true Becky. I've heard some with a modicum of melody, but not many, and not the 'true' rap.

Yep - the lyrics are a huge part of what makes rap total crap in my mind.

Thanks for a good comment.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at October 27, 2022 08:29 AM (3BNSK)

6 No rap songs are making it into the commonly used songs for TV, commercials, and movies.

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