Mitheral
"Growf!"
Okay, without getting over dramatic, I stated an opinion that I didn't like Rap. Got some flak for that, called a racist, etc. I never even considered the origins of Rap. I just don't like the way it sounds. At least ... I never liked it when I listened to it in the past. But the last time I did was probably over 20 years ago. Someone rightly pointed out that it has changed. (I have a mathematical mind. If something changes that much, is it even still the same thing?)
To be fair, there are some examples that I liked. Gangster Paradise is one of those exceptions. But I was told that was more hip hop. Is Hip Hop considered Rap? Rap, as far as I know, fails to meet the Oxford definition of music. It lacks harmony. But then, Ain't isn't a word and I use it all the time. (Is the word ain't in the dictionary? I'll look later. Language changes. Music changes. Fair enough.
Now my point:
Prove me wrong. Change my mind. My parents didn't have a very open mind. I do.
I am looking for submissions of links to YouTube music videos preferably with the lyrics. Submissions need to be formatted. I am going to critique them as honestly as I can. I want 3 songs from each of three artists from each genre below. (That's 3x3x22 songs. At 3-5 minutes apiece that is about 13 hours of listening time. Plus time to critique each artist and genre.)
I will keep a list below with submissions. I was originally only going to allow 20 submissions, but didn't realize how many genres there were. Any submission not formatted correctly will be ignored.
Format
Genre
Artist
Song Name (use Insert Link on the song's name)
Lyrics (if not in the music video. Again use Insert Link.
Example:
Country
Eddie Arnold (1959)
Tennessee Stud
Lyrics
LOL, so yourself a favor and do NOT click on the song link - unless you want your ears assaulted. My dad used to have this along with dozens of similar songs to torture us with on reel to reel (sort of a giant cassette tape from before the days of 8 track which was before cassette tape which was before CD which was before ...).
From a site titled: 22 Rap Genres That Define the Evolution of Rhyme and Beat
To be fair, there are some examples that I liked. Gangster Paradise is one of those exceptions. But I was told that was more hip hop. Is Hip Hop considered Rap? Rap, as far as I know, fails to meet the Oxford definition of music. It lacks harmony. But then, Ain't isn't a word and I use it all the time. (Is the word ain't in the dictionary? I'll look later. Language changes. Music changes. Fair enough.
Now my point:
Prove me wrong. Change my mind. My parents didn't have a very open mind. I do.
I am looking for submissions of links to YouTube music videos preferably with the lyrics. Submissions need to be formatted. I am going to critique them as honestly as I can. I want 3 songs from each of three artists from each genre below. (That's 3x3x22 songs. At 3-5 minutes apiece that is about 13 hours of listening time. Plus time to critique each artist and genre.)
I will keep a list below with submissions. I was originally only going to allow 20 submissions, but didn't realize how many genres there were. Any submission not formatted correctly will be ignored.
Format
Genre
Artist
Song Name (use Insert Link on the song's name)
Lyrics (if not in the music video. Again use Insert Link.
Example:
Country
Eddie Arnold (1959)
Tennessee Stud
Lyrics
LOL, so yourself a favor and do NOT click on the song link - unless you want your ears assaulted. My dad used to have this along with dozens of similar songs to torture us with on reel to reel (sort of a giant cassette tape from before the days of 8 track which was before cassette tape which was before CD which was before ...).
From a site titled: 22 Rap Genres That Define the Evolution of Rhyme and Beat
Old school.
Boom-bap.
Jazz rap.
Trap.
Mumble rap.
Rap rock.
Country trap.
Gangsta rap.
Crunk
Drill
Emo rap
Grime
UK Drill
Bounce
Horrorcore
Latin trap
Conscious hip-hop
Soundcloud rap
Hyphy
Lo-fi hip-hop
G-funk
Footwork
Boom-bap.
Jazz rap.
Trap.
Mumble rap.
Rap rock.
Country trap.
Gangsta rap.
Crunk
Drill
Emo rap
Grime
UK Drill
Bounce
Horrorcore
Latin trap
Conscious hip-hop
Soundcloud rap
Hyphy
Lo-fi hip-hop
G-funk
Footwork
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