Assessing if rap can really be considered music 38 Articles

by Louisa Cadwell

Regardless of personal taste, rap is most definitly a form of music. Looking at the facts & paying close attention to widely accepted dictionary definitions, it becomes abundantly apparent that to deny rap as a musical gen...read more

by Danielle Alexandria

The great debate of whether or not rap is art or music is waged in futility. People are asking the wrong question. People are uneducated. There is a very distinct difference between rap and hip hop, first and foremost. Rap...read more

by Stephanie L. Bryant

Just because it is unconventional doesn't mean that rap is not music... Of course it is music. It is true that a lot of rap these days are vulgar and have no moral value at all... but it goes the same with all music the...read more

by Joe Wrighter

I should preface this article by revealing my own musical tastes. Rap is not really my thing; I'm definitely more of a rock and roll guy. Rap is basically relegated to the same ranks as Britney Spears and country in my cho...read more

by Chris Cobbs

Before anyone writes rap off as not being music I would ask them to listen to some with a more open mind. There is so much more to hip hop than what you hear and see in the few songs played on MTV. First of all, the...read more

by cj stidham

I am a 49 year old woman. I hated Rap. I still hate some of it. The nasty language etc. My son, aged 23 loves it. I never wanted it to be loud enough for me to here it. The family complained about having to listen to it.He...read more

by Jimi Cartwright

Rap is a genre that is constantly being criticized for one reason or another. It has taken heat from many on everything from the lyrics, to the images associated with it, to whether or not it can even be considered "real" ...read more

by Tom Emery

Having seen rappers perform live with actual bands (Atmosphere and Lupe Fiasco are two examples that immediately spring to mind) it is hard to say that rap is not music because the last time I checked, a person playing an ...read more

by Aurora Kruck

I am a 22 year old woman and my belief is that; rap could have been deemed music about 20 years ago. Now it is has become utter nonsense. Fact number one: the words being said in most rap songs aren't even WORDS, it's all ...read more

by Alex Barnes

YES! It is music, not only is it the most popular genre of today, it ties in the best of all genres of music past. The genre pays homage to the old school soul, R&B, funk, classic rock, folk and classical orchestral genre...read more

by Amarie Tidwell

To restate your claim, "can rap music really be considered Music?" In my opinion the definition of music is a form of entertainment That is pure where anyone can be who they are. Never the less Music is open to ridicule ...read more

by Billy Sunshine

Is Rap really music? Of course Rap is music. What else would it be? Not only is rap music, but it is the foundation of a whole subculture. Rap and Hip Hop sometimes get criticism because of the prevalence of Turntable D...read more

by Crescen Coggins

The question here is, if Rap is not music then what is it? If a person cannot place it in a suitable category other than music then this article is a waste of time. Whats even more ridiculous about this argument is that a...read more

by Golden Chocolate

Rap music is just like any other music out there today. It tells a story about the rap artist's world. For some strange reason, rap music has been criticized about whether it is considered music or not for years. There is ...read more

by Tye Holland

When defining the true meaning of rap, you have to go back to its origin. Rap started off being something positive for the urban community. It did however depict the lifestyles that were led in the less fortunate neighborh...read more

by Caroline Crumplin

Rap has been criticized to the point where people will say "It is only a poem with a drum beat in the background, therefore it is not music". It is hard to believe this. Is a drum beat not music? It'll take music knowledge...read more

by Thomas Hews

With the way the music scene is corrently swaying, Im certain that this question had to be asked at some point; can rap really be considered music? Well, before the question is answered, I must profess my own musical prefe...read more

by Kenneth Dunn

Hows everybody yes I think Rap is consider a form of music it's apart of a culture which is called hiphop so yes I think rap is a form of music I mean me myself being involved in the industry and feeling passionate about t...read more

by Ms. D. Bleu

Seriously? Haven't we come far enough to not still be debating this topic? Hip-Hop music has become the most economically viable form of expression on the planet. Seriously. Look it up. Hip-Hop is a blend of call-and-re...read more

by Lissa Tuma

Rap, when I think of rap I think of skilled talking. Talking to a beat and making what you say come across in a very fresh and rhythmic way. If that isn't music then nothing is. I do not condone rap as most of it is crude ...read more