To label all music of a single genre as “bad”, “trash”, etc. is simply discrimination - there will often be songs and music you do like out of any genre, but you have to find them.
I’m not big into rap either but there are decent songs in that area and they can indeed qualify as art (subjective as art is) - the fact that they evoke such a strong reaction, however negative, is a sign of that in itself.
The most delicious irony here is that often the same people who complain about rap not being music then have to gall to argue that some non-rapping guys yelling and cussing about the same kind of issues is indeed music. The difference? Probably less effort went into the latter because they don’t bother to rhyme their lyrics as part of the genre - meaning rap generally takes more effort and skill.
To label all music of a single genre as “bad”, “trash”, etc. is simply discrimination - there will often be songs and music you do like out of any genre, but you have to find them.
I’m not big into rap either but there are decent songs in that area and they can indeed qualify as art (subjective as art is) - the fact that they evoke such a strong reaction, however negative, is a sign of that in itself.
The most delicious irony here is that often the same people who complain about rap not being music then have to gall to argue that some non-rapping guys yelling and cussing about the same kind of issues is indeed music. The difference? Probably less effort went into the latter because they don’t bother to rhyme their lyrics as part of the genre - meaning rap generally takes more effort and skill.