I know mainstream rap is homogeneous...

But this...

...this is getting ridiculous. All of these songs sound the same and they're all on the radio right now.

 

i ****ing hate how it's becoming a standard thing for songs to "feature" someone.

 

yo, fancy is a bombin track don't ****in diss

 

my honest opinion on these songs;

Spoiler

 

Iggy Azalea is shit.

 

Looks/sounds like shit to me

 

And that's why I listen music from '80 to '90. It's rare find something good now.

 

please look harder.

 

My view on 99.98% of rap is this

 

The song Fancy sucks, but Charlie XCX isn't terrible and Iggy has a decent flow. Again, that song still sucks.

You have the internet. It's not hard AT ALL to find good music from just about any era, especially the 2000's

Also, you think all stuff from the 1990's was good?

Try again.

Well yeah, if you don't put any effort into trying to find decent rap artists and base your opinion on only what's the most popular, you'll probably be pretty ignorant of an entire genre of music. Just like, well, any other genre.

 

I'm not saying there's not good rap out there, but there are fundamental elements to the 'genre' that don't appeal to me, so even if there is good rap I probably wouldn't care for it. Just not my thing.

 

Not criticizing you at all, we buds, but what do you find undesirable in rap music for yourself?

 

There is a world of variety out there, my friend.

 

And I've heard enough to not enjoy any of it, except for the very few that I do. In fact, other than Libra me from Hell, and Hollywood Undead, as well as We own It (Fast and Furious 6), I really can't get myself to enjoy much others. And I really only like any of those because they don't feel 100% rap. Most pure rap I can't stand listening to, just like Jazz. And there is a thing called personal opinion.

 

It's difficult to put into words for someone like me who doesn't know too terribly much about music terminology and such. I don't like the emphasis that rap puts on beats and I have zero interest in rapping itself. I'm not sure if I'm making sense or doing an adequate job of articulating what it is I don't care for. Like I said, just not my thing.

 

I think I kinda get what you mean: you're more into the sound of a band playing together, with a variety of instruments and (usually) one singer who focuses on varying how his/her voice sounds, rather than (generally) a foreground of one person focusing more on choice of words at a specific pace with a (for the most part) simpler, more bass-driven background.

 

Yeah, pretty much.
I think this song does a good job of summarizing what it is I like in music. That's not to say that I only like this type of music, but rather that the song does so much and pulls a lot from various things I like. if that makes sense.