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yipjumpmusic:
It's funny how the socio-economic thing is KIND OF is true, even for people completely aware of its nature and without hateful prejudice, yet still, if you can't relate to certain kinds of music, then eh, you shouldn't be hated for it, though I do agree there likely should be at least some each kind you might like out there or at least respect since, at least for me, a lot of times I can tell if something is good though it may not be something I would buy or listen to on my own.

Banana_Hammock:
"I can't stand rap....people who can't sing do rap....you can sing rebellion as well as talk it....Hitler would have been in a rap band..."
- John Entwistle

KharBevNor:

--- Quote from: jus ---Oh and KharBevNor, I'm with you on Cypress Hill being annoying. J5 doesn't necessarily define conscious/intel rap, but not liking them may be an indication that you're into the genre you were meant to enjoy, so run with it bro.

Still, if you're a fan of poetry at all, I implore you to check out Black Star's "Thieves in the Night" or "Respiration".
--- End quote ---


Now that's the thing I've never really got about rap: I love poetry, so I should be able to like quite a deal of the underground rap and so-on for it's lyrical content. I think it may just be that it's not the right kind of poetry, or rather, that a very big deal of what rap talks about is so removed from my own personal experience, aesthetics etc. as to be rendered unsatisfying to me in content. Whilst I should normally have no problem in comprehending alien cultural experiences, it seems that rap isn't a genre that can bring this to me. Plus, tbh, gratuitous ebonics really do turn me off.

I don't know, can you suggest anything that might be a bit closer to home for my tastes? This is an example of the kind of 'socially realistic' lyrics I enjoy:

Slaves to the only god they know,
Drawn by the song of the cosmic diva
The lord of the flies is a dandy beau
King of the hill in the new Bohemia
Where does he come from, their redeemer
Where does he dwell? (they never learn)
What is the prize for the true believer?
Rotting away in the "Womb of the Worm"?
Death is the hand of a handsome stranger - (he speaks, heads turn)
Babes unaware of impending danger - quickening dead in the "Womb of the Worm"

They never die - in "the Womb of the Worm" they lie

Words of "the Worm":
"Don't be afraid - just take my hand
'cause life's too short to be a bore
Try it once, you'll understand
Why they keep coming back for more."
Form an orderly line outside death's door
If you want to taste his sweet amnesia
He's never short of clientele
Though most of them die from a fatal seizure
Another mother cries to a chat-show host
(she speaks - my stomach churns)
I hear how a young kid - now a young ghost
Died a sickening death in "the Womb of the Worm."

Can you suggest anything, in a similiar style?

Praeserpium Machinarum:
I like british hiphop namely The Streets and Dizzee Rascal and M.I.A, other than that I enjoy a danish band Malk de Koijn in their less vulgar moments, unfortunately they have quite a few of vulgar and disgusting moments. But then you can listen to the music which is always ace.

uh and Ratatat if they count...

Druid:
No one has mentioned the Beastie Boys yet.
If you don't listen to his mysoginistic songs Notorious B.I.G. is really good.
Jay-Z  has some skills.
Outkst is very good.
Ice Cube needs to be mentioned. His stuff is pretty funny and socially conscience.

J5, Cypress Hill, Public Enemy, the Roots.

Yeah, I don't listen to much rap.

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