I know you smart folk out there are thinking “But wait a minute! In soul music, they have songs that are about all those things!” So true, but think about this: when rappers rap, they usually can say a lot more in a verse than a singer can. In hip hop they can rap about having fun, struggles of the street, life and death, sex, and love. Anyhow, as far as the content of the messages pitted against one another, I dare say that hip hop is a lot more flexible in what it can convey versus what soul music can convey. The debate is centered around the messages in hip hop music versus the messages in soul music (I don’t use the marketing-inspired label “neo”. There are some rappers out there that incorporate elements of real music in their work, but they are few and far between. and not saying it as a diss to hip hop, but when you listen to the music, it is primarily constructed of a looped beat and/or instrumental and minor variations of that. When I say real music, I’m referring to soul music music with vocals, instruments, choruses, bridges, etc. I have an ongoing debate with a very good friend about real music versus hip hop music. I’ll be pumping “Monster” this weekend and I’ll be looking for your next project.īefore I start with my list I want to speak on something that I’ve thought about. So Killer Mike, thanks for the read homie. You may be saying “How do you know it was really him?” Well, my instinct leads me to believe that it was as well as me doubting that someone would take the time to pose as Killer Mike and give my rinky dink blog any attention. Also, it looks as if Killer Mike left a comment on yesterday’s post. However, since I grew up on it, the music and a large majority of the culture of hip hop in the 80s and 90s is a part of me. I am doing another hip hop post, which is so unlike me since I don’t listen to the music that much.

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