Rap appeals to the lowest common denominator and there are millions of those out there.

For someone who sheds a tear and cries foul every time someone uses foul/discriminatory language on this forum, I find your general acceptance of rap and Kanye West so amazingly hypocritical. Some of the words he uses are unacceptable and his songs are downright filthy both content wise and lyrically.

For example...



Disgusting to say the least. It's amazing how you of all people can't stand it when people on the forum use 'unacceptable' language but then on the other hand you choose to voluntarily listen to and enjoy this man's 'music'.

This only reveals how small-minded some people are when it comes to music. Even Noel liked rap and, frankly, if music like Public Enemy, The Roots, J. Dilla, De La Soul, and Black Star are for the "lowest common dominator" than Beady Eye are surely only fit for the brain dead.

Of course you're not small-minded in your music taste, you just like to pigeonhole an entire genre based on the music of two people one of which isn't even relevant in the slightest. Well done! No, we can't bring up artists like Mos Def, Kendrick Lamar, EL-P, or GZA or even Kanye's earlier material; rather, we have to look at our own limited exposure of the genre and form an opinion based on that. No, nothing small minded about that at all.

When words such as those are used in an artistic sense it is both challenging and at times poetic.

Ooooo the mad4it crowd will be angry now!!

They are rattled to the core of their very existence that Kanye has trounced BDI sales wise.

It's getting funny to watch!

I agree wholeheartedly, if this is in fact a music forum, all types of music should be embraced.

Really enjoy Ill Manors as well. The numerous issues it addresses is refreshing to hear.

Surely the users on this forum are mature enough to ignore a thread if it doesn't appeal to their sensibilities. It is laughable to think that some people will get "riled up" over a thread discussing hip-hop/rap and I highly doubt OP created this thread to anger anyone.

I think @kitjenson the problem lies with the new setup of the forum , when you look now at the setup the most recent post from any sub board shows ( on my iPad anyways )

So you don't really know where the post originated from , he posted it in right spot (the thread ) years ago you or I would not even have seen it as it was in rock and roll star which is for other bands , I only stayed in oasis boards , did not know the lounge comedians well ,or lovers of other music , or sound and vision people .

Now though we are all lumped into 1 board it seems , you tap most recent thread and you see the most recent post be it in a bdi section a Nghfb section or other bands or lounge , it creates friction as these are people that in the old days would not really interact , I never looked at who posted what in the area he posted his thread it had no interest to me , but when it's right in front of me or anyone it's easy to reply ,,IMO So if a certain brand of music did not interest you then it was easy to ignore ya know ?

I have no issue with anyone who wants to talk of rap , it was much easier to avoid it when the recent thread option was not available .

This is all I have to say about Kanye West