Are there any differences between rap music and hip hop?
542504
Yes. Rap is the crap you see on MTV. Hip hop is actually good music. I hardly listen to it, but my boyfriend does, and the stuff he plays isn't too bad. Rap is music where they sing about bitches and hoes, pimpin', riding on 24's, bling bling, drinking, smoking, etc. Hip hop though actually goes in detail about life, and things that really matter.
1147700
Whoever said 'neither' or 'none of the above' should've not answered your question. I believe lyrically LiL Wayne is the better rapper. I think thats more or less because he is inspired by Jay-Z. And if you listen to a lot of rappers tha look up to Jay, they kinda sound the same, lyrically i mean. Just listen to Carter II. That album, especially Husters Musik tells it all. T.I. is hott but, not in the same range as Wayne.
1027592
Here's the Amazon New Releases page for Rap & Hip Hop\nhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/new-for-you/new-releases/-/music/38/\n\nHere is a really hardcore siteabout upcoming releases called New Music Tipsheet..  it has EVERYTHING coming out for the next few weeks \nhttp://www.newmusictipsheet.com/index.php\n\nReally the big hip-hop stuff has already come up -- Busta Rhymes!
657256
Many rap acts push the envelope of sexuality, drugs, murders, and gang life.  But rap isn't doing anything that hasn't been done before.  Metal music tends to celebrate many of these themes.  The difference is that music in the past usually pushed the envelope using some time of clever lyrics or symbolism.  Today the rap lyrics just come right out and say it.  The biggest difference between rap and the other genres that have the same celebration of unrealistic decadent lifestyles is the quality of the musicianship.  Do any rap musicians even know how to read music or play an instrument?  The real crime here is that the hip hop generation is growing up listening to crappy music.  There are quality musicians all over the world not being heard because of the popularity of this music that's all about the lifestyle and not about the musicianship.
976001
rap are songs that get you moving and the lyrics they use are pretty good but as far as rap music now it sucks most of the "rap" music being put out is terrible thats why im an old school hip hop fan dedicated to lyricism but rap is good when your in the club having fun
894065
Rock by FAR!  Rap isn't music, its just fast, crude poetry.  Notice at rap concerts there are usually no actual instruments, therefore not really music.  I'd rather deal with emotions than smoke a blunt or fuck a bitch anytime.
938111
all of rap isn't violent or stupid.  There are other rappers that are great Will Smith and many others.  Rock also has very violent lyrics.  If you listen to more Rap then you will see that it's not so bad.
34220
i think you'd be better thinking about individual artists. just for example, i'd say biggie smalls was probably better than eminem but eminem is better than ja rule. i don't think race has very much to do with how good a rapper you can be. i don't think it has very much to do with how good at anything you can be.
413682
without a doubt old school rap, the only stuff they play today that i like are by artists who aren't really mainstream i.e jean grae, talib kweli, mos def and immortal technique. \n\nrap in the mainstream follows the same formula so you don't get much variety even though there are tons or rappers plays their message isn't too positive.
151231
for me alot of it is the music. not the words but the music. rap and hip hop is definatly the music to dance to and some of it is cool and not all of it is bad. there is also bad stuff in other kinds of music. i agree that some of it is rather shall we say over the top. but like i said not all of it is bad. some of the songs are real. alot of it is expressions of real peoples lives and honestly the way they talk about women is the way alot of us are. i mean to me it brings to light the truth about some of us and it you dont like what they are saying dont be like that and they cant say it enymore. let me clarify that when they say bad stuff about women they are not degrading all women some of the songs glorify women they are talking about the ones that are like that. so take rap as you want it but it is the good the bad and the ugly. hope this helps you to see why people do find rap and hip hop cool, and do like it.
928713
Nothing. It's a way of reaching souls for Christ.  Rap is a culture. Some people who listen to it in the world think they have to leave everything in their culture behind when they come to Christ. And some people aren't going to come to Christ by people singing Amazing Grace no matter how sweet it sounds. I know not all Christian rappers rap about God and I don't listen to them. I listen to the ones that use their talent to glorify God. There are a lot of Christian rappers who do represent Christ. Ex: Lecrae, Trip Lee, Tedashii, the Ambassador and the Cross Movement. I am a born again Christian and I listen to it. That doesn't mean I don't like worship or slow music. I have a lot of friends who like rap and that's my way of witnessing to them. That my opinion.                                                                                                                                                 \n Rep 4 Christ and God bless
330787
I actually think that rock is more popular than rap right now.\n\nI listen to both and many other genres anyway.
711744
nothing rap is not music
387489
Definitely rap and hip-hop. Rap is misunderstood these days, thanks to wankstas like 50 Cent.
592292
depends on if you like to dance in nightclubs, or if you like listening to music at home with headphones. \n\nsouthern & western rap is better for clubbing, and New York rap is better if you like complex lyrics and more intricate beats.  \n\nNY rap is more pure to the culture , and rap from everywhere else is more likely to mix styles of music, generally speaking.
626712
Hip Hop is an evolving culture. It changes with each generation! Since Hip Hop is more of a movement, it has no boundaries. After Lupe Fiasco came out with Kick,Push- he opened the door for skateboarding/rap. He made it cool and aceptable for black skateboarders. So people are going to roll with popular new concepts. Look at The Neptunes; they have a skateboarder image. I'd say it started with them. Hip Hop is about self expression. A melting pot of individual skills, knowledge, personalities, sports, styles, fashion, & art incorporated in music & life!\n\nBut I feel you. Just like the videos with all the bling bling, grillz, half naked women, & rims & etc... People can run things into the ground!
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rap music \n \n \nor hip-hop, genre originating in the mid-1970s among black and Hispanic performers in New York City, at first associated with an athletic style of dancing, known as breakdancing. The word rap, derived from a 1960s slang word for conversation, generally consists of chanted, often improvised, street poetry accompanied by a montage of well-known recordings, usually disco or funk. Detractors have criticized most rap music as a boastful promotion of violence and misogyny; others have admired it as an inventive manipulation of cultural idioms and credit many rappers with an acute social and political awareness. Early rap groups included Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa, and the Beastie Boys. Rap has influenced many forms of popular culture, particularly film, and has been increasingly incorporated into pop music. Some influential rap performers include Public Enemy, NWA, Run-DMC, Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliot, and Queen Latifah.\n\nSee M. Costello and D. F. Wallace, Signifying Rappers (1990); G. Nelson, Hip Hop America (1998).