It's not the form of music, its what the performer says thats important. There is garbage produced in all forms of music. I'm not knocking rap itself. I've listened to it, and I've heard some pretty profound stuff here and there actually, in all fairness. And I've known a handful of blacks that listen to various forms of Rock. And there is quite a bit of music coming from white artists dealing with drug use and murder. It's a part of life, but it's not the focal point of the whole damn 'Rock' genre, and it's not really sung about in a glorifying way. That's the issue.
But I've noticed that any rapper with anything insightful to say, or is considered "positive" never makes it to the mainstream. Hmm, I wonder why? In fact, I've noticed that most good music of all kinds is kept underground nowadays. It's like there is a real, true effort to dumb us down by only mass marketing the garbage. Whether it be music, tv or anything.Edited by: cutty