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Ok, my friends and I are in a debate. We are trying to figure out if Rap/hip hop is considered music. I think so, but if not what is the definition of music? Also, what are the requirements to songs have to make to be referred to as music?
 ValerieC  28 Jan 2008 22:54
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Definitely true. There is a button for it on every key board I have ever seen.
 
 keepmindok  21 Aug 2008 17:30
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Whoever says rap is not music is a loser.
 
 ghosthunt  09 Jun 2008 17:02
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If it has consistent beat it is usually considered music, rap sometimes sounds ridiculous but it is still music.
 
 gogo303ng  06 Jun 2008 12:10
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According to the dictionary it is. I can't really argue with that.
 
 Intuition  24 May 2008 20:50
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Of course it's music, no question about it...
 
 luhg  21 Apr 2008 17:40
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Rap/Hip Hop is as much of music as Country is.
 
 Azmatan  14 Apr 2008 02:35
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Rap has swearing and is nasty
 
 huntcowboy  08 Mar 2008 16:57
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Rap and Hip Hop is the latest addition to the music. What I believe strongly that these kinds of genre must be considered as music. These rap and hip hop music are getting popularity day by day and increasing numbers of bands producing the albums in a regular basis. Few people say that rap is nothing but the newest addition to the recitation in modern style. But should we ignore the back up musical arrangements that make those monotonous speeches much more spicy and hit? The entire back up instrumental arrangement can be judged as music and the lyrics are not; is it a proper justification? According to my concern, “No” will be answer. The total production which is called rap or hip hop should be considered as the newest member of the entire music industry. We can not overlook its escalating popularity.
 
 sudipa  18 Feb 2008 22:21
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Of course hip hop rules
 
 bobbilly  29 Jan 2008 22:59
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Music is music, you can not put rules and regulations on it. Rap/hip hop is music.
 
 baconbust  29 Jan 2008 13:14
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According to Webster’s New World Dictionary (2003) music is defined as: “1) the art of combining tones to form expressive compositions; 2) such compositions; 3) any rhythmic sequence of pleasing sounds.”

Furthermore, musical is defined in the same publication as, amongst others, “melodious or harmonious”.

So, at face value at least, rap/hip hop can be considered as music.

Subjectively, it is up to the listener to decide whether a shouty guy with a mic spieling out his rhymes fulfils the criteria. For me, the key words in the definitions above are “pleasing sounds” and “melodious or harmonious”. Beauty, as they say, is in the eye of the beholder.
 
 vulgaris  29 Jan 2008 11:39
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Well duh if it has a beat it's music and i love hip hop
 
 kazdude14  29 Jan 2008 01:27
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I don't know about Hip-Hop, but Rap is not music. Its people talking really fast to a beat. Anyone can do it. Besides, its not music if you can't hum the tune.
 
 Maggie1  24 May 2008 20:45
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No it is school rhymes given a beat
 
 5simmoj  17 May 2008 12:20
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When rappers play instruments to create their sounds and then sample that, it will be deserving of the word music.

A good example of that is the classic rap album (and their only album) "Hipocrisy Is The Greatest Luxury" by the Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy who were a two man act: Michael Franti (Spearhead, Beatnigs) and Rono Tse, an Industrial musician. They created the bulk of their own sounds with instruments and machines instead of stealing from others. THAT was good music.
 
 K9  20 Apr 2008 15:22
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Rap is poetry put to music
 
 kitty9627  29 Jan 2008 22:08
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 DO you listen to country music
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 29 Jan 2008 23:25
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