To all those who consider hip-hop and rap "beneath" them...

[NightTrain]

...I bring a heartfelt message from Biggie and Tupac!

[Lefta Dissenter]

1. WOW!

That's one long skinny finger! :wow:

[mhr]

2. Rap And Hip-Hop - - Noise Pollution On Wheels

They come to my neighborhood, they will have to deal with me. It won't be pretty.

[NightTrain]

4. That's the second time you've posted the same message.

:boring:

[mhr]

14. Music That Is Used To Destroy The Public Peace Is Crappy Music

eom

[mitchum]

33. Maybe the poster was taking a cue from much of hip hop

[NeoTraitors]

8. You don't want to be in the

same neighborhood as the dead!

[LiberalVoice]

9. Its so nice to see someone who knows nothing about a subject...

proudly proclaiming his opinion.

[mhr]

15. My Opinion Is About How Loud The Music Is Played By Young Punks and Thugs

People who think they have a right to disturb the Public Peace as they drive through quiet neighborhoods.

[LiberalVoice]

18. You're the one that said Rap and Hip-Hop were noise pollution....

I would take that to mean at any decible level.

[mhr]

24. It's The Repetitive Droning Bass That Disturbs the Peace

It seems that Rap and Hip-Hop cannot be produced without the repetitive bass.

I have walked outside my apartment to find closed automobiles with windows rolled up pumping out so much bass that my windows rattle. The owner is nowhere to be found.

That is the height of disrespect. I don't find classical music lovers acting the same way - only young thugs acting tough, or so they believe. I can only conclude that Rap and Hip-Hop encourages such disrespectful behavior.

Kill the bass and most, if not all, of the problem goes away.

[Runcible Spoon]

29. that's bullshit! my dad used to blare "ride of teh Valkyries"

at top volume, full bass thumping in teh car when I was a kid! BTW, your posts smack of cultural elitism....

[NightTrain]

19. Right on! Who needs Free Republic when we have DU rap-haters?

:puke:

[mhr]

25. Come To My Neighborhood With That Music And You Will Believe

That you actually have met a Freeper.

I will not tolerate it any longer.

[Runcible Spoon]

31. ooo careful what are ya gonna do a smack down on his ass with?

your mighty conductor's stick?

[eyepaddle]

30. IMO any music you don't want to listen to right then

is what is annoying. For example in college I had roommates who kept me up with Pink Floyd and Yes (among others) Both were bands I liked, but damn if I wasn't irritated to hear it then.

Plus, bass is the hardest range to hide from--it cuts through walls and earplugs. I finally figured out that turning on a loud fan would interfere with it and bury it. Then I could sleep.

[nickgutierrez]

10. Yeah, you mentioned that in the other thread.

Why you're choosing to single out the style of music is beyond me, though.

[mhr]

11. Because It Is What The Kids Play Here And It Wakes Me Up

Can you understand that?

[nickgutierrez]

16. Yeah, but you're not blaming the speakers for the problem.

That is, after all, what is causing your problem.

Instead, you're taking your complaints about a few kids waking you up, and using it to smear an entire genre of music.

Do you see now why we have a problem with this?

[mhr]

17. No - Because The Promoters Of This Music Encourage Lawlessness

Just watch the videos associated with both Rap and Hip-Hop.

The only impression I get is one of a bunch of thugs.

That is an image problem not of my making.

[nickgutierrez]

22. Fine - most mainstream rap is shit, anyway.

And if that's all you see, I can see how it's easy to develop a negative opinion of the music. But just like pop, or rock, or anything else, there's a vast majority of hip-hop artists beneath the radar whose music is very positive.

[mhr]

26. Dealing With The Young Thugs In My Neighborhood Has Been Such

A negative experience that the so-called music will forever be lost on me.

And FYI, I am a music lover with a very large LP and CD collection that covers many musical styles - just not Rap and Hip-Hop.

[Runcible Spoon]

32. whatever...opera and Shakespear were considered vulgar

entertainment in Europe during certain political.religious periods...get the fuck over it!

[CanuckAmok]

3. Yeah, well...

what are they gonna do to me now, decompose in my living room? O--o-o-h...I'm SO scared!

[LiberalVoice]

5. :)

[skygazer]

6. I don't feel it's beneath me

I just don't care for most of it. Oh, and message to the boys in the pic - right back atcha!

[skippythwndrdog]

7. It isn't even music. It's just awful noise.

[okieinpain]

13. yeah country, and rock and roll is just a bunch of noise.

[LiberalVoice]

21. Pull the plugs out of your ears and listen to the words...

don't be fooled by the garbage commercial shit...Expand your mind and look for real hip hop.

[Webster Green]

23. Thats what my parents said about the Beatles!

Heh!

Lighten up gramps!

[mr_hat]

They're "bad." I get it.

[okieinpain]

12. now that's funny. to bad biggie had tupac killed.

[Vitruvius]

20. People re-invent blank verse every generation;

nothing wrong with that. Tho' I personally do not enjoy blank verse per se or as hip-hop or rap, other people do, and good for them!

Funny, tho' -- blank verse is considered high-brow, but hip-hop & rap are not -- even tho' -- for example -- some of Queen Latifah's work is quite good...

[tishaLA]

28. I know very little rap written in blank verse

most of it is rhymed iambs, frequently in pentameter, but not exclusively. Occassionally rappers make use of feminie rhyme instead of masculine rhyme, too, but that happens less frequently than the deviations from pentameter, if only because rappers sometimes love long poetic versification (and use Alexandrines or even longer lines).

[Swede]

27. Crap.

Crapolla. :puke: :boring: