Rap. Hip Hop. The greatest experience of your teenage/20s. Whatever you refer to it as, you know what I'm talking about. It's the music that makes you want to dance without you even realizing it. The beat sucks you in, and before you know it you have picked it up and you are singing the chorus. But here is a proposition my friends. Just sit back one day and listen to the lyrics that are too fast to understand when you are caught up in the catchy beat. The lyrics are dirty, hillarious, and sometimes very confusing. You never know exactly what is meant by a rap song and in that way, rap is very much like art, open to interpretation. That's right I just said rap was an art form. Wipe that look of shock off your faces. It really is. I mean let's do a side by side comparison. Rap-You can make a lot of money off of one song, sometimes it can be really awful and people still enjoy it, there are many different songs, every artist has their own style, and people always enjoy a certain artist over the others. All of these things also hold true for art.
Back to the lyrics. One song that recently came out says the lyric, "I'm twenty years old, but I stroke it like I'm thirty-five." This lyric is killing two birds with one stone. It is both dirty and a little confusing. At first I thought, "Well that's backwards. Wouldn't you want a 20 year old over a 35 year old?" But after polling a few people I realized he was talking about experience. This makes sense and I applaud Plies on his thought provoking lyric. Another question that has risen due to a rap lyric is, "Would you want someone to pour koolaid on you and proceed to lick it off?" My first thought was no way jose! That would be extremely sticky and very awkward. I then asked a few people (I enjoy surveys) and they all agreed accept for one who stated it depended on the guys hotness. I give her credit. I like the argument. There are so many songs that are like this. There are also songs that tell you what to do while the song is happening. Example, "Turn it up, turn it up" or "Bend over and touch your toes." Now while these songs are enjoyable, if you are in a vehicle and the latter comes on you feel compelled to do what the lyric says but you realize this action will put your life as well as others lives in peril. This a bad thing. Here's my PSA, "If you want to bend over and touch your toes, resist. Don't do it. Don't be one of their robots who acts on everything they say. Be above the influence. ^" I may have stolen the last part of that from a drug ad, but you know what? I don't care. Anyways, I just wanted to share my opinion on the wonderful thing we Americans, and some Europeans/Canadians, like to call Hip-Hop.
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