# Rap Sucks **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-sucks/665647 "2013-08-07T23:39:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MIDWESTcowboy8312](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@MIDWESTcowboy8312](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MIDWESTcowboy8312)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-sucks/665647/1 "2013-08-07T23:39:23Z")
So how much longer will the utterly horrible type of music known as “rap” be popular? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-sucks/665647/2 "2013-08-07T23:43:08Z")
Just as long as the music you like lasts. Even though other people hate it. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-sucks/665647/3 "2013-08-07T23:43:10Z")
As long as lots of people listen to it. That was easy. Gimme another one. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-sucks/665647/4 "2013-08-07T23:43:50Z")
47 years. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-sucks/665647/5 "2013-08-07T23:45:20Z")
It’s really up to the Rothschilds, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-sucks/665647/6 "2013-08-07T23:53:08Z")
1. Doesn’t this belong in IMHO? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-sucks/665647/7 "2013-08-07T23:55:09Z")
**Cafe Society** , actually. Right under the bridge. ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-sucks/665647/8 "2013-08-08T00:02:38Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > It’s really up to the Rothschilds, isn’t it? Dude’s gonna need some solarcaine after that one. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-sucks/665647/9 "2013-08-08T00:04:41Z")
[moderating] There’s a case to be made for this as a Pit thread (it’s a rant), an IMHO thread (it’s soliciting opinions), or a Cafe Society thread (it’s about music). It definitely isn’t a General Questions thread. I figure it fits best in Cafe Society, so that’s where I’ve moved it. [/moderating] ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-sucks/665647/10 "2013-08-08T00:08:24Z")
Something new, or some new spin on something old, will come along and replace it, just as every form of popular music has been replaced (as the most popular music form) before it. Don’t be in such a hurry though. Odds are you won’t like it either. I’ll admit there’s damn little rap I’ll listen to. I mourn ‘classic’ rock. Still, this is the way of things. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-sucks/665647/11 "2013-08-08T00:08:47Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:9, topic:665647”] [moderating] There’s a case to be made for this as a Pit thread (it’s a rant), an IMHO thread (it’s soliciting opinions), or a Cafe Society thread (it’s about music). It definitely isn’t a General Questions thread. I figure it fits best in Cafe Society, so that’s where I’ve moved it. [/moderating] [/QUOTE] Or you have something against the Cafe Society moderators. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-sucks/665647/12 "2013-08-08T01:22:23Z")
That one wasn’t even fun, and was mostly coherent. 2 out of 10. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-sucks/665647/13 "2013-08-08T01:24:05Z")
> [@MIDWESTcowboy8312](#): > > So how much longer will the utterly horrible type of music known as “rap” be popular? For as long as it chaps your hide, I reckon. ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-sucks/665647/14 "2013-08-08T01:27:42Z")
It’s only 35 years old. It’s just getting started. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-sucks/665647/15 "2013-08-08T01:27:43Z")
Rap does not suck. Most rap sucks, but then again, most music sucks. This is the part where I would list a few rappers who I think are just amazing, but I doubt the OP would give any of them a fair chance. ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-sucks/665647/16 "2013-08-08T01:34:48Z")
> [@planetcory](#): > > It’s only 35 years old. So rap could run for President?? Kewl. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-sucks/665647/17 "2013-08-08T01:45:14Z")
> [@aNewLeaf](#): > > So rap could run for President?? > > Kewl. [This article](http://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/15/opinion/l-rap-music-began-on-jamaica-in-the-1960-s-659388.html) claims rap was born in Jamaica. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-sucks/665647/18 "2013-08-08T01:50:50Z")
> [@MIDWESTcowboy8312](#): > > So how much longer will the utterly horrible type of music known as “rap” be popular? Hopefully it’ll have a longer run than “country” music. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-sucks/665647/19 "2013-08-08T01:52:05Z")
Fad or not, it’s here to stay. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-sucks/665647/20 "2013-08-08T02:11:49Z")
> [@MIDWESTcowboy8312](#): > > So how much longer will the utterly horrible type of music known as “rap” be popular? That’s _ **all** _ you’ve got?! 😕 You joined the SDMB just to ‘rant’ about rap? :rolleyes: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rap-sucks/665647.md?page=2)