# Why Is Rap So Annoying? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 8, 2000, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-rap-so-annoying/32442 "2000-09-08T02:26:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-rap-so-annoying/32442/81 "2000-09-12T22:21:53Z")
There are many forms of music which are acquired tastes. Many people dislike ountry music, for example. A lot of people don’t get jazz. Classical music is very much an acquired taste. What I find interesting is that people wouldn’t say, “Classical? That’s not music,” but they do about other musical forms. I have found that the musical forms that get the “not music” label to either be: a) Mechanical in nature (as in, made with machines) such as industrial music and a lot of dance music. b) Black music. Jazz was termed “not music” by fans of more classical fare, as was the blues. What I really find interesting is that the genres which combine the two above - namely DISCO and RAP - have got the most negative “that’s not music” commentary of all. Now, I don’t know what this means, exactly. But I do know it’s there… * * * Yer pal, Satan - Commissioner, [The Teeming Minions](http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/full/show?lid=39428&page=leaguehome) \*I HAVE BEEN SMOKE-FREE FOR: Five months, three days, 20 hours, 20 minutes and 52 seconds. 6273 cigarettes not smoked, saving $784.24. Extra life with Drain Bead: 3 weeks, 18 hours, 45 minutes. \***“I’m a big Genesis fan.”-David B. _(Amen, brother!)_** \*\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-rap-so-annoying/32442.md?page=4)