Rap vs Rock

[shinagami 6]

rap
rock
i love them both
i hate them both

[8davryu suno8]

both^^; dependz on moods and song/band too

[Xan_Aloufin]

there is only one choice... rock/metal of course and some blues ^^

[SumpfFuchs]

rock, ill keep my opinion of rap to myself

[Uryu]

Rock all the way!!!.....And some rap.

[Sandal Hat]

i like em both i don't really care

[lala-chan]

definatly rock

[Bleach Addict]

rap for me

[ssmercurys]

rock for me, but thats just my opinion....

[BuKShot]

i prefer rock over rap mainly because they use instruments lol but i like both

[General Cox]

rock is rather a broad term though, but i still like it all much better than rap, really into the bravery atm, plus the new foo fighters album was awsome

[kakashi776]

Rock

I can't stand rap!

[Kutabacchi]

I love rock music more than any other kind...

Dont talk to me about rap...

Im afraid of becoming public enemy no.1 among rappers worldwide if i say what i think about it...

[Sandal Hat]

I don't want to get to in depth but this is like posting a inuyasha vs ichigo topic on a bleach forum lol

[Kutabacchi]

lol.

That sounds quite Accurate to me :musak:

[sgb162]

Rock for me. Be it classical, Metal, whatever, I'll take it over rap. I'm really not that into all that Nu Metal/screamo junk, but I'd still prefer it over rap. :P

[General Cox]

you mean one side is romping away to victory in the inuyasha vs ichigo topic as well? :P

[ssmercurys]

I love rock! and other kinds too but not rap....good reason as to why lol *well not really but its funny* (Kayne West --- George Bush Hates Black People) LOL

[Bleach Addict]

*well not really but its funny* (Kayne West --- George Bush Hates Black People) LOL
lol yup, mike meyers was like wtf? heres a link: "George Bush Hates Black People" (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/videos/kanyewest.html)

[gilgamesh]

i can only listen to heavy metal/rock
Retards
Attempting
Poetry
but kanye west is the exception

[Jinchuu]

I listen to Rock most of the time but I listen to Rap as well, I like both. Actually I started listening Rap music since I came to the college.

[General Cox]

lmao mike myres mouth is about to hit the ground!

do you not think mike myres looks a bit like jack mcfarlane from will and grace in that clip? (its probably just bad quality but i was scared at how much i thoguh he looking like him :S)

[sheek]

rap for me, but rock is fine too. not that metal stuff though, my ass makes better material than that.

[ramonnl]

Õnly rap for me but i dont peopel wo listing rock ^^

[Bleach Addict]

yea, rock is okay, i listen to it a couple of times. but not like, heavy metal

[Lupin the Third]

i like both, some people hate me because of this

[Strifey]

Classic Rock is awesome. Some rap is good, but most I don't care for (it all depends on the lyrics for me, if I don't like what they're saying then I don't like the song). Just about all heavy metal sucks.

[redunderdog]

:doindadom its all about that rap

[omfgman]

Rock And Nirvana All The Way!!!!!!!

[Verticaldmg]

I appreciate rock, but I am zealous about rap.

[Lt. Luger]

I'm more for rock then rap really. I mean some rap is good but it really depends on the rap thats being played I guess. Too bad mixing the two isnt popular...or is it even doable?

[Verticaldmg]

I'm more for rock then rap really. I mean some rap is good but it really depends on the rap thats being played I guess. Too bad mixing the two isnt popular...or is it even doable?

The result could be as disastrous as combining Michael Jackson with Tupac Shakur.

[konakona]

i can only listen to heavy metal/rock
Retards
Attempting
Poetry
but kanye west is the exception

ROLF! Yeh Metal/Rock for me too
:musak:

The result could be as disastrous as combining Michael Jackson with Tupac Shakur.

Ludacris got together with sum41 and did "Get Back" for the movie The Longest Yard, and it was pretty good too.

[r3n0]

sorry to all those rockers out there
i personally hate rock, maybe once in it while
i'll listen to those soft rock type but would be RAREly
but i'll listen to simple plan and green day
and stuff Just not HARDCORE HARD METAL ROCK stuff u kno wut i mean
ya, so RAP on that one. cuz im gangsTUh like that :D

[Uchiha Rukia]

Rap and rock. i love them both but I kinda like rock more.

[silverquincy9]

I like 'em both, but preferably rock. I don't really like green day, the only songs I like from them are "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and "American Idiot"...
My favorite would have to be System of a Down and Metallica...

[Sandal Hat]

I've heard some pretty crazy rock lyrics before in which nothing makes sense so i wouldn't go so far as to say that rap is Retards Attempting Poetry

Edit: Here is some
dirty dirty fingernails...
dirty dirty fingernails...
Out of the shower, on to the bathroom floor
Out in the kitchen, underneath the casserole
dirty dirty fingernails...
dirty dirty fingernails...
(It takes a lot of energy to make that sound)
Out of the shower, on to the bathroom floor
Out in the kitchen, underneath the casserole
Out on the patio, out in the great outdoors

[General Cox]

well i guess which the anime producers of bleach like more, the new intro is an awesome song :)

think ill follow the makers of bleach in this one, and go for rock even more than i did before!

[Cerpin Taxt]

I prefer rock, but I also listen to a lot of hip-hop like Wu Tang, Redman, Pharoahe Monch, MF Doom, Scarface, UGK, Rakim, Public Enemy, Big L, Rass Kass, and Nas. The problem I have with rap currently is there's so many mediocre emcees who get famous off their fake image and affiliations rather than their actual talent(50 Cent, Game, Mike Jones, Paul Wall, etc). Take 50 specifically for example. He got shot 9 times, so he already has an image. No need for his label to make one up. He signed to Eminem's label, so he has affiliation. Give him some Dre beats and you've got an instant superstar. This is the formula for most of the upcoming rappers and few of the talented ones are actually major recognition based off the mixtape scene like Papoose and Saigon.

I'll take rock every day. I think actually playing instruments and writing songs takes more talent than having your beats handed to you on a silver platter and having most of your shit ghost written. Of course there are exceptions in rap like RZA and DJ Quik who write and produce all their music but for the most part I think currently the rock scene sounds much more fresh. Although there are some really shitty rock bands in the mainstream like My Chemical Romance right now, there's a lot of good shit as well and there's always the underground too which is also better than the underground rap scene at this moment, IMO.

[soulslayer_ichigo]

thers no doubt about it rock!!!!

[Polygon]

RAp all the way. I can't stand rock especially metal. I respect peoples opinions however, and don't care what they like.

[RadikaL]

I hate rock. Rap all the way

[Jenn]

Rock is better

[CeleS`VictoriA]

um... i can't say which of them is better, cause they both are awesome! ^_^

[Tokyo Warheart]

rock! Metal ! offcourse!!
Rap sucks!

[ekong]

rock forever!!!
next comes metal~!!!

[Ethereal Blade]

I like rock and metal more than rap. But... I like em both more than pop ^^

[koreasamurai]

metal all the way dude. i don't like songs when u need 2 focus on the lyrics :b my brain doesn't move that fast

[Uzhul]

I hate rap, it's people talking fast, there's no actual musical talent, the music's done with computers. Give me honest rock, with real music, real singing, and no slapping your b**** up!

[Heavens Defender]

Not all rap has to do with slapping b**ches and killing, there are rappers that rap about way more serious things, and it takes a ton of musical talent to rap.

[_strangechild_]

I like umm, about one or two rap songs. I don't mind rap ^^ I don't hate it, some of it is good (I don't like really fast ones when you just don't have a clue what they're on about. Then again, I don't like when I don't have a clue what people are saying in any song. That's why quite a lot of rock songs I just.. don't like, it frustrates me not knowing what they're saying) I just don't listen to it. I don't like some rock, but I guess I listen to it more.

[Cerpin Taxt]

I hate rap, it's people talking fast, there's no actual musical talent, the music's done with computers.

I have to disagree there. For one, using a sampler machine is just as difficult as playing an instrument(I consider using a sampler playing an instrument anyway) and it takes a vast amount of musical knowledge and having thousands of albums on vinyl to be really good at it.

Second, there are hip hop musicians out there like DJ Quik, The Roots, etc, who can play any instrument used in a traditional rock band. Third, there are musicians who both rap AND produce (DJ Quik, The RZA) which takes more musical talent than just playing one instrument. Fourth, there's hundred of rappers who are actual poets and dont just rap about money, hoes, clothes, drugs, and guns.

If you hate rap, that's cool, I dont listen to it much anymore myself, but to say it takes no talent and it's not real music is a bit of a stretch. Sure theres lots of shitty rappers in the mainstream but theres just as many shitty rock bands with no songwriting ability and no instrument ability other than playing the same chugga chugga riffs that everyone else has already done before.

[Heavens Defender]

*cough cough*

Linkin Park

just kidding.

^^

[Zattara2222]

I listen to rap and rock even if now I listen more rock than rap....... today`s rap SUCKS

[Heavens Defender]

Firstly, the type of music is HIP HOP, rap is what you do, so the title should be Hip Hop vs. Rock.

And also, alot of people forget the main thing that sets these two genres apart, with in the style of Rock, there are tons of mini styles, Soft Rock, Hard Rock, Punk Rock, Pop Rock.

But inside of Hip Hop, there is nothing else. Rock is more of a seperated genre due to the different types, but everyone in the rap game can relate to everyone else because they are making the exact same type of music the exact same way.

[Jasper]

Rock all the way!!! Rap is crap!...

[Cerpin Taxt]

Firstly, the type of music is HIP HOP, rap is what you do, so the title should be Hip Hop vs. Rock.

And also, alot of people forget the main thing that sets these two genres apart, with in the style of Rock, there are tons of mini styles, Soft Rock, Hard Rock, Punk Rock, Pop Rock.

But inside of Hip Hop, there is nothing else. Rock is more of a seperated genre due to the different types, but everyone in the rap game can relate to everyone else because they are making the exact same type of music the exact same way.

I believe you just won the award for most ignorant statement on music EVER. There are sub genres in hip hop just like there is in rock. Every city has their own unique sound. If you consider soft rock, hard rock, punk rock, and pop rock to be "mini styles" then hip hop has it's own equalivents. Boom Bap, Grimey, Crunk Rap, Bay Area Rap, G-Funk Rap, Mafioso Rap, Conscious Rap, Trip-Hop, Hardcore, Horrorcore, Dirty South, Backpacker Rap, Midwest, Drum & Bass, Gangsta Rap, Party Rap, etc etc etc are all completely different that doesnt follow the same formulas. To say that these sub genres are all the same is like me saying rock is all the same cuz it all involves a guitar and drums. If you're gonna correct people on what they call this music you should at least possess a grain of knowledge about it!!!

[Raku]

Rock/metal all the way. Not to get hunted down by evry Rap lover readin this thread I'll keep my opinion about that for myself ^^:

[Bleach(ed)]

lol....for me rock definetly....rap is like so mainstream...lol no offense to the rap lovers...just not my cup of tea...

[pansasama]

rock!!! i don't like rap at all.

[GeneYuss]

FTW!
http://www.tshirthell.com/shirts/products/a535/a535.gif

[Zephyrite]

One word RAPSUX. yes. one word. nice shirt geneyuss. ha.

[Sakura_Drops]

^lol agreed

rock of course- no questioning

[DMC]

Rock sucks..
Rap sucks...

Man you people are funny. Just shut the **** up please! If you dont like a genre dont say rock is cock and rap is crap. shut the **** up im tired of the bullshit. And you know these dumbasses are going to beat a ****ing dead horse for a long time.

[akin_t]

Well I remember the time I used to think Rock music was for those kids that wore all black and cut themselves. (don't know what they're called) but then a friend I recently made played some of his rock music for me and man i was blown away. It really gets your blood pumping. I still like rap (and not the mainstream crap that mtv plays. but real rap music where the lyrics make sense) but rock is also an awesome genre. I just got into it so I'm still looking for recommendations of some good bands

[Yukimura Sanada]

Personally i like rap.

But yea, i think there has just been more brilliant music and variety in rock. Rap and Rock though both sell lifestyles, though Rock so much anymore.

[cloudnine]

-_-;

K, um, you can like rock and not wear all black and cut yourself. I swear, where do kids learn these things? Music noobs!

Anyways...

All music is the same when it comes down to it. You can write a song, and sing it aloud, and then add some nifty background beat to it, and it'll be called music. But the rythm and beat of ones song, can determine which genre it gets dropped in.

I prefer rock over rap though. Rap these days, deals with too much *****es & Hoes. But, then you got the other rappers, who sing of personal reflections and life changing expericences, etc, just like a rocker would mostly do. Rappers can make songs that most of us can relate to, as with Rockers.

When it comes down to it, I don't mind Rap. But most of them sing about the samethings, including '*****es & Hoes' or 'Cash Money'. You know, materail things, and girls/guys who sell themselves. Or sexing up a female/male.

*shakes head*

[akin_t]

-_-;

K, um, you can like rock and not wear all black and cut yourself. I swear, where do kids learn these things? Music noobs!

I said "Well I remember the time I used to think Rock music was for those kids that wore all black and cut themselves"

[cloudnine]

I know. That wasn't towards you.

That was towards anybody who still thought that way.

^^;

[yamiX000]

Rock because rap is crap

[bebe50UL]

rock isn't my type.. i love rap, but im more into hiphop where there's rap nd singing..

[Bleach Addict]

wow... i was just readin the last few posts, and my only thought was just "wow". like DMC said, can we stop w/ the "rap is crap" bs? i kno a lot of u like rock (i like a lil rock myself too), and i respect ur opinions. but, i hate how u guyz just put "rap is crap" and thats it. its annoying. at least put a reason why u hate it. if i was a rocker, i kno i would hate it if i saw 10 repetitive posts sayin "rock is cock" without a reason. rap is misunderstood too easily today. dont listen to those rap artists, for example: 50 cent. rappers like him set a bad image for rap/hip-hop. there are rappers out there who speak about the truth, like kanye west, 2pac, nas, and eminem. u should actually try to listen to some of their songs. im not denyin the fact that most rap songs talk about: b!tches, hoes, hustling, money, guns etc., but dont say that ALL rap songs talk about those kind of subjects. i bet most of u rockers listen to like one or two rap songs containing those subjects i named and assume that all of rap is like that. its kinda like stereotypin. im jus sayin what i think.

[uh_yea]

miiee opinion is...

ROCK > RAP

[Silfrsyn]

I'll listen to rap, but I just like rock better, I like how the words run I guess...
but i have notice lately with both that there are horrible meaningless songs now as well as great ones with both, So i can't really say either is bad or good.

[vejitto3]

unlike most of you narrow minded people i listen to everything including both rock and rap I'm not confined to what society dictates..(can u say rebel?!?)

[Vacuous]

I like rock and rap, but mostly rap. I hate when people say that rap is just abunch of talking and not real music.

So, my opinion: Rap>Rock :musak:

:doindadom

[akin_t]

my problem with rock is that there are hardly any bands that you can just listen to without skipping some songs on the album, with rap however, that isn't the case I can listen to "ghetto fabulous" first track to end non-stop, and same thing with "life & times of S.carter Vol3"

Rock isn't bad there are some songs that really get me going, but it's really hard to find songs like them. but with rap a good song isn't so hard to find.

Maybe I'm not one to talk since I just got into rock like 6 weeks ago, but it's just what I've noticed though

[hondadabink]

all of the above i'll listen to anything in the car i have no choice. but i like just about everything it singers and bands that i pick to dislike and like

[Neve]

Rock for me...
I just can't listen to Rap, it all sounds so similar to me.

[StefanNL]

I listen to both, but I prefer rock XD

[Makaze]

In my opinion: Rock: -takes more musical ability(instruments, vocals ect)
-more musical oriented
-suspect to questionable lyrics sometimes
-better live
Rap: -more influencial on kids nowadays
-better songwriting/lyrics
-more meaning/messages
-can be repetitive
-"Gangsta" Syndrom(Ho's, mother fers, drugs ect)
I prefer rock myself though

[arsenovicius]

Yo yo yo wtf is yo means?Rock/metal for ever
[iknow what yo means]
I like some eminem but.....

[Baron]

I appreciate both genres.

[Kisukepfft]

Rock rolls over the rap....and kills it. In my opinion....Rock wins.

[Ravenfdasfd]

Rock,seriously,ROCK!

[___KY0K0]

Ok. I'd prefer hip hop/rap than rock any day. Not saying that I don't listen to rock, because there are some songs I just can't get out of my head, but I like songs that you can dance to...and hip hop has that ability. (: Yes, some rap songs don't have the best lyrics, but the same can be said about rock. On the other hand, the music itself and the beat is the first things that catches my attention. So in the end, it doesn't matter what I'm listening to...just so long as I like how the song sounds. That's my personal opinion. So basically, I like 'em both, but the scale is tipped a bit more to hip hop because I love dancing. :D

[Baron]

Ok. I'd prefer hip hop/rap than rock any day. Not saying that I don't listen to rock, because there are some songs I just can't get out of my head, but I like songs that you can dance to...and hip hop has that ability. (: Yes, some rap songs don't have the best lyrics, but the same can be said about rock. On the other hand, the music itself and the beat is the first things that catches my attention. So in the end, it doesn't matter what I'm listening to...just so long as I like how the song sounds. That's my personal opinion. So basically, I like 'em both, but the scale is tipped a bit more to hip hop because I love dancing. :D

I like how you stated your opinion without resorting to the usual "Rap sucks" or "Rock sucks" attitude. Yes, both genres have their share of good and bad music. In defense to rock, though, there's some songs out there that you can get down to.

Awesome post.

[hyppo]

dude, rock r0xx0rz my b0xx0rz. :headbang: XD

[Chord]

Have you noticed, not a single rap fan has said "zomg rock is gay!" (there might have been one) while nearly every rock fan has said "rap is crap", minus like 5? Just a thought.

Seriously, metal sucks. Let me rephrase that. It's boring and it's very uncreative, and needlessly fills its lyrics with gangsta "I'm so hard!" It's just an ego check for testosterone filled losers who don't have girlfriends. Same tends hardcore/screamcore, except when it's used hybrid with other music, like the current Bleach opener (at the end, with the screams), or the song has sung lyrics too. Gangsta is just as bad, especially the current stuff.

The best stuff to me is soft rock (Pixies, Verve), pop (Beatles, KT Turnstall), punk (Clash, 'Pistols), Hip Hop (the more undergroundlike stuff, J5, Scapegoat Wax) and the indy-punk-pop stuff (Libertines, Arctic Monkeys).

So I'd have to say rock, but then again, the skill it takes to rap blows me away with the skill it takes to rap, I can't do it, and this is a multi-talented musician with an eye for poetry talking.

[animalistic]

if thats true then you must have listened to some messed up metal songs, cuz wut i listen to is far from that, i love metal/rock, why? because they have the best music, and ya some metal/rock songs have messed up singing but the music is awesome, and i agree that some metal songs suck because some pissed off dude got his hands on a guitar, but i dont listen to that crap, i pretty much hate rap/hip-hop except for some tupac songs and eminem(because they are funny)

[Makaze]

Oh, sure, when its ME saying "none suck, i just prefer the other", nothing, but when He says it, it's "awesome post, man"......(jk)
I've already posted saying what i prefer, but for the record: I hate most metal, the exeption being system of a down and metallica. And im not a big fan of punk either. Guitar/bass/vocal driven songs, with ephasis on melody are my thing, i.e chilli peppers, radiohead, strokes, muse, coldplay are my prefered option. Lyricly, tey can be not to great, with heart fely lyrics like "yeah" and, if feeling particulary emotional, "oooh yeah". But they just make me feel...something. Dayam, this is hard to articulate. oh well, whatever. Rap can be ok, with fantastic impro, lyrics and rythm. But it jsut gets repetitive and generic for me.

[Baron]

Rap can be ok, with fantastic improv, lyrics and rythm.

Fantastic... good choice of an adjective. I like that.

But it jsut gets repetitive and generic...

On some occasions, I agree with that statement. There's a lot of hip-hop that just sound too similar. Fortunately, there's a lot of hip-hop that's really good, and the good hip-hop definitely overshadows the repetitive stuff.

Good music transcends through barriers and genres. ;)

[Makaze]

Good music transcends through barriers and genres. ;)
A good example of this, i think, are bands like Gorrilaz, especialy newer tracks. Not 100% hip-hop, but they are close in style in songs like Feel good inc. and Dirty Harry. In general, they are very hard to categorize: garage-rap-dance-techno sorta thing.And hey: the music is good(at least Demon Days is).
A pet peeve of mine are bands/acts that have a good single, think "hey, people liked that, lets do the same thing again and again" and get famous on it. It's boring. Both genres are guilty of this-yes, im looking at you Sean "i wish i was a yardie" Paul. Don't look away either, 90% of punk bands. Bands like Gorilaz and chili peppers-who dabbled in hip hop and funk in ye olde years-have a vaired sound and genre, and as a result, they produce realy good music.
Sorry for making Damn Albron's side project look so high and mighty, my knowledge of rap is not as good as i'd like.
Merry crim-bo

[Chord]

If you like the rap in Gorillaz, an artist called MF Doom features a lot on their new tracks. Check him out, if you haven't already.

To the guy who said not all metal is like that, could you list some groups like that, I'd like to hear some different kinds of metal.

In response, I'll list you some rap which isn't tard like Eminem.

Jurassic 5 (Look out especially for a song called Concrete Schoolyard)
Scapegoat Wax (Some of their stuff is mislabelled I think, namely a song called Space to Share, but whoever it's by, it's still a good song)
MF Doom

That's all I can think of for the moment, but I'd be happy to try out some of those metal bands.

[Niabingi]

I like both but do prfer rap.. and good hiphop

people should check out
immortal technique
talib kweli
Common
Jedi mind tricks
little brother... and thats just off the top of my head!

anyone got some good more accesible metal recommendations

[captain_soifon]

rock! gets you moving

[Makaze]

Chord: my etal knowledge, again, isnt what it should be, but if you havn't tried them yet, listen to System of A Down's Toxicity or Mesmerise: the best mix of blazing screaming crazyness and sophisticated screaming crazyness you'll hear in a long while. Very strange, middle eastern sound to them, as well as diversity and excelent tunes. Bad points: lyrics seem to be utterly random : "gonnorea gorgonzola!" being the low point.

[Chord]

Oh good god no! System of a down are like plugging your wooden earholes with termites - It's absolutely the wrong thing to do! The music makes me cringe - it's so self indulgent. Every time a band does something "creative" or in other words, not rock music, everyone jumps on the bandwagon of plugging their holes with the band.

SoaD are a living joke. No one actually likes them, their a novelty act, like Funky Gibbon, only to the bearded ladies who used to listen to Korn and the metalheads who like to itch their balls constantly. It's cliched.

And for another thing, the "politics" of them. Oh, we think we'll be ever so risque and bash George Bush and republican politics, we're so obviously not the first band to do this, but no one seems to notice this, and we won't point out that we're not either, because risk means record sales!

It's despicable.
/Chord
:doindadom

[Makaze]

Er......first of all:I like the music. Obviously, we can't all like the same things, so i cant realy say anything bout that. I find them a breathe of fresh air, as they seem to be the last "popular" metal band amongst the, lets face it, shite that infests the market nowadays. If you are gonna be bad, i suppose, you can at least be original about it. Contrary to popular belief, they arn't "nu-metal", which people catergise them as cause they're had to define. 2nd, i can name a shitload of people in my area alone who like em, and they arn't "metalheads". And third-this pisses me off so very much-they've been "political" WAY WAY WAY before it-and them, for the matter-became popular. From the first album, they have been strongly vocal about issues, like the Amernian Genocide. They wern't the first, but they arn't media whores.
Green day, on the other hand......
I find myself in a hole now. I have started to defend a genre that i myself am not particulary fond of baring aforementioned band. Oh dear......paerhaps i shouldn't have said that out loud....

[SLVR]

Well I prefer rock but I do like old school rap when you actualy rhymed

[Gordan]

Rocking out as always... I personally hate rap. There is only ONE I repeat ONE good rap song because it's a classic and that is the ninja turtles song in the first live action movie (forget the name of it though).

[Infini]

like rap a bit, but really love rock way more then rap

[B3r3tta]

I like Rock. But I hate rap. Hip-Hop is my choice though. I hate this commercialized MTV garbage that is now known as "rap". Hip-Hop died a long time ago sadly. With the exception of MF Doom,Immortal Technique,and Psycho+Logical Records.

Ying-Yang Twins? Mike Jones? G-Unit? -throws up-

[tednfs]

If u put in a little underground hip hop..anyday
immortal technique, david ghetto, little brother, cunnigylists, talib and mos def, necro and so on
commericial..nas , jigga man ,busta and so on
then u have old school..props to NWA and the rest
then the peaceful influential kind..props to will smith and nas again
rap rocks! :)

[teamninja60]

yeah like paul gilbert would say i like rock
but rap has some good ones too
i love jay-z's the blueprint
and danger mouse's the grey album
plus dangerdoom
mf doom and talib kweli plus the roots
i'm talking about blackthought and things like that
kanye west
but in the other hand i love children of bodom
system of a down, dimmu borgir, cradle of filth
and even more confusing is my love for the pixies and the smiths
i like rock and i hate most rap
but rap believe it or not can be better than rock
i will take kanye west over simple plan or good charlotte or linkin park anyday
god i hate those bands
so i guess i'm leaning towards rock by a hair

rakim is the greatest mc of all time

[HallowDude]

i listen to hip hop and funk cuz im a breaker boy :musak:

[Aka]

I listen more to HipHop and all that stuff.

I'm hearing ervything if you see it in the whole thing.

[Daeruke]

i dont even get wats rap saying. it doesn't make sense. so eock is so much better since there is always a theme

[tednfs]

Rap doesnt make sense???
You have no idea what you're saying

[akin_t]

I prefer rap over rock, and I have no problem hearing what rappers say

[Chord]

How can you not get rap? What is there not to get? It's not Cedric Bixler-Zavala, for Chris' sake. Explain theme. Expand on it.

Daeruke, make a comprehensible post for once. Every post is less than two lines, and it's just "i hat so an so", "thingy is bad dont do it.

"so eock is so much better"
Also; you misspelt cock.
Cuss.

[___KY0K0]

We seem to have quite a handful of rock fans. (: I, myself, am starting to like a lot of soft rock songs. I still can't stand those heavy-type rock songs...but some rock songs I'm able to tolerate now. ;D But I still have to go for rap as I said in my previous post a ways back. My favorite being Kanye West. I love his recent cd, Late Registration. <333 He's a good representation of a rapper.

[DocInsanity]

I would say ROCK ALL THE WAY...:P. Rap is basiclly based on repititions and a lot of cussing. I agree rap does have meaning. But it basicly moves around: Girls, violence, getting high and getting shot. And rock is based on meaning. Many people may not understand it at first, but once u get used to it u understand the meaning.

Just my opinion. feel free to criticize.

[akin_t]

Well I kind of disagree. Not all rap is that way; you've only been exposed to the black sheep of the genre. I like rap alot, sure they do talk about stuff like having money and all but IMO it's alright as long as the song makes sense and is easy on the ears.

I don't hate rock, I actually love certain songs in the genre, but then again I don't like rock songs because of the lyrics, I like the beats.

[DaKidReaper]

Ok we all know that Rock has been a while in the music industry. Rap has quickly grown in the music industry. Many people have diferent opinions about these two generes. Which one do you think is better.

[granamonkey]

Metal. Of the two though, I'll go with rock.

[momo-taichou]

I like rock the best. I like Nickelback, Disturbed, KoRn. And rap is good for dancing but other than that it gets a little annoying at times....

[-=Yanayo=-]

i like both
but i prefer rock to rap =]
makes me jump up and down =D

[Edgey]

Rock FTW!!! :headbang
As long as it's not Indie, god that is terrible...

Rap is basically a guy with his shirt off telling a story very fast, that's not music, that's literature -_-

[Sting Rae]

Rock > Rap

rap gives me a headache and I can never understand what they are saying

[Twinky]

Rock > Rap
rap gives me a headache and I can never understand what they are saying
lol if you listen more then you would understand. but i perfer rock, no Metal thought i hate Metal to the core, all they know is scream, no music no lyrics :Domo

[DaKidReaper]

I like both generes, but it also depends on the song. If I like the song then I like the genere. Seeing how I like rock and rap songs, I guess I like both generes.

[Ichi-Zoro 3]

I like both of them too.. but not too much because
rock/metal is sometimes crazy and suicidal and some rap songs are too explicit and annoying.

[mochimochil3]

I love both <3

[Esedess]

I'm leaning more into rock than rap, but I can stand rap if its playing at a party or at my friends house.

[Miss Murder]

Rock, of course.

[cetamora]

Shit pouring out of speakers or limitless amounts of godless innovations..

I think I'll go with rock :p.. although the music in hiphop can be good.. there are some real innovative DJs out there, but the word rap concentrates on the lyrics and that be beats and stuff has to fit in with the rapper style. and I hate that..

[Chrono Detector]

To be honest I don't like both. Why is this poll closed? Should have set it to "unlimited".

Rock isn't my taste and I don't like rap either.

[Kalashnikov]

Rock is okay, I love rap more though :)

[lordstrix]

Rock ... I h8 Rap
:headbang

[Ciel]

I'm a metalhead, screamo, hard rock, etc. person.

So obviously, I'm going to say rock > rap.

I'll admit there are some rap songs that aren't bad at all.

[Hakuoro]

Rock always. I used to like rap, but not anymore. Now I hate it. u.u

[skyoon]

I like nu-metal. which is pretty much rock and hip-hop combined. so you could probably guess my choice :P

[Milan]

I like Rock way more than rap.

[Aeolyn]

I lurrrrrve Rock/Metal. But there are some rap songs I will listen to. In my room. Alone. Where no one can make fun of me. =D

[Sub.Shinigami]

Usually it depends on who's singing, i hate some rappers but then i hate some rockers.
Overall it is probably rock:headbang

[EndlessSky]

I don't like rap at all, mostly because of the melody and lyrics most of them have.

I like rock much more for its tunes and its lyrics are more than rap which seems mostly to be just about money, thugs, distasteful women, and shooting cops.

[Graffik]

Thus, the conclusion Rap < Rock -- Like Nas has said Hip-hop/Rap has fallen off, I would've said Rap a month ago, but then I realized every track I listened to was made like 7-10 years ago, while for Rock I could easily listen to some of the new tracks out there, so it means Rap is dead with nothing but dance moves, with the exception of Wu, and parts of NY, even though I listen to Rock more than before, I still listen to more rap and like it better as an overall genre...

[Alex26]

rock :)

I dont hate rap, but it gets repetitive. Kill cops, smoke weed, have sex, tho, i cant deny sometimes some nice "original-ier" rap tracks are released, its still not enough to hook me on the genre.

I also cant deny, rock lyrics and some rythms are whore like a lot, but it happens less than on rap plus i love more the sound of the rock genre overall

[Trouse]

Hmm, then you listen to the wrong hip hop, my friend. I'm all for hip hop, definitely not a repetitive genre. Listen to J Dilla, Styles Of Beyond, Slum Village, MF Doom, Brother Reade, etc. I could go on and on.

So for me, rap > rock yeah. But I can appreciate some kinds of rock too.

[Graffik]

Hmm, then you listen to the wrong hip hop, my friend. I'm all for hip hop, definitely not a repetitive genre. Listen to J Dilla, Styles Of Beyond, Slum Village, MF Doom, Brother Reade, etc. I could go on and on.
So for me, rap > rock yeah. But I can appreciate some kinds of rock too.

MF GRIMM, Rakim, Poet Laureate, Blu & Exile

Hip hop isn't in the title, after all, I think they mean that specific "Mainstream," hip-hop AKA Rap that everybody hears on the radio, bro

[Neko Toku]

I like rock better (I don't like rap)

[Aristocrat]

i like em both..
but it depends sometimes..
but rap is more like something i love to hate
but i listen to both..
so yeah

[angel_rukia13]

Rock is waaaaay better than rap. I only like 2 rappers, Eminem and Lady Sovereign. But rock, well, the list goes on forever. *puts on headphones and listens to metal*:headbang

[Nightmare060]

I prefer rock myself. Love everything about Rock N' Roll, especially the spirit of it!

Don't much like rap, but it isn't bad. Can't stand Screemo metal though.

[granamonkey]

"screemo metal"? There is no such thing my friend of the old school Rock N roll days. There is hardcore, which is "screemoesque" I guess, but that is hardly metal.

Metal: http://youtube.com/watch?v=gA4oq7DBU8E