American loudmouth: Is (C)rap music music?

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Friday, July 18, 2008

Is (C)rap music music?

I thought music had to have a melody. Does rap have a melody? Can one call it vocal graffiti or adult nursery ryhmes to a drum-beat? Aren't most of the beats stolen from old funk and rock songs? If parents of the fifties called rock "negro devil music" what can rap be called? In seeing white people... Sign in to see full entry.

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