Does anyone remember listening to rap music and think it was art? It was, at one point. The shit they play now is... uggh... almost music. I remember Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, The Snoop D O double G, Coolio, Ice Cube, Run DMC... ....you know real rap artists (run dmc was a group consisting of some of the artists above). Now the music is just playing a random beat with a stupid phrase repeated. i.e. Black and Yellow.

I remember when a songs made sense and rhymed. It was almost like they had a message. I think that message got lost long ago.

I always thought rap derived from the word rhapsody. Which was utilized in most of the rap songs of the '90s. Rappers now a day lack class and style. They'll rap about whatever they can rhyme, then just come up with a random name that rhymes easily for a choirst.

I wasn't really trying to draw any conclusion from this. Just personally preference. If you all say rap is music and therefore art that's ok. I was just wondering if the music that the artists create has any true artistic value.

The difference between art and true art is the message it brings (IMO). There is a painting called Bird Shit. It's a painting that looks like 50 birds shit on it. That is still art. Maybe art isn't the right word but, rap had something that it lost. I wanted to know if anyone agrees with that.

I'm not a decisive person that is why the poll makes no sense. But if you think rap is art click IDC option I guess.