Charger Opinion

Get some perspective... listen to real music

Erin McMillan, Charger Staff

Why are Nelly, Eminem, Nas, Jay-Z, Ludacris, Ja Rule, Eve, and the like at all necessary to the world of so called music? Three years ago, no self-respecting radio station would have dared to sink to the level that rap music presents. Now, all rappers have to do is collaborate with a mediocre singer and before they know it, they’ve hit the Top Ten.
Is there really anything more to rap than some ignorant guy with bad teeth and jeans down to his knees, going on about how much money he has, how great he is, and how many women he’s slept with? It takes no talent to be cocky.

White rappers are another atrocity entirely.

Take Eminem. When he isn’t telling us how he wants to kill his wife or how horrible his mother is, we get to hear him tell us how he hates gays or how music would be nothing without him. All he tries to do is shock people into buying what he sells--vulgarity. Again, that does not take talent.

Women rappers create the image that all women love to wear thongs and dance around poles. They have no self-respect, and all they rap about is how a man did them wrong or how they want a one night stand.

Every rap video is an abomination to good taste.

Each one is the same. Promiscuous women, alcohol, and drugs come together to create productions that should never see the light of day.Rap is simply a quick way to make money.

Get some kid off the streets, tell him some things to say, and watch the dough roll in. An occasional song will come around that breaks out of the mold,but it happens far too rarely for my taste.

Article prepared for web by Joy Wheeler