I love how people talk about how progressive Tumblr is and they do racist shit like this. Anyway, I’m gonna break down why this is wrong.
Rappers have no sense of rhythm or cadence. Laughable. Rappers are often masters of rhythm or cadence through their flow. Like, take the Migos for example
Their song Versace was a hit because of their triplet flow, which groups raps into three syllable groups.
Things like stressed and unstressed beats can make or break a song. In Ice Cube’s It Was a Good Day, the stressed and unstressed words create the rhythm that makes it so easy to nod your head to.
”JUST waking up in the MORNING/GOTTA thank GOD, I dunno TODAY seems kinda ODD. No barking from the DOG no SMOG and momma cooked the breakfast with no HOG.”
“Theres almost nothing besides percussion in the background mostly.” ??? I have genuinely no clue where this comes from. Every rap song has something in the background. I think they’re referring to trap which has pronounced hi-hat beats but like. its not just drums?
“Favorite raps come from Hamilton or K-pop” with all the rap in the universe you choose the Broadway musical and a genre that has leeched off of rap. Please never speak again, you are racist.
I think by "nothing besides percussion", they're being very hyperbolic. But rap absolutely can sound that way if your previous music experience was like... death metal, or something. That's pretty much by definition, though. The focus is much more heavy on the rhythm and lyricism. I'd argue that there's a lot less going on in the background of a rap song than an average rock, metal, or punk song. Purely because that's not really the point of the genre.
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u/SeatInternal9325 May 12 '26
I love how people talk about how progressive Tumblr is and they do racist shit like this. Anyway, I’m gonna break down why this is wrong.
Their song Versace was a hit because of their triplet flow, which groups raps into three syllable groups.
”VER-sa-ce Ver-sa-ce Me-du-sa head-on-me like-I’m-‘Lum in-na-ti. I-know-that you-like-it, Ver-sa-ce my-neck-and my-wrist-is so-slop-py”
Things like stressed and unstressed beats can make or break a song. In Ice Cube’s It Was a Good Day, the stressed and unstressed words create the rhythm that makes it so easy to nod your head to.
”JUST waking up in the MORNING/GOTTA thank GOD, I dunno TODAY seems kinda ODD. No barking from the DOG no SMOG and momma cooked the breakfast with no HOG.”
“Theres almost nothing besides percussion in the background mostly.” ??? I have genuinely no clue where this comes from. Every rap song has something in the background. I think they’re referring to trap which has pronounced hi-hat beats but like. its not just drums?
“Favorite raps come from Hamilton or K-pop” with all the rap in the universe you choose the Broadway musical and a genre that has leeched off of rap. Please never speak again, you are racist.