Why is rap more popular than rock?

I can't figure this out for the life of me. Rock is so much better... real instruments and the melodies are a lot better.... seemingly because rock musicians tend to make their own music and not sample it. But why is cRap so much more popular than rock? Rock sounds better.
 
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because everyone wants to be a nigga, but no one wants to be a "nigga".


For the most part Rock > Mainstream Rap IMO.
 
i wonder why they even invented black jelly beans,,, them muthafukaz are nasty as shit! as a matter of fact, if they are going to continue producing black jelly beans in the U.S., i'm not buying any fucking more,,, who's with me on this?
 
Music is a thing of taste firstly.. and secondly you cant lump it all together. I can throw some rock at you that sounds like youre standing in the middle of a tornado aka not good. I listen to all types of music.. Theres fly shit in every genre.

Rap is just the current cool kid "rebellion" thing. Get into music history and youll understand.
 
Who told you this???

The most popular rap artist MAY sell 5 million every once and a while (see Jay-Z).

Britney Spears or fucking Kid Rock will do that right now in they sleep!!!

Or Foo Fighters or Green Day or Rolling Stones or fucking Megadeth if them m-f- even still alive!!!

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Never seen a rap artist sell out NFL stadiums across the country. Rock stars do it all of the time. Rap isn't sustained on the charts. A rock CD will spend two years in the top 100. A rap CD may get two months.
 
RUN DMC PREDICTED THIS: HIP HOP IS THE KING OF ROCK


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I'm the KING OF ROCK, there is none higher
Sucker MC's should call me sire
To burn my kingdom, you must use fire
I won't stop rockin' till I retire

Now we rock the party and come correct
Our cuts are on time and rhymes connect
Got the right to vote and will elect
And other rappers can't stand us, but give us respect

They called us and said we're gettin iller
There's no one chiller
It's not Michael Jackson and this is not Thriller
As one def rapper, I know I can hang
I'm Run from Run-DMC, like Kool from Kool and the Gang
Roll to the rock, rock to the roll
DMC stands for devestating mic control
You can't touch me with a ten foot pole
And I even made the devil sell me his soul

Now we crash through walls, cut through floors
Bust through ceilings and knock down doors
And when we're on the tape, we're fresh out the box
You can hear our sound for blocks and blocks
For every living person we're a purple treat
It's me and DMC, Jay where's the beat?

Now we're the baddest of the bad, the coolest of the cool
I'm DMC, I rock and roll. I'm DJ Run, I rock and rule
It's not a Trick or Treat and it's not a April Fool
It's all brand new, never ever old school

You got the music in your body and you can't comprehend
When your mind won't wiggle and your knees will bend
Music ain't nothin but a people's jam
It's DJ Run-DMC rockin without a band

Now I walked on ice and never fell
I spent my time in a plush hotel
I stood on many stages, held many mics
Take airplane flights, at huge heights
So all you sucker MC's, you gotta say please
Cause when he jumps high, I'm pulling down weeds
Got a song so strong, it's knocking down trees
Is it hard to believe it's Run-DMC

I am from, around the way
And Run goes to school, every day
And Jay plays the records he has to play
And we get down with no delay, HEY!
I rock the party with the words I speak
And Run says the rhymes that are unique
And Jay cuts the records every day of the week
And we are the crew that can never be beat
So don't try to diss me, try to be my friend
Cause if you do, you'll get yours in the end
The rhymes we say, shall set a trend
Because a devestating rap is what we send

Every jam we play, we break two needles
There's three of us but we're not the Beatles
My name is Darryl, you can call him D
You can call me Darryl Mack, or you can call him DMC
People always ask, "DMC, what does it mean?"
D's for never dirty, MC for mostly clean

Like we said before, we rock hardcore
I'm DJ Run, I can scratch. I'm DMC, I can draw
And now we got the knack, to attract
Our rhyme's an aphrodisiac
We'll reign on your brain and rock your knot
When it comes to rock, give it all we got
To be MC's, we got what it takes
Let the poppers pop and the breakers break
We're cool cool cats, it's like that
That's the way it is, so stay the hell back
We're causin hard times, for sucker MC's
Cause they don't make no songs like these
PERIOD!


King of Rock Lyrics
Artist: Run-D.M.C.
Album: King Of Rock



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I can't figure this out for the life of me. Rock is so much better... real instruments and the melodies are a lot better.... seemingly because rock musicians tend to make their own music and not sample it. But why is cRap so much more popular than rock? Rock sounds better.

It's not.

I look at every concert hall in the city filled day by day with rock bands. Once a month, a rap act comes to town. A lot of these rock bands are making their money touring......

...and then you got Radiohead that just did some shit that might set the whole music game on fire.....letting you choose what you'll pay for the album. (at least the download)
 
It's not.

I look at every concert hall in the city filled day by day with rock bands. Once a month, a rap act comes to town. A lot of these rock bands are making their money touring......

...and then you got Radiohead that just did some shit that might set the whole music game on fire.....letting you choose what you'll pay for the album. (at least the download)
Yeah, that was some original stuff they came up with..... That damn well may change the game period. Record companies may be about to get shook.
 
I can't figure this out for the life of me. Rock is so much better... real instruments and the melodies are a lot better.... seemingly because rock musicians tend to make their own music and not sample it. But why is cRap so much more popular than rock? Rock sounds better.

why the fuck are you even posting bullshit like this?????:confused::confused::confused:

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Rock should be better. We invented it.

Can't say it any better than the sistah said in that reply. Shit, black people invented ALL music considered to be indigenous to the United States. We invented the blues, which is the root from which all American music flows. So, the original poster is actually comparing one form of black music to another form of black music.
 
Can't say it any better than the sistah said in that reply. Shit, black people invented ALL music considered to be indigenous to the United States. We invented the blues, which is the root from which all American music flows. So, the original poster is actually comparing one form of black music to another form of black music.
Hip Hop was a fucking mistake. End of story.
 
Crackkkas trying to emulate Blacks by playing "rock" music was a fucking mistake. End of story.
 
Can't say it any better than the sistah said in that reply. Shit, black people invented ALL music considered to be indigenous to the United States.

Well, Black folks didn't invent so-called Country, which is an important part of Rock (as well as an influence on the Blues and old-school R&B).
 
I can't figure this out for the life of me. Rock is so much better... real instruments and the melodies are a lot better.... seemingly because rock musicians tend to make their own music and not sample it. But why is cRap so much more popular than rock? Rock sounds better.

because in rap every body can rhyme some dumb shit and have a 15 minutes of fame these days in rock u r requied to learn and play an instrument!!
 
I think its because rap music is a part of a whole lifestyle, and the hip-hop culture has a major effect on ones life. Rock might just be music, but sad to say, rap is "life" to most people.
 
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