Originally Posted by: PonyOneto everyone here that's saying it takes no talent and it's easy... here... go by a Roland 808 and program some stupid beats and then go write something and stand up in front of a group of hip hop fans in NYC and amaze them with how talented you are.

there's a lot of rock out there that's really stupid, ignorant, poorly-done and takes no more talent than to hit two chords over and over, and yet, somehow that's easier than coming up with a good beat and rapping?

do yourselves a favor, go online and find the lyrics to some rap songs... they can be two or three pages long, they seldom repeat (many rap songs do not have choruses), and yet somehow the MC manages to stand up there and repeat from memory and still keep rythm. to answer you, chris, a LOT of people (i.e. most) do not have rythm. if everyone had rythm everyone would be a musician.

listen to guys like Busta Rhymes in songs like "Gimme Some More," where he's going so fast that it's mindboggling but, in fact, he is saying each and every word.

again, rap is not my favorite form of music by a long shot, and the only rap CD's i own were left in the back seat of my car by some stupid friend of a friend back in Boston. but know that saying that rap takes no talent and is crap is a really overwhelmingly ignorant thing to say. maybe you don't like it, big deal, half of America never listens to rock, does that make rock crap?

ANY kind of music can SOUND like crap - it's all an opinion - i never said it didn't take balls to get up on stage and either - rap bout dem hoes - or sing/scream/...mumble. about deep stuff - but u can not disagree with the fact that making beats on a keybord/synthisiser bla bla takes more talent than learning a guitar/drums/bass/SINGING (witch Alot of bands can't but .."try") and play together - Now lets look at eachother concerts lol - who do u think has the harder job ... playing guitar/drums/bass/singing without messing up for a couple hours or having yer beat play'd for u and all u have to do is walk around the stage and throw yer little pimp lyrics at yer crowd of fans that are just listening to wtvr MTV plays for them which is the only reason rap has lasted so long - rap is a disgrace - and it MOST of it does not diserve the name music - and i know alot of people don't have rythem but it can be learned - which could look good for the rapper if he had to learn that - and to sum it all up Over all what do u think takes more talent...