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Why Hip-Hop is the Most Important Artistic Movement in Human History
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<blockquote data-quote="legro" data-source="post: 1100321" data-attributes="member: 584"><p>Been giving this some thought ( maybe shouldn't have ) but, for me at least, rap ignores two of the musical basics: melody and harmony. Rhythm is left unscathed and often accentuated. This should not pose a problem: Stravinsky and Schoenberg paved the way for many others to do the same in classical music, and melody and harmony has always been " open to interpretation, rather wide interpretation " in jazz. </p><p></p><p>Rap, however and famously, tries to incorporate poetry, and decidedly not lyrics but " real " poetry, to compensate for the loss. </p><p></p><p>This can work, and sometimes works spectacularly. But mostly does not.</p><p></p><p>Because a lot of compensation is required.</p><p></p><p>To echo a previous post: for the discerning listener videos like these unfortunately detract from what rap actually is/ could be, and focus on what it most definitely is not.</p><p></p><p>Which is a shame.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="legro, post: 1100321, member: 584"] Been giving this some thought ( maybe shouldn't have ) but, for me at least, rap ignores two of the musical basics: melody and harmony. Rhythm is left unscathed and often accentuated. This should not pose a problem: Stravinsky and Schoenberg paved the way for many others to do the same in classical music, and melody and harmony has always been " open to interpretation, rather wide interpretation " in jazz. Rap, however and famously, tries to incorporate poetry, and decidedly not lyrics but " real " poetry, to compensate for the loss. This can work, and sometimes works spectacularly. But mostly does not. Because a lot of compensation is required. To echo a previous post: for the discerning listener videos like these unfortunately detract from what rap actually is/ could be, and focus on what it most definitely is not. Which is a shame. [/QUOTE]
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