The Eminem Blog

Detractors of hip hop culture and rap music prompt to say that � anybody can rap �, that � rap ain�t music, it�s crap �. All those people are totally wrong in their judgements, because they totally ignore what rap music is all about. It�s is so easy to be demeaning towards something they don�t even understand.
Rap music cannot be viewed the way you would look at classical music, but it is a very complicated and sophisticated art.

A good rapper needs to have a lot of qualities :

- First, to be credible, he needs to come from a hip hop cultural background.
Although rap music was born and has been developped by the black community, it has a universal vocation.

- he must be able to write good quality lyrics. Instead of being shocked by the many cusswords you can find inside of a rap text, people should try to look at the poetry and the meaning of the words. Many rap lyrics are street poetry.

- He needs to have a good sense of rythm and the rythm he puts in his music must marry with the text.

- A good MC needs to captivate his audience, he needs to have charisma

- A good must be balanced in his body and be a good breakdancer

- And many more�

Hip hop is a very complete artistic expression which uses painting (graffitis), music (rap), dance (breakdance), poetry. Hip hop culture should be respected as a cultural enrichment to society.
It is so untrue that � anybody can rap �. Rapping is a real job that requires a lot of work. There are so many rappers on this planet, but not all of them can claim to be good rappers.