The United States Government is only allowed to restrict freedom of speech if it presents an immediate harm to society. So why isn't there a ban on rap music? That is what I am going to address in this paper.
First of all, rap music is not even real music. I used to be in a Christian band and am a music major, so I know what music is. It is very possible to record an entire rap song without even knowing how to play a musical instrument, and without even knowing how to sing. Rap is simply a conglomerate of words, usually offensive words, spoken very fast and backed up by a simulated band. I say simulated because generally these artists (or non-artists as is usually the case) generally use drum machines and other simulators. Now that we have sufficiently covered the fact that rap is not actually music and therefore not art, let's get on to the substance of the argument.
Rap is incredibly offensive. There are very few rap songs that do not, in some form or another, mention sex, doing drugs, or even murder. The language is incredibly horrible, as a rap song (if censored) is nothing more than a long beep. Women are mentioned in a very derogatory fashion. Examples include calling them hoes and other terms that cannot be used in this paper. These writers make them out to be nothing more than objects of pleasure. This is a horrible thing and should not be allowed to continue.
First of all, rap music is not even real music. I used to be in a Christian band and am a music major, so I know what music is. It is very possible to record an entire rap song without even knowing how to play a musical instrument, and without even knowing how to sing. Rap is simply a conglomerate of words, usually offensive words, spoken very fast and backed up by a simulated band. I say simulated because generally these artists (or non-artists as is usually the case) generally use drum machines and other simulators. Now that we have sufficiently covered the fact that rap is not actually music and therefore not art, let's get on to the substance of the argument.
Rap is incredibly offensive. There are very few rap songs that do not, in some form or another, mention sex, doing drugs, or even murder. The language is incredibly horrible, as a rap song (if censored) is nothing more than a long beep. Women are mentioned in a very derogatory fashion. Examples include calling them hoes and other terms that cannot be used in this paper. These writers make them out to be nothing more than objects of pleasure. This is a horrible thing and should not be allowed to continue.
- Rap promotes murder.
- Rap is not real music.
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Kaylee Womack
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02/02/2010
i love this article, i had to write a paper on this! so you've helped me out, i made an amazing grade cause of reading your article!
stiffdog555
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02/01/2010
I think rap is amazing and people should not banned it and its like saying i can banned country music and with out rap people would be out of their mind.
wesley
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01/30/2010
does rap suck terribly? yes is rap music? not really (in most cases) should it be banned? i don't think rap, no matter how terrible it is is protected in the constitution. so as long as our constitution is intact (probably not long seeing as who our president is)it can't be banned nor should we ban it people can say what they want so because we have freedom of speach
To The Dumb Sh*t That Wrote This Article
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01/12/2010
You are the biggest ignorant snob I've ever encountered on AC.
jal;kdflakdfj
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01/11/2010
if anyone ever bans any kind of art, no matter how vulgar it is, i will move to a different country, and start rapping f america, because that is censorship
Me
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01/04/2010
It's funny that someone brought up rap stealing music from led zeppelin when they did the exact same thing to plenty of blues artists lmao
Don't fight ignorance with ignorance
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12/31/2009
I'm all for banning rap to be be played on the radio, because that sh*t is garbage. However, there is a vast difference between the rap played on the radio and the majority of rap music. Maybe if they banned rap from being played on the radio people would garner some self-reliance and search for good rap other than just jumping on the bad rap bandwagon. The majority of rap is by underground ARTISTS performing their hearts out doing what they love, often for just enough money to pay the bills. You can't ban a genre! It's like you think all of it's the same. There is plenty of rap not about the things you mentioned. There's a sub-genre called Conscious rap! If you really think this is such a good idea (banning rap), make an article of why you should ban conscious rap, giving links and references to songs and artists showing what terrible things they are doing. Another thing, you are an idiot if you think rapping doesn't take talent and that it is not music. The day you can convince me th
anonymous
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12/12/2009
In short, I used to listen to it but realized what it does for society, because I watched it unfold before my eyes and realized why people behave so incorrectly. I hate people that make society sick and don't realize they are. Everytime someone is sitting there arguing about the facts of why it is a good thing. I don't see how it does anything good for society and why people can't realize it. I can see why. It definitely is a problem is all Im saying. People can act dumb and argue about it, but they can keep it. I think people aren't wise enough to appreciate the facts of reality and moral behavior. I am going to regret growing old with a society of successful rap influenced individuals and all nonsense they learn.
i read the paper
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12/12/2009
and i agree 100%. first of all hes right in it is not real music. second of all, you can rap about things other than violence and secks. and i know that there is rap that isn't about that, but all you hear on the radio is the kind he is talking about, and that is why the crime rates sky rocket. not to mention drug usage as well. The majority of people just need to stop being so dam ignorant and open their ears, and hear the lack of talent used. But it is useless, the masses will never listen, too accustomed to being "just like everyone else". Individuality is gone. People are too scared about what people think of them. people need to live their lives, and get out of the rut, that they have been hypnotized into by the ways of others.
anonymous
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12/12/2009
I wrote a lot more on the subject and it didnt show, but basically the "bad" side of the culture and music if there ever was a good sie has spread world wide. It was the intention of these people from the begining of it all to mask a behavior of a criminal sort from the begining, to sway the masses. I think that it has evolved into our minds for the worse. Our forefathers would have made something for it all if they could see the immorality of it all and the way it molds the society we live in. I think it needs to be censored at the least. I think that society likes it and doeasn't want to accept what "it" really is. I hate it when someone listens to it and goes home with the thought that they can act sane on theyre own behalf. I don't see why people enjoy others lifes without consequence or knowledge of theyre behaviors actions in society, thats the disease.
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