Rock vs. rap

What do you think is better, Rock(as in Punk, Alternative, heavy metal, etc...) or hip hop/rap

In my opinion..rock is better...hip hop is okay

ROCK! just because it rocks, hey Rock rocks my socks!!

definitely rock!!!

maybe hip-hop... I'm not to sure. I love both, but I have more hip-hop/rap/r&b
songs!

rock and roll rap is dumb, it just a beat and some idiot talking. rock requires skill.

its not just a beat and whatever, I dont get u

rock is sometimes ewwi dont want to argue, cause what you think is what you think. its your opinion, I have no prob with
that, but could you please NOT say any words like 'dumb' or
something? Just at least say, 'I THINK it's dumb' ok?

Acctually rock DOES take more talent...and it takes longer to learn

rock all rap is is a person sayin yo im a gansta I got some weed I want my hoe yo yo yo rock accutaly has a message!!!

REAL rap and hip hop are just as good as the best rock & roll, as originally it was all heavily rock & roll inspired, I.e. Run DMC, who basically invented hip hop. Basically any rap/hip hop since the early 90's has all sucked.

And it takes tremendous skill and knowledge to actually rap, as you have to pretty much be a master of the English language, have a large vocabulary, etc. That does not, obviously, apply to modern rap (or crap, as I call it).

But rock also now has it's faction of crapiocity, such as the crap that passes off as punk and heavy metal these days.

Rock its better because hip hop has turned down to bad sayings and just really overrated messages but rock its an expression of your emotions and it relates and its better

I've always been one to favor Rock, Metal, Alternative...etc... But that doesn't make rock better than rap. I'm a native Detroiter, so I've gotta support my 'homie' (ugh) Eminem, but My fav band of all time Is Fall Out Boy. So it really depends on your perspective.

(But if I had to choose, It would be rock, duh!)

lol def rock =]

what about them both mixed together? I like rock better but when bands combine it, it totally kicks bottom (lol). Like in the Untitled Hidden Track by From First To Last or Linkin Park?

theyre both awesome but metal is way better than rap, its actual people playing instruments earning money this way, shredding the axe banging the double bass, and way more feeling, rap is dope and everything but at the end of the day its just a synth loop and a dude rapping on it.

Rock Obv

rap is better but some rock is good like motorhead and zz top

rap but some rock is good like motorhead and zz top

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Rock is sooo much better than rap. Rap has no meaning. 'Shawty got low, low, low...' What is that? 'A bay bay'? Seriously. I also believe that people who listen to rock are more educated and can speak well. As opposed to people who listen to rap, and type like YO' AiiN't G0T No STy!3 Anyway... rock overrules rap and always will.

Rock is better!!!

bullsh*t,,,rap is famous in all over the world,,U NO what EVEN IF you GO TO USA,SOUTH AFRICA,AUSTRALIA .EUROP.ASIA...THE SAME 2PAC,50 CENT LOYLD BANKS.ICE CUBE.SNOOP DOG .ETC...I HAVEN'T HEART ANY WHITE RAPIN like TOO PAC...NEVER HEART ANY

ROCK HAS NO BASS...ONLY GUITER ANYOIN ME...THE ROCKS STARS ALSO SOME ACT like EVIL TOO...SOME ARE TOO WHITE WHICH IS GROSS TOO...TOOO HARD FOR THEM TO RAP...INSTEAD OF ROCK REGGEATON IS BETER. >>>SO FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T RAP I'M SORRY...P*SS OUT

actually rap is not invented for white people...well some white can rap but they don't actually reach at the level of those of 2pac...like rock who can listen to it on the plane,,,no one...if you go around the world .u I'll find ''50 cent'' photos every were..compare to rock...

Basically rock lyrics actually have a point. Rap is just degrading to women and ridiculous. Not saying that rap doesn't take talent or whatever cause I guess it does...but rock takes more. They can actually sing and/or play an instrument. Kinda better than talking.

PEOPLE WEAR OUR T-SHIRT IN ALL OVER THE WORLD...BECAUSE THEY LOVE RAP,HIP POP ...

HOW COULD you ENJOY SOMETHIN WHICH HAS NO BASS ...I'M LLOYD BANKS CHECK OUT MY Fun mail me/ I'M SO FLY...THE MONEY I GET ''NO ONE CAN'T AFORD IT...ASK ANY ROCK STARS IF THEY CAN AFORD FERRARI

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Y NT WITH ROCK? ITS THE ROCK FANS WHO FIRST STARTED TAKING DRUGS, EVEN BEFORE HIP-HOP WAS BORN! DID you FORGET THE DE-CLASSIFIED REPORTS OF FBI OVER JOHN LENON OF BEATLES THAT HIS FANS ARE MOSTLY DRUGGED!

ALSO, ROCK MUSIC CAN MAKE A PERSON LOSE ATTITUDE.THEY CAN'T SPIN THEIR MUSIC WITH DISKS ON DISCO PARTIES YET THEY TALK LIKE THEY STILL WIN ON ALL FRONTS.Y? HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF A PROFESSIONAL DJ WHO PLAYS ROCK MUSIC?

WHERE AS HIP-HOP! YOU CAN USE INSTRUTMENTALS, OR EVEN IF YOU DON'T,JUST KEEP RAPPING, EVERY ONE KNOWS YOU LOVE HIP-HOP. IF YOU SING ROCK SONGS LIKE THAT, NO BODY KNOWS IF YOU ARE SINGING ROCK OR JAZZ!

EVEN IF YOU AIN'T GOT INSTRUMENTS, A DJ CONSOLE IS OK.
OR JUST A WOOFER THAT KEEPS KICKING BASE OUT.YOU DEFINITELY NEED MORE THAN STRINGS TO PLAY ROCK.

ALSO, IN HIP-HOP, OR RAP, YOU CAN EXPLAIN A WHOLE STORY OR A SITUATION OR COMPLETE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS IN SHORTER TIME. THATS why WE SEE A NUMBER OF FEATURING ARTISTS IN A SINGLE TRACK.WHERE AS IN ROCK THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME SIMPLY TO CREATE A ROCK AMBIENCE IN A CONCERT BY PLAYING THE SAME GUITAR STUFF OVER AND OVER AND FINALLY WHEN WE SEE WHAT THEY ARE UP TO IN A SONG, IT BEGINS OR ENDS WITH SCREAMING OR FREAKING.

we didn't say rock is bad...if can't create your own song or rap..what's the point of being rude to some rappers...u can't say rock is better than rap or hip-pop watever and you can't say rap is better than rock...because that's raises ...imagine when blacks people are gettin killed during the slave...that's the reason why blacks become rappers..2PAC RAP BOUT PEACE (CLICK ON THE TRACK CALLED CHANGE)MAN I SWEAR IF you are BLACK AND you LISTEN TO THIS SONG..U I'LL BELIEVE THAT RAP IS SOMETHIN NOT FUNNY

we didn't say rock is bad...if can't create your own song or rap..what's the point of being rude to some rappers...u can't say rock is better than rap or hip-pop watever and you can't say rap is better than rock...because that's raises ...imagine when blacks people are gettin killed during the slave...that's the reason why blacks become rappers..2PAC RAP BOUT PEACE (CLICK ON THE TRACK CALLED CHANGE)MAN I SWEAR IF you are BLACK AND you LISTEN TO THIS SONG..U I'LL BELIEVE THAT RAP IS SOMETHIN NOT FUNNY

we didn't say rock is bad...if can't create your own song or rap..what's the point of being rude to some rappers...u can't say rock is better than rap or hip-pop watever and you can't say rap is better than rock...because that's raises ...imagine when blacks people are gettin killed during the slave...that's the reason why blacks become rappers..2PAC RAP BOUT PEACE (CLICK ON THE TRACK CALLED CHANGE)MAN I SWEAR IF you are BLACK AND you LISTEN TO THIS SONG..U I'LL BELIEVE THAT RAP IS SOMETHIN NOT FUNNY

rock. definately

both good middle EMO RAP eminem

Rock:Chris cornell
rap:eminem

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hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahah...how said that ''hahhahahahahahaha bullsh*t...u I'll never rap and you I'll never see your self on the sreen man hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahah

I am love rock (ugh) no rap

rock has got my vote

Woah!!! What a war! haha I like how everybody is downing Rap, And they only put down the rap that sucks and that has be horribly blown up by the media to create a few fast bucks because the rapper is 'sexy' haha. Trust me True rap over rules rock any day (Notorious BIG, Twista, Eminem, NWA...) The real guys.

Also I do like a lot of rock like Red Hot Chilli Peppers!!! Woo Hoo funk rock haha but my vote is for rap since so many have voted for rock over rap already

rap and hip-hop

rap is fkin stupid it talks about the same stuff over and over. Drinking, hoes, shawtys, weed, ganstas hyphy,thugin all that stuff it gets hella old really fast.
Plus 2pac is cool and all but all he talks about is blacks being opressed. those days are over get over it groups all over the world are opressed and picked on way more.
And fkin E L F are A and C O your a fkin racist theres hella white people that can rap do some researching

rock...most definetely!

all rapper looks sexy but take alook at the rockers they dress like real evil...I duno why all rockers have to wear a ti-shirt with skull pics on it...thats a real evil sign

I like both

100% PEOPLE IN THE WORLD LOVE d.j.RAP/HIP-POP
AND 0% PEOPLE IN THE WORLD LOVE ROCK WHICH IS TOO SAD

I grew up in hip-hop..but I see I´m getting older I´m rock...I found myself in rock :-P

hey elfranco...a lot of rappers is looking for their sound in rock..like lil wayne, lil jon etc...A lot of rappers are inspiring rocking...even RnB stars using rock sounds like guitar etc..ashanti-only u, I´ve been at Rihanna show and it was like rock show...In rap...you have to got good producer..some kind of beat and sometimes interesting voice..rap is more about frontin´ ...you talking about ferrari and all that bling-bling shine-a*s sh*t...but example GnR also got millions but rock is not about money but feelings...rap songs don´t make you cry! ( except 2pac lol)..If you want to rock..you gotta be musician..you gotta be a good singer etc...it´s about melodys!!..sometime in rap is using a few beats...theres nothing to do with musicial...you gotta recognize I´m right man

hei have u seen any rappper or black answering this question...because this website are full of races peope...any way rap ,hip pop reggaeton are famous not rooock(ugh)I hate the screaming thing

e l f are a and c o, YOU ARE SOOO STUPID! How the bloody hell can you say that no-one likes rock? Are you living in a cave? Rock is, was, and ever shall be THE AWESOMEST!!!

elfranco:
1 what the f*ck? no1 likes rock? thats bull, just take the people here for example
2 racest because we dont like rap? also bull
3 rock has no bass? more bull
4 rappers sexy? 0_o ick
5 learn to type

Top 10 reasons rock is better
10) cooler album art!
9) Cooler style!
8) Rap is extremely concieded
7) Rap has no guitar, what the f*ck is up wit that
6) has been going strong since the 1950s
5) More diverse genres
4) takes talent!
3) WE actualy play INSTRUMENTS zomg (not just talking to a beat)
2) Meaningful lyrics
1) Has a melody! =O

lol I would say rock. But this is such a stupid question. Rap or rock, which one is better? No one can answer that question. Its all based on your own preferance. If you like rock, then rock will obviously be better than rap, but if you like rap, rap will obviously be better than rock. As for rock being all about 'the devil' lol lets take '3 6 MAFIA' as an example. Just think about it for a second. 3 6 mafia. 3 6's? 666? hmm? devil? Last time I checked thats what 666 stood for. And the amount of profanity that is thrown into rap songs that you hear, you would think its the devil himself singing to us threw speakers. But you can also say the same about rock, so I would say they both are at a tie when it comes to the whole deal with the devil. I just think people need to explore genre's before they feel they can judge an entire genre after hearing maybe 3-4 bands? Personal opinion.

THIS IS WHY METAL IS BETTER OK. ILL ADMIT THAT IT DOES TAKE SOME TALENT (VERY SMALL AMOUNT) TO RAP BUT anyone COULD DO IT, ANY OF US COULD WAKE UP ONE DAY AND SAY 'HEY I want to START RAPPING' AND WE JUST GET A PIECE OF PAPER AND WRITE THINGS DOWN. OK NOW METAL, you CAN WAKE UP ONE DAY AND SAY 'HEY I want to START A METAL BAND' OK THIS IS WHERE IT GETS COMPLICATED, you HAVE TO BUY AN INSTRUMENT TAKE YEARS LEARNING IT THEN FIND OTHER people WHO ENJOY THE SAME TYPE OF MUSIC you DO IN ORDER TO CREATE A BAND, THEN YOU HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND START JAMMING WITH YOUR BAND IN ORDER TO WRITE RIFFS, DRUM PATTERNS ETC, A RAPPER WAKES UP AND WRITES 16 BARS AND HE HAS A VERSE. I SERIOUSLY CANT UNDERSTAND HOW people CANT APPRECIATE someone PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT THIS ISNT JUST TALKING OVER A MIC THESE people PRACTICED FOR YEARS LEARNING HOW TO PLAY SO THEY CAN MAKE MUSIC, AND FOR THE DUDE WHO SAID ROCK STARS CANT AFFORD FERRARI'S ARE you FVCKIN SERIOUS?

To whocarez, since when in order to make GOOD music does someone have to pick up an instrument and practice for 6-7 years until they are good enough to form a band? There are such thing's as 'sh!t' bands as there are 'sh!t' rap groups. And those sh!t bands could have practiced their asses off for 8 years but still could end up sounding like sh!t, when a rap artist wakes up one morning and decides to make a rap song and it becomes a multi million dollar hit. What would you call that? I would call that talent. Pure talent.

dude are you retarded? if it takes someone 6 or 7 of practice to form a band they must be mentally challenged in 6 or 7 years youd be reallly good at what you play. even sh!t bands have more talent than the best rappers, you say million dollar records? million dollar records that talk about how they spend their million dollar record money? yeah that takes talent dude pure talent Lol you obviously have never even picked up an instrument because if you say rapping takes pure talent than playing an instrument must be impossible right? sh!t bands still have to come up with riffs the drummer still has to be in sync with everything else the bassist has to drop a bass line for the guitar it all has to go together you dont just get a piece of paper and write down how many hoes you have dude or how much your car cost, not to mention that some rappers get ghost written, you dont ghost play a guitar or drums, unless youre playing air guitar, w/e yo playing an instrument and playing in a band is much harder and requires way more talent and dedication that talking on a looped beat about how much your chain cost. 1

MAN your ANSWER MAKES SCENES

rock

Ok, to whocarez. you said 'youobviously have never even picked up an instrument'. Wrong. I have been playing piano for 2 years, guitar for 2 years, bass for a year, drums on and off and I am a Dj, and mix music. You are so close minded when it comes to music. Its pathetic. Your one of those PURE METAL HEADS ROCK ON type of guys. I can tell. You think metal is the best becuase there are 4-5 members and each has their own part? which takes a couple of years to master? Then they have to sit down for a few minutes and time it all together? lol. You are saying rap only sings about girls, chains and cars. Well I could say all rock sings about is Death, killing, and more death. But I would be wrong wouldn't I? Because there are rock songs which have deep meaning, as there are rap songs that have DEEP meaning, but you have just not heard them. You have only heard the rap songs which sing about girls, cars and money. So you really have no right to speak at all. You have no right to compare 2 completly different genre's of music until you have heard enough of each. And we both know you haven't heard enough rap to judge it. Until then, please do not say anything more. Your points are completely invalid. They make absolutly no sense at all.

I enjoy both

I havent listened to enough rap? I listen to a lot of rap dude, talib kweli, mobb deep, mos def, common, I also listen to mainstream sh!t because of the beats, I used to make hip hop beats and was trying to go into a career in that but its really hard to make it in music so I went into a more realistic thing, but yes dude I do listen to alooot of rap yo I listen to country aswell, I listen to jazz, I listen to a lot of things, you assume I dont listen to enough rap/hip hop because I like another style of music over it. I just dont find someone rappin on a beat about how hard it is in the hood interesting and I find it really unoriginal and uncreative. if you play all those instruments than you should know its harder to play an instrument than just putting a bunch of thoughts on a paper that rhyme, you should also know its really hard to sing and play an instrument at the same time, and you play drums right? I've met a lot of drummers that tell me you have to separate your mind because you have to do 1 thing with your arms and totally different things with your legs, I still doubt you play any of that because you make it seem like bands sit down for a minute and have a new song, wait YOU DID SAY THAT, and by the way I can compare them because rap music and rock music is ... music duhhh. they both have patterns and loops, metal has loops but they are played by instruments, they switch up tempos they change up melodies and drum patterns all in one song, rap is the same thing the difference is the loops is the same thru out the song, like a 2 or 4 bar loop and it repeats itself, the melodie barely switches up unless its the chorus remember dude I used to make hip hop beats they are pretty easy to make, but ill grant you that yes its my personal opinion that metal is better, but you cant deny that making metal is harder and takes more talent that rap dude seriously c'mon

Ok ok, Let me just Confirm for you that YES I do play all those instruments. And I never said that you could write a song in a matter of seconds. It takes time and dedication to make a song. I know that. BUT if I wanted to make an amazing 'metal' song YES it would take me a very long time becuase I want it to sound PERFECT. BUT if I wanted to make an amazing rap song it would take a very long time as well becuase again I would want it to sound perfect. Both genre's have an equal amount of talent. As you said before anyone can rap, Anyone can therefor play rock can they not? anmyone can pick up an instrument and take 2 years off their life then start a band? right? its open to anyone and everyone. Now if you say we can compare rock to rap then why not compare rock to classical? in that case classical completley destroy's rock. But see you cannot do that. Both genres appeal to a different group of people. and OBVIOUSLY both groups will disagree and say there music is better. Its how we work. Rap takes it own amount of talent, as does rock. Who are we to say it takes talent or not? Were not making millions off of it? were sitting here saying itr does and it doesnt. And just give me your opinion on free styling. If thats not talent then I dont know man, becuase there are a lot of people who cannot do that. But you could say free styling is like improvising on an instrument so its equal there? not sure. But dude I dont want to start a huge fight or argument with you, I just want to hear your opinion and have a civil argument with you.

ill agree with you man yeah it takes talent to rap, and yeah anyone can make rock music and anyone can rap, but like you said if someone wanted to make rock they would have to take 2 years and practice practice practice, someone that wanted to rap would aslo have to practice their vocab and how they flow but im guessing it would take a lot less than learning an instrument. to each his own right, we are never going to really know whats better just what someone thinks is better so at least to me I think metal/rock is better lol

ROCK! rap and hip hop is dead.