I wonder what's happening with our brains when we listen music. I clicked on the links above and tried to listen to that stuff. It's impossible as far as I'm concerned.

Try turning the sound on, for starters.

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You probably have seen people practicing their music somewhere in a park or on a bench.
Yesterday when I went home from work, there was someone practicing his rap this way and looked like a total dork doing it. I just thought "well, if you can't sing.... you should shut up or learn it".

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I just hate nagging and people that try to get attention to themselves by their voice. Talk, talk, talk and some talking. Usually loud too. That kind of attention cravers can irritate me to no end.

But I have to admit that it's not uncommon that I think like you. It feels like some choose rap because they are bad singers or don't want to have to learn.

I don't think that's correct. Perhaps academics don't, but then again I doubt that's accurate. The difference is that the high brow stuff gets a bit of a free pass for being "art." And anybody that questions that is considered to be stupid and given a good talking to. Hence why it's OK to have nudity in art work, but when it's pornography the same people that appreciate art are often the ones most offended by it.

As far as analyzing low brow film, people do it, how do you think they came up with the formulas for how to make them in the first place? Trying to shoot one of those like an art film isn't going to work.

No offence at all meant to drealmer7 at all, it just makes me sad when people have Eminem as the be all and end all of rap (whether to dismiss it with "Oh, I tried listening to Eminem, but I guess I don't like rap" or even "oh, I like this one rapper, Eminem"). I wonder why it is...is Eminem like the easy listening of rap? I don't consider him particularly enjoyable to listen to either, but then again, might be because I grew up on Tupac :D.

As for the "Oh, it is all so gangsta and boring" argument, while I love Tupac, rap has a wide and enjoyable range of styles and subgenres. Some other songs I like:
Handsome Boy Modelling School - If It Wasn't For You (ft De La Soul &amp; Starchild Excalibur) (someone categorised it as "Jazz Rap")
Soom T - Dirty Money (A scottish singer of indian origin doing reggae infused rap music)
YTCracker - Feel Like Leisure-Suit Larry (Part of a concept album about a dystopian future where the government knows everything you do..."nerdcore hip hop")
Bust Rhymes - Don't Touch Me (Team Teamwork remix) (A rap song by Busta Rhymes that was redone by this group that added incredibly well-fitting Zelda music to the background)