marathondan Wrote:Have you listened to* The Streets' A Grand Don't Come For Free? A beautiful piece of work, IMHO. Musically, I guess it wouldn't be categorised as rap, but if rap means a vocal style then to me, rap it is.
If you're talking about the more common, aggressive forms of rap (which I believe would come under the umbrella of hip-hop, but I'm no expert) then to me it's just another high-energy musical form addressing the issues of youth. For those of us for whom heavy rock etc fulfilled that role, there's probably no room in our brains to appreciate a whole other genre doing the same thing.
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* definitely to be listened to rather than heard
I have heard the Streets, yes, and liked what I heard. Only caught them in small chunks on Jonathan Ross and Jools Holland though, so I'll aim to listen again. Thanks -- and I can see why it could be categorised as a flavour of rap. Yes, I was thinking more about the hip-hop side of rap. I don't dismiss or disparage it but no amount of cranial probing has managed to get my head round it. A bit like opera. I've tried but failed on that one too.
