Hip hop is generally a lesser form of music. Simple repetitive beats with poetry attached doesnt say too much for the listener. No one who listens to classical will listen to hip hop or rap. Some rock is good like Tool.
I would'nt say that???? I listen to both, and I like both. Clude DeBussey, and Franz Schubert ( Love, love, love "Ava Maria." ) are my two favorite classical music folks... I do "not" like Ammadaeus, Bothoven, or Bock, I call them mainstream classical. They just seem to lame and the same.
Clude's music is just so wild, and over the top you gotta love it, (almost like a Emenim in hiphop), and Franz Schubert is smooth as silck, and detailed and precise like Rakim's style in rap, slow and smooth.
"Lesser form of music"?, I dont thing there is a such thing, that would depend on each individual artist, not a whole type, or style of music. I agree some artist in any music are worst than others. I think some of the best that ever did it are...Rakim, Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane, 3rd. Base, EPMD, or KRS-1.
"Repetitive beats"? Nope, wrong on that one, more rythmatic.
Rock is sweet also, I like the Chilli Peppers, Heart, Pantera, The Black Crows, Led Zepplen, Prince (some of is music is rock, and everything else, he cannot be classified), The Donna's, Blonde, The Cars, etc..
Some people like all music, like me... I love sound! I would never, ever want to go def. I have said enough, and given enough attention to negativity. I will now go back to the OP's post. Sorry to get odd track, and falling into this but I hate being catigorized. And sorry for the mis-spellings. :wave2: