BlaqueKnight said:

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"You say I act as if there is some skill to rapping, when actually the real question is why don't you know the difference between good rap and bad. People are STILL trying to pretend that hip hop is not a "valid" artform. Sheesh! Hip hop & rap aren't going anywhere. I've learned to understand and therefore appreciate it. So should the rest of the "naysayers' on this board. Prince can kick a clever line or two, but his delivery is for shit and his flow is wack. Corny as HELL. He's an expert vocalist, but his rap skillz are sub par. Trying to devalue the artform itself won't change that.
p.s. 18 & Over is a perfect example of why Prince SHOULDN'T rap. Singing is his game. He should"

Just like rappers you talk a lot bullshit!!!

I do not give a rat's ass about rap to care about who is good and who is bad. Right now the top ten cd's on the charts are by rock acts. Kind of looks like rap may have had it's moment. All things come to an end and I am glad it has finally starting to happen with Rap.

If Rap is in an artform. Please explain why rappers cannot maintain their careers beyond two or three recordings. I'll tell you why because it requires little or no talent to do it. I give Public Enemy credit because the lyrics were great but, the rest of it is about as relevent as disco music. I have also let people who are rap fans listen to 18 and over and they liked the song. They did not fall out of their chairs but, they seemed to like it.

So much for the artform of rapping. I could find a wino off the corner to rap and sell some cd's. Oh !!! I forgot all of the rappers out today are winos off the corner. (LOL)

laurarichardson said:

There is an art and skill to rap. If you listen to Chuck D. & Public Enemy, Dead Prez, Talieb Kwalei, and even Biggie, Pac, Scarface and Ice Cube you come to learn the intricate nuiances that differenciate between GOOD rap and just rhyming sentences. That's why real rappers laugh at cats like 50 Cent & Ja Rule and laugh even harder when singers try to rap. You say I act as if there is some skill to rapping, when actually the real question is why don't you know the difference between good rap and bad. People are STILL trying to pretend that hip hop is not a "valid" artform. Sheesh! Hip hop & rap aren't going anywhere. I've learned to understand and therefore appreciate it. So should the rest of the "naysayers' on this board. Prince can kick a clever line or two, but his delivery is for shit and his flow is wack. Corny as HELL. He's an expert vocalist, but his rap skillz are sub par. Trying to devalue the artform itself won't change that.
p.s. 18 & Over is a perfect example of why Prince SHOULDN'T rap. Singing is his game. He should stick to it.
[This message was edited Thu May 29 16:39:13 PDT 2003 by BlaqueKnight]

The problem with hip hop is the truely talented rarely get noticed because they dont have "Hootie Hooo's" and "Uggghhh's" and "Bling Bling's" Commercial rap is nothing but a series of catch phrases now and it is a joke. The real talent lies with men like Kool Keith, Company Flow, Del the Funky Homosapien and Jedi Mind Tricks. People that dont need a specific backing track for them to sound good. Kool Keith and Del have done everything from rapping over rock to hip hop to electronica beats. That is where the talent lies. To be versatile enough to adapt their rapping style to any kind of music. Not just do the same song over and over again like 2 Pac did. Chuck D could do it. Dead Prez could do it too.

Why can't Prince be as humble?

damn all i wanted was a list of a few songs u would put on a cd if u HAD TO make a cd of ur fave/best prince rap tracks.

i dont know or care if he is the best/worst rapper in the world...
i just love listenin 2 it,whether u call it rapping or singing or talking or rhyming.
remember i wasn't asking about what u would put on there 4 rap experts... or 2 impress Suge Knight...
but 4 someoen u know say... who likes listening 2 hip hop & may like it.

btw,talking is rapping... so i rap whenever i say something.
if u wanna get technical
[This message was edited Thu May 29 19:51:00 PDT 2003 by Joshy84au]

Rapping is the junk food of musical creation. Prince does it the way he does it to be unique, that's it. He talk sings more than raps anyway. When you say he can't rap you are saying he is lacking as a musician'; and you all know that that isn't true.

Maybe Race too, but that's a maybe!