angel345 said:

Except that chart is for the FANS of each, not the artist themselves.

Back to the Beyonce heap with you.

eaglebear4839 said:

For real, the most intelligent people on Earth, except for those Madonna types. They're merely tolerated.

Cinnie said:

Lost track for a moment, but do you mind saying what you mean about the Beyonce comment?

This is a ver very interesting study! I never heard of such a thing..but as with society I expect people who listen to Beethoven to be "smarter" and people that listen to jazz to be more "stylish and soulful" and people that listen to rock to be more "against the world". I DO expect people who listen to most of todays rap to be less insightful about anything special in the world to be honest.


With that said...i think I like all 3 of Lil Waynes Rock tunes. Amazing Girl, Prom Queen and Hot Revolver are so much different than todays rap. It's like he's having a Kanye moment. Amazing Girl has all these weird vocal effects with auto tune and the uptempo beat with live instruments ass so much depth. Other entertainers need to take note of Puffy, Kanye and Waynes styles. They are branching out...growing.
I really do appreciate what they are doing..and not being so scared.

angel345 said:

In my opinion, I believe these studies should be more personality oriented than intelligence. My daughter likes Lil Wayne, and she's a 'A' student at middle school. I don't care for him nor Ludacris because I can't figure out what they're saying and they're not my cup of tea. I am more into pop, easy listening and jazz music, but I left college in 2006, didn't graduate yet with a 4.0 average. My grades were lower than that over 20 years ago because of distractions in life, and music didn't play a part in it. To add, you would be amazed that there are such young men and women out there who are Lil Wayne fans, and pulling a 'A' average in school.
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angel345 said:

how old are you and how old is your daughter?

graecophilos said:

I'm going to put it this way: I was a teenager when "Thriller" album came out and my daughter is in her early teens.

Well I have always thought gangsta crunk rap is dumb, I mean half them are functionally illiterate they can't spell, and their grasp of culture dosen't go past designing clothes labels. A duhhh! guys
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Huggiebear said:

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viciuzurban said:

I said gangsta crunk rap, not all rap. Get your facts straight

I love stuff like De La Soul, Fugees, Some Kanye, Run DMC and anything positve, Lil Wayne just sings a bout shit like other crunk rappers like Lil Jon, Florida, Chingy, Lil Cease etc

Huggiebear said:

[Snip - luv4u].

I think the smart people were just smart enough to say "oh, yeah, I listen to Beethoven" when they do no such thing and the dumb people just told the truth

I think the smart people were just smart enough to say "oh, yeah, I listen to Beethoven" when they do no such thing and the dumb people just told the truth

What disappoints me is that really smug Radiohead and Sufjan Stevens fans can use this to support their snobbery

I don't need a study to tell me that Lil' Wayne fans are dumb.

viciuzurban said:

I am not illiterate, I hold a masters degrees and a teching diploma, and have an IQ of 130, its just I type fast and sometimes can't be bothered giving it a spellcheck. Plus you read my message in correctly. In no way did I say all rap was stupid, which is what you are suggesting I said. I said gangsta crunk rap, a sub family of rap and unfortunately the form most heard on the charts.
As far as I am concerned, rap is a debased form of music anyway, how can you compare a semi literate, drug fuelled criminal swearing to a drum machine beat and talking shit to the high art of Beethoven, Mozart or other people who have spent years becoming experts on music and learning their instruments. I liked rap as a teenager but like most people with a triple digit IQ grew out of it and listened to real music for once.

I am an ethnic minority graduate intern. I graduated in the top 5% of my state, play numerous instruments (violin for over 13 years) and graduating from law school this summer. But you don’t hear me running off my resume do you?