Genres are made up.

I only listen to WWE Opening Theme Songs.

Some good music I see here.

So then why post this s*** here

We come here to discuss rap, I can assure you almost everyone listens to other kinds of music, it’s just weirdos like you make up this false narrative to try to feel high and might and put down rap music. Even if someone only listened to rap, who gives a f***? There’s so many different sounds within rap that it’s completely reasonable primarily listen to it if one chooses to do so

This is just subtle “rap isn’t real art” bullshit

F*** you

It is absolutely a lowkey racist narrative. Yall only do this with rap ON A RAP FORUM

KACs getting annoyed that Pop isn’t on top anymore. Rap always getting shat on and will get worse the longer “The Box” is on top of the Billboard 100 not saying this applies to OP but it’s how a lot of people feel.

some of y’all are very weird for how you’re interpreting OP

true but if you’ve ever had a conversation about music outside of KTT, this is still a common talking point with only rap ever being brought up. nobody criticizes pop, rock, or EDM fans for only listening to those genres

would you rather be extremely knowledgeable about one genre or pretty well-versed in a variety of genres?

the answer depends on how much you enjoy that one genre imo

for me, i love hip hop (including R&B) 1000x more than my next favorite genre, and as someone raised primarily around white people who hated rap, i can say i’m familiar enough with Rock, Pop, and EDM to make this judgement

people who venture out into weird genres were never true hip hop heads imo. what you doing telling me Nas aint the GOAT while you bumping animal collective and s***. foh dweeb

lmfao you need to talk to more people

all genres get this

this is KTT so we talk in hyperbole

ofc all genres get this, but it’s been disproportionately more common to bring up about rap for decades

maybe that’s dying down now that rap is solidified as the dominant genre in America, but you can’t ignore the history of it

this exact same conversation is a common debate even within rap,

“you only listen to conscious rap” “you only listen to mumble rap”

every subset of music has conversations like this.

I grew up listening to rap, around rap music, seeing people constantly fight to get that typical pop/rock bullshit out of the mainstream. Now that rap’s in that place & the same thing is happening. It’s a cycle.

If all you’ve ever known is rap then of course you’re only gonna acknowledge when people when people talk about it, even though there’s plenty to talk about in other genres.

its ok, especially considering that at one point in their lives they will probably listen to other genres as well

the spotify algorithm treats me well i dont need more..

Keep Hating

But for real though to each his own. Saying that liking other genre's makes you less of a hip hop fan just seems like a toxic way of viewing art and people in general. Just comes off to me that you're saying that you have to fit a certain "mold" to be a hip hop fan which is lame gatekeeping. Your favorite producer didn't find dope samples by only checking out hip hop music.

Ended OPs thread right away, leaving it now

rap is mixed with all kind of genres doe so u gave the worst example u could give

You didn't read the comeback argument though.
Stop.

They are insecure about their music tastes.

f*** white people