Blog Post 7

One of my favorite forms of art is music. Yes i listen to a little bit of everything, but what i can really talk about is Hip Hop and rap. A lot of the time people miss understand the meaning and purpose of rap. What aggruvates me the most is when people dont even listen to what the people are talking about. One of my favorite artists right now is Drake. Drake talks about everything in his music and puts it in a way so clever that to some people it might not make sense. Rap is just poetry with  a beat, which is what he does. His latest album talks about his sucess and how he makes it, its calles Take Care. If you listen to every song on that album he talks about life and tells a story. I think what people dont like is when rappers cus and talk about woman in degrating ways, but if you listen to the sings and what theyre talking about it could change the whole song up. One rapper that gets misunderstood alot is Lil Wayne. They say all he talks about is money and woman, when in reality he also tells storys and has a reason for everything he says. there are so many songs in which this happens that the examples would be endless. Another thing that people dont liek is the example that they set to children which is what aggrivates rappers like Lil Wayne the most. I remeber and interview where he says "im not out to be a role model for anyone exept two (his kids) If people need an example on how to live there lives, then they shouldnt have been born" The fact of the matter is this music is not intended for kids and what hese trying to say is if you dont like his music dont listen to it. he rights and sings for himself amnd his family to express himself which is what somtimes socioty does not understand. Over the years of listing to this music ive learned what the artist mean and underastand them better along with the music. Im still learing and trying to discover new things about it but so far this is my favorite form of art