Maybe if the guitarist who said that were Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, Steve Howe, Frank Zappa, Tony Iommi, or Alex Lifeson, I would give that statement some credence. But it's Keith Richards we're talking about. As a player, I think he's pedestrian at best compared to the guys I just mentioned. For a guitarist who touts himself as a non-flashy rhythm focused player to say that "rap is for tone deaf people" is, in my opinion, completely asinine, especially when one considers that the basis for rap music is meter/rhythm. And that individual percussion pieces are actually tuned to pitch. But that's just me. I've never understood the allure of the Stones. There were much better and far more groundbreaking bands born of that era.
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Originally Posted by Billy L-bach
I did some on-line research and it appears that no, rap is NOT music.
Rolling Stones guitarist, Keith Richards has declared that rap is for tone deaf people.
Keith Richards commenting on music is simply, well...
...its fact.
If Keith Richards comments on it and says it isn't music, then I am afraid it is settled. Climate change scientists would kill to have as much "statement as fact" credibility as Keith Richards.
"Rap — so many words, so little said. What rap did that was impressive was to show there are so many tone-deaf people out there. All they need is a drum beat and somebody yelling over it and they're happy. There’s an enormous market for people who can't tell one note from another."
Just to be fair, debate.org ran a poll and found out that rap is overwhelmingly NOT considered to be real music. Cheap sounding background beats, sampling other musicians, and talking sh*t does not music make
...if that isn't enough, there is also a post on facebook that says it is so:
xxxx://xxx.facebook.com/rap-isnt-music-its-annoying-people-complaining-to-a-fake-drum-beat-121169561245120/
Everything else from this point forward will be put in the same category as climate deniers.
That being said, Run DMC is still the MAD notes !!!
Respectfully submitted for review and discussion on this 25th day of May in the year of our Lord, 2017.
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