That is not the case with rap music. And I've tried. I've listen to Snoop Doggy Dogg and Doctor Dre and Jay-Z and Eminem. I just can't appreciate this music. It's too angry, too nasty, too hateful. I am never put in a good mood or frame of mind after listening to that. And that's not to say these artists have no talent. They are quite inventive with their rhyming and there are lots of hooks and loops that are interesting music-wise. There are even some songs I learned to like a little. But I just can't get past those mindless, senseless lyrics and the constant beat-beat-beating of the electronic drums and synthesizers.
The best and simplest description of music I've ever heard is that it is "organized noise." Well with rap, it's more like noisy graffiti.
I despise (c)rap for all the reasons you mentioned, and I’ve never found ANYTHING redeeming about it. The rhythms are boring and repetitive, the lyrics just self-impressed doggerel, and if there’s any real MUSIC present, it’s synth crap that sounds like a bucket full of beer bottles falling down stairs. That that talentless genre has survived this long is a tribute to the dumbing down of America.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owutDdnIMUI
Snoop Dogg’s biggest negative is that he really used to be a pimp.
His “songs” aren’t so bad if someone arranges real music for them.
There is something lacking from rap music, like a frigging melody?
A lot of the rap from the 80s (until N.W.A. and Ice-T came out around 1988) did not have the hateful, nasty lyrics. Some did talk about tough inner city life but many of the songs were just fun songs. They also had more of a tune than stuff today, even if it sometimes sampled an older song. Here are a few of my favorites.
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kjeWGQ175g
Whodini - Friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxni-FM-UVA
Run-DMC - King Of Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXzWlPL_TKw
Fat Boys - Can You Feel It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCSkw4roTEQ