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I just worked out what one of the main reasons I'm kind of hiphop-averse is.
It all boils down to the word "featuring".
It comes up a lot, and in too many cases means, for me: "So here's this song by someone you think is talented, that would be a totally awesome song, except it's "featuring" some other dude, who sucks."
The top example today being "Let It Rock" by Kevin Rudolf, feat. Lil' Wayne.
Kevin Rudolf's song: AWESOME.
Lil Wayne's bit: ASS.
I still like the song, because the rest of it is awesome enough to let me just wait out the crappy Lil Wayne bit, but this, I think, is why for me hiphop as a genre is "there are some songs I like but it's not really my thing". Because I can't just have artists I like, because there's so much damn crossover with artists I don't.
So I just haven't ever got into it, it's got a difficulty curve I just can't deal with.
ETA, please note: If liking Kevin Rudolf and not Lil Wayne is unfashionable, please be advised that I do not care.
You know what else I like? Aqua. And Vengaboys. And Gummibear. I absolutely adore Dolly Parton. Showtunes, too. I actually own the album from which William Shatner's legendary version of Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds comes - and I like it. I have Leonard Nimoy singing The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins, and if there is a nerdier statement of musical appreciation in existence I don't know what it is.
My collection also includes anthems of the Soviet states, Ladysmith Black Mombazo, and a significant collection of World War II-era music, some of which is hideously racist propaganda, Christian rock, and German death metal. The only person my taste in music has to suit is me.
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