I Don't Just Listen To Rap....I Study It. I Dissect It.

[PhonZhi]

Anybody else like this? Im a fukking nerd when it comes to rap. I dont just listen to rap, I find myself literally studying and "dissecting" it.

I dissect the rhyme schemes and patterns used. I dissect the flows and cadences. I study how the rapper conveys his overall message/story while at the same time utilizing an assortment of poetic devices and techniques. Its fascinating to me the thought and intelligence it takes to pull this off.

I rarely just mindlessly "vibe" to rap music. The rap music I listen to personally is too lyrically dense for me to just "vibe" to. If I wanna just "vibe" I usually just throw on an instrumental. My mind is usually heavily activated when I'm listening to rap and is why I'm so addicted to it as an artform. I've noticed new shyt that I never noticed before in songs I've listened to hundreds of times.

It really exercises and challenges my mind

 

[southpawstyle]

I read books when I want to study. I listen to music for pleasure.

 

[Suspicions]

I read books when I want to study. I listen to music for pleasure.

It's possible to to dissect while just listening for pleasure, doubt OP is at a table with notes lol

 

[doublenegative]

Im the same with production. I wonder about sound choices and mix decisions. Weirdo.

 

[southpawstyle]

It's possible to to dissect while just listening for pleasure, doubt OP is at a table with notes lol

When you study and dissect books you generally take notes. Actual students of music do it.

 

[Tom Foolery]

Entertainment vs Art

 

[Bugsmoran]

@u are always correct

 

[Faneto4]

Facts I do the same with R&B music or all music for that matter.

 

[Brosef]

Definitely been dissecting that new Conway mixtape

 

[flipn50]

It's really fun reading lyrics from certain rap songs, like AZ ft. Nas - Mo Money, Mo Murder:

Yo, in a mahogany, black scenery
That was lightning and rain drops
I'm tied up in the basement cocaine spot
Like Bangkok, I'm blindfold
Vietnam type mind control, this torture
His accent sounds like the rarest culture
Asking me, my atrophy stabbing me gradually
Says his attribute was satanic, masonic, ironic
I felt reminded of my fast life ventures and winters
Blind until the flashlight enters

 

[315]

Not really. I study production more than lyrics

 

[SunZoo]

You can study some songs/albums in the same way you could study something like the bible.

 

[vaudevillevillain]

i study everything.

 

[Suspicions]

Definitely been dissecting that new Conway mixtape

He's nice? What's it called

 

[SunZoo]

Entertainment vs Art

Honey Boo Boo is entertainment. If that's all this rap shyt is to you then you're a shytty person.