Lyrics > Beat When you listen a hip hop or rap song for the first time, do you focus on the beat or on the lyrics? Most and if not all of you would say that you pay more attention to the beat. But when you hear that song again and again, do you still care about the beat? Or now you listen to it for its lyrics? If you still say that you hear the song because of its beat, then the song you are thinking of has little to no lyrics. A rap or hip hop song isn’t a song without the lyrics. Hip hop music itself is composed of two parts: highly rhythmic and lyrical rapping and DJing, which is shown through turn tables, instrumentation or beatboxing, as stated by different sources. Notice how when experienced people in the hip hop industry describe …show more content…
So tell me, tell me that the beat is still more important, and I’ll send another essay proving you wrong But when you hear that song again and again, do you still care about the beat? Or now you listen to it for its lyrics? This is important to them because it’s the truth, most of them if not all of them keep hearing a hip hop or rap song because of its lyrics A good example could be Eminem’s “Lose Yourself”. Its beat is repetitive but it varies from time to time. On the contrary, its lyrics are amazingly written in such a way that almost every single word in the song rhymes with another one. This is important to them because it gives them an example of what a song with well written lyrics can do. Hip Hop and Rap are ways to express an idea or a story. This is why these genres depend on the lyrics. This is important to them because I am making them realize why hip hop and rap songs need to have good