Rap Rules And Rock Is In A Gutt Rhetorical Analysis Essay

“Why Rap Rules and Rock Is in a Rutt,” by Robin Davey, expresses a common view among youth today: Rap music is in and Rock N’ Roll is out. Davey believes that Rock music has lost its gusto and should make way for the more relevant genre of Rap. Although I agree that Rap music is more popular and culturally relevant to our current society, I strongly disagree with Davey in regards to Rock’s inevitable demise. One of Davey’s attitudes towards Rock throughout his editorial expresses that it is a genre of music that has become spoiled and unauthentic. He states that Rock “has become about rich kids playing at being fucked up, [playing their] brand new, latest edition, Les Paul, that Mommy and Daddy bought them at Guitar Center.” Last I checked, all of the spoiled rich kids I have ever had the misfortune of encountering have all listened to Rap or Hip-Hop. The only kids that would beg their parents to get them a guitar are likely devoted Rock fans, whose heroes probably include highly respected names such as Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Chuck Berry, just to name a few. These snobby rich …show more content…
But if you take the time to look from the other side, you’ll see that Rap music, or any famous entity in general, all follow these traits. So when rappers bash Rock music for being outdated, it is interesting to see them still copy many famous rockers’ attributes. In the end, there may be no changing your music preferences and that is okay. But it may be useful to actually research the reasons why you love it so much and see if they are up to par. Ultimately, you are what you listen to, so make sure you are comfortable aligning yourself with the ideals your music icons exude. The real debate is not whether one music genre is better than another, but how we can use our music to influence others, hopefully for the good, that matters