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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Sep 16
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    The most annoying aspect of this is imagining Ben Shapiro's inner monologue, in which he concludes that there's a strong public need for him to explain his views on raphttps://twitter.com/adam22/status/1173289165271654400 …

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    Ben Shapiro says rap music isn’t really music pic.twitter.com/4UZ4dnh0aR
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      1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Sep 16
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        To be further annoyed, imagine Ben Shapiro's nasally reprimand to Kanye West: "Sorry, what you're producing is *not* music"

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      1. df92‏ @dfab92 Sep 16
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        With the way he yaps away at 1000 words per minute I would think he would make a decent rapper. His rap name could have been Neo Con. Missed oportunity I guess.

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      1. Not Complicated‏ @NoComplicado Sep 16
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        He doesn't imagine a public need, he correctly sees an opportunity to score points with his base and keep that Patreon going. Racially coded condescension is his whole brand.

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      1. Dirk Fallows‏ @FallowsDirk Sep 16
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        Listened to a longer version. He's talking to a rapper, who then countered with his own views on rap. Shapiro also "downgraded" rock and even jazz. It's really just intellectual think tanking on a show. Big deal.

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      2. David Pinsen‏ @dpinsen Sep 16
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        Not a fan of Shapiro at all, but what he says there is essentially true if you exclude sampling.

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      3. ziel‏ @yourlyingeyes Sep 16
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        There was a study out a few years ago where they were able to track chord changes over different eras. In the 90’s they noted hit songs tended to lack any chordal structure - marking the ascendancy of Rap

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      1. The Hearken‏ @HearkenThe Sep 16
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        @benshapiro clearly never listen to Wu-Tang Clan or else his views would change

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      1. Gower Ramesh‏ @Ramrulez Sep 16
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        this guy (and there is a bunch of them around) is just a troll :)

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      1. ShaneWolfe‏ @GBotMAB Sep 16
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        I don't like Shapiro. But good on him for explaining his remarks on rap to a rapper. At least he didn't back down. I'll have to see how Zuby responds. Lol. Zuby I like.

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      1. vizz504‏ @vizz504 Sep 16
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        I don’t think people are required to gain your permission before sharing their ideas.

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      1. xtc66‏ @xtc661 Sep 16
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        Hearing someone slam Rap, is music in my ears.

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      1. CraigCo‏ @CraigCo6 Sep 16
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        Wait what?? Rappers use melody all through-out their music, especially in the hooks. And most rappers harmonize with the beat. Ben Sharpio doesn't know what he's talking about 😂😂

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      1. Peter‏ @dragonwmatches Sep 16
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        No way he’s listened to enough rap to have an opinion. The only big genre I don’t care much for is country, but I don’t go around trying to delegitimize it.

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      1. Phamtigalo‏ @Phamtigalo Sep 16
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        A person who has no talent in making music should not be criticising what music 'should' be. Especially someone like Shapiro

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      1. Dudley Bokoski‏ @dudleybokoski Sep 16
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        Once you restrict people on social media from commenting on things they don't know anything about it is a slippery slope. 😀

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      1. altobot‏ @TheRealAltoBot Sep 16
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        Better Response...IMHO:https://youtu.be/-riL5A4eiWQ 

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      1. Ryan Mullahy‏ @OGRyanMullahy Sep 16
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        There wasn't a strong public need for your hot take about how stand up comedy supposedly isn't funny either. #cognitiveconsistency

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      1. David Ferguson‏ @DavidRF34 Sep 16
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        People like Shapiro delusionally think there’s a strong public desire for them to explain their views on anything....

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      1. Cher‏ @tpagrl803 Sep 16
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        Is this his real voice, or is this auto tuned?

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      1. BEN123L‏ @BEN123L Sep 16
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        it's like that scene in dead poet society in which a fictional book introduction claims the ability to rate poems as a function of readable satisfaction plotted against known fame of the author (and Robin Williams later gets in trouble for ripping that page out)...

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