okay tigersoap, since you asked...
it is not always the simplicity of rap i don't like, there's plenty of good simple music i like to listen to (rob zombie for instance) it is more the infantile reaction people have to something that is so basic (boom boom chick boom boom boom chick clap) although rythm is a musical principle that needs to be explored, people listen to something like two kicks and a snare hit and go "ooooooh i wish i could do that" when they CAN do that but have no idea due to lack of understanding, which i have learned to accept. (and yes it is true we are all STS here but we are also in the process of changing this fact though knowledge gathering and other activities) anyway, i feel like there's a lot of rap music that sends bad messages, and i might even go so far to say that some of it (because of the message) may be contributing to the dumbing down of society. that being said, there is some rap that i have heard that i feel is awesome and totally genuine, musically and lyrically. many people misunderstand heavy metal, i believe. they only scratch the surface, they won't look any deeper than that. they listen to it, and the agressiveness doesn't make sense to them, at first they percieve it as random noise. it's not pretty sounding and they can't dance to it, so they say what am i supposed to even do with this? they can't dig under the topsoil and see the true genius of the style (yes i have heard rap that is genius as well) they don't like the fact that it takes effort to figure out "the point." most people get turned off right away by the screaming because according to them anyone can scream...NOT TRUE...you can REALLY hurt yourself if you don't scream with the proper technique, which can lead either to vocal chord damage and sometimes a big headache. (i get so sick of seeing people suck up a big gulp of air in the chest, and then blow it all out, lose their voice and accomplish nothing.) and then they might say it's so fast why does it have to be so fast?...it's fast because i want my adrenaline rush and i want it NOW! then there's the complaint of "i can't understand the words", you can just read the lyrics, can't you? and then there is "why don't they ever sing about anything nice?" it's because life is not 100% rainbows and sunshine and therefore, anything relating to rainbows and sunshine WILL NOT be the lyrical subjects. and then there is my favorite: why is this song so long? it's because the band was creative enough to use more than 3 chords. so that's my opinion on the points above, i hope i don't appear cynical or anything