I would choose rap... just flows better, better beats, better music... Cant stand most heavy metal... Not into head banging like that...
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I would always choose rap and hiphop over something like death metal. I just like the beats and stuff, plus I can never see myself breaking to something like death metal lol. I don't mind listening to it though, or hanging out with people who dig this type of music, but it just isn't my thing.
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That is like asking if I want to be shot in the arm or the leg lol. I would go with the Death Metal because it is almost music.
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These are two types of music that have their proper place and time for play.

I have grown up with a full spectrum of music in my life and find that music helps to create a mood. We choose certain songs to help alter our emotions. To relax, scream, sweat and dance, or just smile.

I wouldn't choose a death metal song to meditate to, just like I wouldn't pick a gansta rap song to play while at work (I'm a massage therapist).

Of course if the client brought a CD and requested metal or rap, I would happily play it for them. I did do a massage to Ozzie Ozbourne. I don't think it was as therapeutic for the client... but hey, it's their time. (it's only happened twice in 15 years)

I truly believe that all music has its time and place.

For instance... the music video I posted says it's the worst music video ever, but I haven't had a good laugh like that in a while!
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I would chose death metal...don't get me wrong I do listen to the occasional rap but I find myself liking it less and less lately. It's not he same as 2pac....Death metal makes me feel more alive...it's like it gives me a boost of energy it makes me race :)
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I would rather go blind with death metal due to the fact that they are usually more emo than hate. Most gangsta rap I've heard has revolved around hedonistic behavior, hate, and abuse of women.
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Both of those forms of music are so simple that I don't actually listen to them directly per-se...

Rather, I use them as base-lines and then mentally add audio tracks in order to flesh them out, and then I listen to the new composition with my inner ear.

Which means... it doesn't really matter... although if I had a choice, it would probably be a tad affected by mood.

If I'm in the mood for rich, ponderous classical music, then I'd choose the room playing death-metal, because it's easy to fill that out with classical music tracks.

And if I'm in the mood for something bouncy, then I'd choose the room playing gangsta-rap, because it's easy to imagine adding traditional European folk lines to gangsta-rap in order to fill it out.

BTW - my favorite for that one is to blend Celtic fiddle and bagpipes in with rap in order to imagine a bunch of kilted red-heads river-dancing around hoods in color-coordinated track suits. Try it, and I bet you like it... and yes I'd do it live but there's not many rappers where I live - lots of east-Asian and south-Asian sounds, but no rap - so if you've got some rap demos in midi then email them and I'll weave in some Celtic tracks and send the composition back so you can hear what I mean. I bet if you could get a good group of rappers and Celtic pipers and fiddlers together the right way it would hit the Apollo with a bang!

The point is... long ago I used to get annoyed at musical genre's that were simplistic and predictable, but then one day I finally grew up and stopped being a whiner, because the obvious finally dawned, which is that if predictable simplicity is making the music feel boring, then the fact that it *is* simple and predictable also means it should be easy to add new lines with musical-imagination and then listen to the new composition with the inner ear.
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Death metal for me. Mostly because with the screaming you can't really understand what they're saying anyway. Gangsta rap is all about doing things like breaking the law, beating up and disrespecting women, and doing drugs. No thanks.
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Death metal all the way though to tell you the truth I would much rather some grindcore with some pig squeals or something along those lines but I can work with the death metal, I would just run in start a mosh and punch some people in the face, I mean if you ran in and punched someone in the rap room you would probably get shanked, rappers just cant take a punch to the throat like a metal head can.

plus the only thing a girl can do to a rap song is dance like a whore, at a metal show girls have the ability to run in and start running about and throwing down.

Though what would be cool is if there was a middle door with this in it.

I <3 the Devil Wears Prada
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