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Originally Posted by $5 submissions
Same question was asked about ragtime during the turn of the last century. Questions re 'authenticity' of any cultural expression or product presupposes some linear order or frame of reference. Postmodernism has debunked any such order. Now you have Shakespear right next to Don Delillo right next to Toni Morrison on any bookshelf. The focus now is on rendition and context rather than any Platonic "gold standard." Today's crap maybe tommorow's gold and vice versea.
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I think that their is a common thread between all forms of music and that rap doesn't apply as true music. Music is foremost about real instruments for one.
But I don't really think whether it's considered music or not is relevant to its value as an artform or how entertaining or enjoyable some people find it. It's simply a different medium for story telling (sometimes the stories are merely about bragging about one's money). Some people will like the medium, some won't. I think some artists have done fantastic work with the rap thing. Saying that rap isn't music, isn't really saying anything negative about it (although that's usually the intent). It's like saying that Shakespeare or your fiction novel isn't music. Singing isn't music either, it's what somebody does over music that's being played. But I still like Shakespeare and good singers, even more than some music.