Metal .vs. Hip Hop - A Comparison of Technicality (Part 3)

[llongone2]

Since Judas Priest`s "British Steel" is often refered to as the first true Heavy Metal album, it`s kind of an invalid comparison. The first example of rap/hip hop should have been the Sugar Hill Gang or Grand Master Flash. Then, if you want compare Dre to somebody, how about a metal band that also enjoyed a similar level of exposure and popularity during roughly the same period, like Megadeth? Then, you might have considered comparing two more contemporary acts, like Dream Theater and Ludacris.

[TheHelix123]

for me it is METAL all the way!!!\m/

[TheHelix123]

for me it is METAL all the way!!!

[Gingerlord01]

you cannot just base wheter two music genres are better than one an other from this video, each genre influenced the next, to make the next gen of music. Personally, i think heavy metal is better, but i can't base my judgement on this, i also cant really base any of my judgement on anything, i dont like what i hear on the radio pop/hip hop wise, but iknow for a factevery artist makes good songs which are not played on the radio, thus, i dont not have anything to judge.

[mynameisjonas45]

@Gingerlord01 Read the description. 

[Shygirl1647]

@djbusychild Some metal features a huge vocabulary. Take "Uterovaginal insertion of extirpated anomalies" for example, I know what two of those words mean and can take a good guess at one...

[TiduS4max]

i was listening to amia venera landscape when u sent me this video.. so i had the answer eveb b4 it started..

[MutantCheeseburger]

Lol u guys are fags.

[LiNaK37]

@MutantCheeseburger You're angry, desperate, hungry, and cold.

[necrophagist10]

metal

[futureartistME1]

hip hop because you can understand what their saying with metal it kinda sounds like this "AHHHH."

[TheHelix123]

@futureartistME1 that happens when u listen to extreme metal for the first time like cannibal corpse after a couple of lsitens and u can understand the lyrics clearly!!!

[phaantje]

Well, when I'm listening this, I think hiphop is technically more advanced with the vocals. But metal is much more technical if you listen to the instruments. But I think you picked the wrong metal and wrong hiphop songs.

You need the best of the best of both, and those aren't the best hiphop and metal songs.

[mynameisjonas45]

@phaantje "Best" is subjective. 

[phaantje]

@mynameisjonas45

So is this vid :)

[mynameisjonas45]

@phaantje What do you mean? How is this video subjective?

[TheBandKStudios]

I think metal is more techical because you need to know how to play the instruments. I learned how to play guitar for a band i am in and it takes a lot of concentration. and especially writing the songs with all the instrumental notes in them. this is my opinion

[Ogawa47]

Today's hip hop is not really all that technically demanding IMO. If you want to write a rap "song," you don't need to know how to play an instrument, just how synchronize sounds in a mixer, which could require some background in musical theory depending on the song. You don't even have to be a good singer, just have some sense of rhythm. Metal usually requires skill with guitar/bass and drums. Neither genre puts forth compelling lyrics. It all depends on the artist.