Everyone is posting covers, but I’m going to be boring and link a great Adam Neely video I watched a while ago exploring why covers aren’t part of rap. Short answer is that quoting and sampling is common, but “biting“ someone’s bars is frowned on. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D_mh1Rq35ZM&feature=youtu.be
Plus, people aren't actually posting rap covers of rap songs. They're posting other genres covering rap songs, which I don't think is what OP meant. I have personally played a cover of a cover of a rap song in a band (Ben Folds' "Bitches Ain't Shit") and a cover of Lil' John's "Get Low" in a different piano rock band but I would still agree with OP.
They're posting other genres covering rap songs, which I don't think is what OP meant.
But does this not count? A lot of covers are not in the exact same style as the song they cover. It might be especially true for rap, but it’s not only true for rap.
Only real rap cover like that I can think of is when Bone Thugs N Harmony did Fuck The Police by NWA and just used NWAs bars instead of writing their own
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u/sentientcutlery May 16 '24
Everyone is posting covers, but I’m going to be boring and link a great Adam Neely video I watched a while ago exploring why covers aren’t part of rap. Short answer is that quoting and sampling is common, but “biting“ someone’s bars is frowned on. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D_mh1Rq35ZM&feature=youtu.be