Rap vs Metal

Thank you feverish for joining the debate. Rap and hip hop are not easily defined here in the US and both have extremely different cultures and followers from my perspective. I know some people would define hip hop as a cultural movement while rap is just a style of that movement or genre, but I disagree. It is my opinion that hip hop and rap have evolved into two separate genres in every aspect from fashion to psyche. So I would also like to propose that rap and hip hop are no longer one in the same and have evolved into separate genres and cultures since the early years of hip hop from Afrika Bambaataa to 2live crew. On a off note this is going to be interesting since my opponent in from the UK and I am from the US. So, it will be Interesting to see how our views differ being from different countries and how we interpret these genres from different environments, cultures, and lifestyles. I would like to start with the elements of rap and hip hop before going into the original debate between Rap and Metal because I feel that Hip Hop and rap are two different genres of music with similarity's like pop and R&B. The lyrics in Rap have very little substance and mainly relate to hardships, violence, sexual content, explicit language, immaturity were as Hip Hop deals with evolving spiritually, metaphysically, unique dancing, and obtains much more intellectual thought and interpersonal problem solving. I know that some Hip Hop artists avoid being described as Rappers due to the nature of actions represented by the Rap culture. Also I can name countless hits done by Original artists that have been sampled, stole, or bit off of by the Rap genre were as hip hop artist feel that it interferes with the integrating of their music because they are more in tune with music theory and the creation of a unique sound whether it be instrumental, digital audio, or midi sequenced. Some of the ways you can identify the deference between Rap and hip Hop followers: Lyrics, fashion, attitude, grammar, intellectual thought, artistic credibility, individuality, the creation of a original piece, insightful lyrics, dance, and most evident is the constant reiteration of the same idea, song, concept revisited over and over again. Here in the US there are hoppers and gangsters each listening to their own styles of music and it is greatly evident that these two cultures are completely different. When walking down the streets of Los Angeles you can identify one from the other very easily, I can tell if a person listens to rap or hip hop and I can also tell if the person is into mainstream or underground forms of either by their attitudes, appearance, and attire. If we can agree on my representation of Rap and Hip Hop it would make a world of difference in how I debate this issue, but if we can not and you find that there are no differences between the two I will have to reevaluate my argument to make a stronger case in my behalf. So, I am not gong to make any agrument on the Rap and metal issue until the next round. Sorry, if this takes us elsewhere on the subject but, distinguishing whether or not rap and hip hop are different makes an enormous difference on how I will continue this debate.