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It seems to me that rock came (through a very long line of evolution) from classical European music. The Europeans on tone, arrangement, and harmony, which all eventually appeared as main themes in rock. Rap however has very obvious roots in African tribal music. Rap/Hip Hop is built on a strong beat with (usually) minimalistic instrumentals and lyrics are treated more as spoken story told in line with the beat. So trying to say that one has more artistic merit than the other is something like trying to say that German symphony has more artistic merit than Nigerian drum and rythm music. My point is that they came from completly different places and cultures and you can't really compare or demean one with respect to the other because they simply aren't the same.
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