Originally Posted by dannyrug

The Music Theory states that music is composed of pitch, beat or pulse, rhythm, melody, harmony, texture, allocation of voices, timbre or color, expressive qualities (dynamics and articulation), and form or structure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_theory

Alone based on that, rap does fit the criteria for music. There is pitch, beat or pulse, rhythm, etc...
It really does depend on the artist, but it seems that you are generalizing all rap artist. Some rappers add more to their songs than others. If you are going off of the mainstream hip-hop/rap that you hear on the radio, most, but not all of the songs contain these fundamentals.


Off the record, what is your definition of music Wight.