What about punk music?
The point of rap music is rebellion and to offend "adults."
If people over the age of say 40 don't find in loud and offensive then they are doing something wrong. Personally, I listen to it all day long most of it is commercial crap (everything that gets radio play), but some of it is original, imaginative, and humorous (if offensive).
I didn't read the entire long winded article but IMHO the author demonstrates his ignorance of the subject by overlooking one key point (often overlooked by people who don't listen to it)
In rap music the lyrics are secondary to the music itself. Which is to say the beat. I listen to rap all day every day and I even I can't understand the 3/4 of the lyrics to these songs. Your lucky if you can make out the hook (chorus.)
I've been listening to ska and punk for a loooooong time....started in H.S. Still enjoy it, 15 years later.
Like a lot of kids, I started listening to p*ss my father off. It worked.
I like it because it's a good outlet. I like a lot of the people that are in the culture because of their individualism. The people in it that I know run from the ultra-conservative to the ultra liberal, but I think that most would feel very much at home here on FR because they are thinkers that can't stand the herd mentality.
Finally, I'd like to put in two qualifiers here......1) there are two types of punk. The pre-washed, bland, pop, MTV variety and the underground variety. I'd include myself in the latter. 2)The pictures of punk fans with spiked hairdos and safety pins in their noses, largely just make good press. Yes, these people exist - you see them at every show - but most of the fans look like Joe and Jane average. You'd also be surprised at the number of people that take out the earrings and hairspikes after the show, get in their Lexus, and go to their professional job. I'm in IT management, guy that I see shows with is VP in a large bank. Go figure! :-)