Article: The Music In Me: Rap of History Backwards The

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I'm 60 years old with two kids that grew up listening to rap. I hated it. I used to tell them they called it rap because it was short for crap.

I heard Eminem's "Stan" (the version with Dido). Listening to this SONG totally changed my mind about rap. I guess "Stan" was my "gateway" song to rap. I may not like all the so-called rap, but I sure no longer consider it crap.

Before posting this I googled "Stan" and read on Wikipedia that Rolling Stone Magazine ranked "Stan" #296 in their list in "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Not too bad.