Some rap is good, like how the Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Rage Agianst The Machine incorporate rap.
I only consider rap to be impressive if it's fast or rhythmic. I like The Beastie Boys style, or Run DMC, at least those guys know how to make it catchy and fun.
Most rap today is just awful crappy lazy rap. Talking into a mic is not cool. It's lazy rubbish. It's like: "Urgh, pimp, urgh, ho, urgh, pimp, urgh, bling-bling".
The likes of Redman are fine (not a "fan"
, but the likes of Jay-Z can go to hell. I especially hate Garage, which takes something as lazy as crap-rap, and makes it even worse by adding hideous "urban" mixes to an awful lyric. So Solid Crew can die a painful death. And I'd laugh.