>There's NO technical aspect to it. You don't use notes,
>phrasing, scales, or any of the other elements of
>"traditional" music. Hip-Hop is almost Anti-music. In that you
>don't HAVE to be musical to be good at Hip-Hop.


you're ignoring a HUGE facet of music which is rhythm, cadence, and syncopation - all fundamental aspects of hiphop music. rappers who can actually RAP tend to be extremely rhythmically skilled, probably more-so than artists in any other genre IMO.