I love The Kinks and The Smiths...have you heard Lola by The Kinks it is awesome...and my two favourite Smiths songs are The Queen Is Dead and Rubber Ring
Yeah, but that kind of music is good. I can't honestly say that about rap. The thing I don't like about rap is that it's quite much one guy speaking crap, with some really simple music playing in the background.
So basicly the only skill u need when making rap is the ability to speak. And it does sound horrible too.
But this is ofcourse only my opinion and I have nothing against ppl liking rap, but I just don't like it at all.