Raine

^ thank you Snickers. I just lost my vision.

There's no reason in the world for some guy's teeth to shine like the sun.
I was blinded momentarily.

And I don't think of Nelly as a rapper. he seems like a big softy.
he's kinda cute though. ALthough he's got to do something about those teeth

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Dizz-E

All musicians ARE entertainers, but if that's ALL you are, then you are garbage. you aren't an artist, you're an entertainer. you should just sing and dance and perform. doesn't necessarily mean you got good lyrics..but i see where you comin from.

Dizz-E

I'm thinkin bout gettin a grill..

Nah but for real..you made a good point. he's all about appereance now, rather than the music.

But i'm sure when he first came out you were feelin his music, cuz it was new and original. now its stale and repetitive

hiu

Wow, you're a moron.

Rap will be, if anything, more underground than what it is today. The amount of commercial rap is far outweighed by the amount of underground rap around these days.

That is so so so wrong.

Merkaba

There will never be such a thing as a dead underground.

Underground is the fuel of the commercial world. If the underground dies then the commercial will bomb with it.

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Right you lot, shut it. Strewth Fowler my son, all looks a bit pear-shaped round here or what. The govenor's talking, Saturday's game, very dodgy, very naughty, could go a little pear-shaped. If there's a rough things might be well iffy. These faces are a little bit hard, know what I mean, a little bit of oof, have some of that my son, bosh, sorted, ta ta, got me, so be clever. Good, now shut it!

Dizz-E

So you think commercial rap today is a good example of true rap? or a good example of rap's roots? NO!YOU'RE WRONG.

and if anything, sh*t is going to be more commercial before they are more underground. labels need new heads, and they will get them from the underground.

thnk of all the underground groups goin commercial. and think of all the underground groups that are respectable and actually have a good fan base..a handful practically..

Urban Hatemonger

I`m not the biggest hip hop fan around but I used to get at least 5/10 hip hop albums a year.

I`ve probably bought 5 over the past few years and those are ones that i`ve been reccommended rather than ones i`ve heard & liked.

Quite honestly i`ve never been so apathetic towards a genre of music as much as I am now to mainstream hip hop.

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Raine

Well that's all a matter of opinion. Twenty years from now they may perhaps be an underground, but I doubt the number of quality underground rappers in the US will ever outnumber the many (talentless) rappers the US spews forth at a rather alarming rate.

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Dizz-E

Exactly

sleepy jack fire drill

No its not, the amount of rappers in either scene (as of now) isn't an opinion. You can't just make certain people not exist just because you have an opinion. Now a matter of opinion, would be the later part of your post. I'm pretty much just gonna hope with snickers on this subject.

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