Read this article, chances are you'll agree with something in it.
Simon Reynolds's Notes on the noughties: When will hip-hop hurry up and die? | Music | guardian.co.uk
I'm surprised to find myself almost agreeing with the dismissal of underground hip-hop, outside of the 10-15 'essentials' I have accrued I find some of the big hitters in that scene to be portentous and backwards. The purveyors of underground hip-hop 'hybrid music' I have got time for though.
Thoughts?