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Originally Posted by dark shadow
do you know tech n9ne, big l, etc personally? just because you don't like the music they make doesn't mean they're conforming. if that is the music they think is the best use of their talent, that's their god-given right. you don't hold domain over what is and is not good source material. i understand the point you're trying to get across, but you sound incredibly pretentious in doing so.
as for TI, you're exactly right. He is MAINSTREAM rap. just because somebody raps about sex and drugs does not make it gangster rap. there is a large difference. and his lyrical ability is irrelevant to this conversation.
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exactly, gangster rap and our contemporary radio rap is
not one in the same. associating the current rap scene with big pun, big l, or any other true gangster rapper is both libelous and retarded.