Originally Posted by johnny_rotter

well i have to disagree with this statement. I had rap constantly passed onto me by my friends back in the day and i didn't need hindsight to know it was good. It was talented, took skill and was something fresh to listen to.

I listened to the stuff that jester posted as good examples of modern rap, and i have to say my opinion remains unchanged. The biggest problem i find with rap today is that it has become culturally clique and stale. I'm sick and tired of rapper lingo like, "yo, yo" "no what i'm sayin" "yeah, yeah, uh uh" "wut up"

how about this "yo yo, i sound like a ****ing mofo retard trying to imitate someone from 1994." rap is fake, it has become a culture of imitators with no originality. Say what you will about mc hammer, but i'de rather listen to "can't touch this" and naughty by nature's "hip hop hurray" than 50 cent's "in da club" and lil wayne's "lollipop".

I'd rather see rap change than die, but at the present moment i don't care.