Well as a lover of true hip-hop...i gotta say that ive sorta lost enthusiasm for the art form......i love the underground stuff, but black radio in Philly only pumps the garbage (bling, gangsta, crunk)..........Im even starting to lose faith in my heros of today........like
Black Eye Peas, who I thought at one time was innovative, now they are as commersh as Brittany Spears........even Mos Def...who I truly love as a writer, is doing commercials for GMC, like Common did for Coke, couple a years ago.........I dunno...
So Ive reverted back to Middle-School hip hop (1986-95)......im back with PE....Tribe Called Quest....X Clan.....De La Soul....Rakim.....Blastmaster KRS-1.....Big Daddy Kane and others..........
Unless someone comes up with a new formula....i see hip hop disappearing soon......peeps are already turning away from the repetitiveness of the new acts........