I'm going to go out on a limb here and state the obvious - rap music sucks!  Now, I know what you're thinking - how can someone who lives and breathes Hip Hop say something so (seemingly) contradictory?  Well, I have news for you - most of that shit on the radio is TRASH, and is designed to motivate morons to continue the status quo.  I.e. $5,000 earrings on a dude that lives with his mom in the projects, a car worth $200 with rims worth $2,000, kids dropping out of high school to pursue a "lucrative" career in pharmaceutical sales, and the expectation that every other emcee is going to get a record deal if they kill enough people and do enough fucking on their tracks.  Why the fuck is that acceptable?  I mean - I heard a song on the radio where this guy is like, "I ain't buying no diapers, or formula...  That baby don't look like me..."  Fut the whuck?!

I believe that music and lyrics are more than just entertainment - I believe they are art, a voice for the voiceless and a medium to express social consciousness.  To me, making music that doesn't inspire and motivate (or at LEAST reflect, in an intelligent, non-glorified way, the realities of our world) is an insult to the intellect of the listener.  I mean, anybody who thinks Soulja Boy is anything other than a non-talented opportunist has either a 1) low I.Q. or 2) low standards.  Did you know that in every other country, indigenous rap music is STILL the voice of revolution and rebellion?!  And yet here, in the birthplace of rap music, it has devolved into this commodity bullshit.  I'm sick of sing-songy, snap-happy, ring-tone rap CRAP!!!!  Where are the artists at?  Why should I pay $20 for a CD with like 1 good song, when I can download that whole pile of shit for free?  Personally, I download EVERYBODY, and if your shit is tight, I'll go spend the money to show my support.  But, as the standards have gone the way of the Blue Blazer, I find my self doing more deleting than anything.

Lately, I haven't been listening to anything that came out AFTER 1994, and the vast majority of THAT is early MTV 80's music!  (Take on me, anyone?  My Melody?  Sweet Dreams?)

If you don't agree with me, that's fine.  Please proceed to the nearest bathroom, insert your fingers into your anus, and go fuck yourself!