While I don't listen to rap (unless it's any old school NWA

) I both like and dislike it. I like it for what it can be, and what it should be, but I hate it for the way it's portrayed on television, the radio, and by the way many of today's artists sing it.
So much of it has to do with image, that the true meaning of it is gone.
not only with rap music, but with so much that's coming out of the radio nowadays, whether it be rap, hiphop, rock, punk, alternative etc etc etc; where the first priority is image, then comes an attitude, then comes some catchy tune, and hopefully somewhere in there, you'll find a hint of real "music"...
Hey, but that's just me...
OK.. sorry for goin off topic!!!!
dead,, that's what I think..