That's not fair. Mainstream hiphop was always in the shitter. If I hear another ****ing song about rollin on dubs at the club and hoes and droppin bows im seriously going to go apeshit.
Underground has some sick rappers on the scene though.
Check out Aesop Rock, Atmosphere, Del tha funky homosapien, Mr Lif, etc.
Aesop was a slam poet for years then he got into hiphop. Seriously complex ideas and metaphors in there.
Bottom line, all rap is, essentially, is words and a beat. If the words are meaningless its all just a beat and fake image.
Sorry for the thread jack I'm just sick of all rap getting a bad image because POP RAP IS GAY.