Bob really good points. However, I’m just a little bit younger than you, high school in the 80’s and so I did pay attention to rap and hip hop and then lost interest in the mainstream and only paid attention to fringe stuff; which is what I did with all music that was interesting to me. Unlike what I read in this forum, I acknowledge that there is skill and talent in hip hop. No it’s not everyone. But it is there.

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