it has...used to be about skill now its about flash...

and the "good point^^^^ how can a diff style of hip-hop ruin the genre. if anything it can only make it better and more diverse and bring people into the community of rap. "
thing is bullshit too...people hear that wack shit on the radio and pretty soon they start associating wackness with hip-hop...hip-hop has already started losing credibility like crazy and the underground is going even further underground...to the point that underground rap is blurring the lines with punk rock...because underground rappers are ashamed to be associated with these new wack kids...underground will be here in 10 years...you think crunk will be?...when music gets too rediculous the genre will die off...and mainstream rap doesnt have too many good years left if it doesnt start a major turnaround back towards lyricism...and THAT is word...

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