I think hip hop is too forgiving these days. It's more and more rare it seems that some one will put something out and people will rip it apart. Besides that, the hip hop culture and the rap industry are two very seperate things and there are only a few people who can represent both well. Most people living the hip hop culture are legit and doing there thing while a lot of people in the rap industry are trying to use the hip hop culture to gain cash flow and a lot of times put out weak shit. But you gotta just seperate whats tough from whats not and just keep your ears open for something hot.