alright alright u guys I think I'll step in the middle of this and get this thread a lil bit back on topic instead of listenin to u 2 bitch back and forth at each other no offence or nuttin cuz let alone it is mildly amusing and slightly funny but at the same time kinda childish so y don't u to just work out whatever differences u got and whatever. but anyways about the topic here. personally I think most mainstream rap is shit. I'm all for the west coast with em and dre and all them and as for east coast??? the only group I really like from there is cypress hill cuz they were always real with their shit and they had the best blazin songs ever. but anyways if u really wanna understand the hip hop culture to it's fullest I suggest u start listenin to tons and tons of underground and old school rap because unlike "most" mainstream, underground artists have a way of always speakin their shit real with tons of lyrical skills and they speak the shit deep. and as for the old school rap well that shit has always been realer the the new age mainstream hip hop in my opinion. an for a few suggestions of underground artists check out some shit by:

atmosphere
mac lethal
a tribe called quest
classified
necro
arsonists
and sphere of hip-hop

juss some suggestions. peace.

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