like everyone else has said, gangsta sells theres no doubt about it. Whether its true or not is another story. Id much rather hear a tight flow with a bad beat than a sorry flow on a played out (popular) beat. Least then i know the artist has skills just the production sucks. Ive lived all my life in a ok part of the city, we were just about middle class. But ive seen it all here too, and i know a few rappers that came up around here made their studio payments from hustlin, a lot of cats who dont get educations and dont know a trade other than hustlin and rappin make their money off sellin drugs cause its what they were brought up around, so all i have to say is that i can understand on the first album talkin about fights, drugs and the everyday hustle but once you make a million dollars, shut the fuck up about it cause when you move in to your million dollar house with 5 trucks on 24's you aint got no reason to rap about the shit you dont do no more cause its faded like most of the rappers end up being.