ive been thinking recently about hip hop as a music from its roots to its current commercialism,from block partys and africa bambata taking his black spades gang off the streets to sort beef out on the mic instead of by weaponry to the gangsta culture which has now lost its message and is nothing more than another commercial spin to sell.its undoubted now that hip hop is mainly industry controlled and has strayed into the territory of whatever sells,a million wannabes jump on the bandwagon insulting anyone who truly loves it.i really do reackon that if old skool rhyming suddenly became excessively popular again,how many gangsta rappers would change their colours and styles?smart for business sense maybe but still just a commercial overflux.i question this,is rap music so far out of our hands now that we cant control what we want to rhyme about.im fully aware its the way it is and nothing can change the way commercialism and the industry works,but i want real honesty with these answers.what are we in this for?i even want to know fakers reasons too,why honestly do you front to rhyme?i'll start it off,i will honestly say that ive been through periods of faking with rhymes myself,because i wanted to rap but i wanted a style that would be profitable,thats how easily influenced i was.im seeing sense now and im progressing slowly with my own style which im growing with as im shedding bad skin from my previous attempts to get into the game,and i'll happily admit i feel so ridiculous looking back on it.sorry for going on,but it leads me to one last question.if we all grew into our own styles like im doing currently then wouldnt fakes be reduced and the future of hip hop be richer instead of following trends?let me know what you think....