in my opinion...the most influential hip hop artists (in terms of making the genre evolve) aren't very big into hip hop...i'm not saying they don't enjoy it but they listen to other genres of music for the majority.

now you 'lil' thugs are probably going to ask me for some examples, well okay bob here they are:

Buck 65
Nas
MF Doom
Josh Martinez
Questlove
K'Naan
ira lee
Madlib
Jay Dee rip

so you now you might be thinking, "fucking guy, thinking he's all great trying to force opinions on me"
NO i'm not i'm just saying open your mind. Don't get boxed in especially with all the shitty hip hop out there. It is my opinion that hip hop has percentage wise the most shitty music out today.

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