Heh. .
i dunno what you guys listen to nowadays but for me - what im into now i dont even class as hiphop, id class it as a form of poetry.
I got pretty into underground stuff from last year, caught into the hype of Aesop etc, started understanding more about the way he wrote and what made him dope, it wasnt his vocab / flow etc, but his ability to show his writers voice over a track with emotion and complexity while still remaining pretty abstract and doing it for his love of the music. Gradually i got into the Living Legends and Aceyalone and what they do is a LONG way away from what i first considered hiphop. Its not like they have the greatest flow or anything, its just that what they are stating is so real and powerful, their writers voice accompanied with a beat that fits the emotional side is some of the best ive heard ever, very poetic, but i wouldnt consider them hiphop, id say their more poetry-esque, spoken word over a beat. But i dont class them as hiphop even though thats basically what they do.

Your thoughts?

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