[yes_yes i am]

Originally posted by The Germanator
I think I know what the problem is with some of these kids that only like Eminem. See, there ARE other artists out there in the hip-hop scene that IMO are much better than the mainstream stuff you hear today. I used to be like you and dislike hip-hop for some of the reasons you mentioned above and I thought I'd never like it, but now I am here, hip-hop pretty much my favorite genre. If you take the time and go to some Indie record stores, look for Deltron 3030, Kool Keith, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, El-P, Aesop Rock, Cannibal Ox, Paul Barman, Jurassic 5, Common, The Roots...etc, I could go on, but don't write off hip-hop as crap just because you hear a crappy Nelly or Jay-Z song on the radio because even I will agree with you that that stuff is crap. But research some underground hip-hop and at least give it a shot and is you still hate it, well i can't do anything about that. And I think because of some of the reasons you like Eminen, originality, creativity what have you, you'll like some of this stuff. I mean, Paul Barman is probably the funniest and smartest rapper I've ever heard, better than Eminem. Anyway, end of that little rant.

^wut he said. but u dont need to go to a indie store for mos def.