Rap; Like it or Leave It?

[Bra]

Rap used to be a fantastic medium, decent vocals and great beats. But all that changed when anyone with any self respect retired/quit/whatever. I can name like, three or four current rap artists who I don't consider mentally challenged, but none of them have done anything in a while. =\

Like Tap said, I can listen to any genre, as long as the song has talent. Unfortunately all rap's been 'blessed' with as of late are idiots like 50 Cent and his G-Unit, who don't ever rap about real life, it's always shooting/stealing/my-car-is-better-than-your-car/etc.

I really don't mean to be offensive. I was a rap fan before, really, I was. Jay-Z was my favorite artist, regardless of genre, 'till he 'retired'.

The benefit, though, (I guess) is the lack of any good rap got me into some amazingly good lesser-known rock bands and stuff. I even listen to hardcore now, and I used to think it was dumb.