Let me just take this time to say that, in the long run, nobody's opinions on Hip Hop matter. 70's and 80's Hip Hop was limited to New Yorkers breakdancing at parties and defacing public property.
Know what you're trying to say but by the end of the 80's rap was beyond NYC. LA Philly Miami Houston the Bay were all making noise.
90's Hip Hop was plagued with idiots who turned a harmless underground culture into a violent front for drug trafficking and scapegoat for the effects of Reganomics.
True but drug dealers fronted labels and artists before the 90's (Eric B with the real 50 cent, Russel dealt coke, old school Coke La Rock). The streets had they hand in hip hop from the beginning cause its from the street. 90's rappers grew up in the crack era and the music reflected that.
2000's Hip Hop was/is litered with intentionally ignorant men, oversexualized women, flamboyant boys, and girls who've lost their childhood by the age of 12.
True but it started getting like that after 96.
There's good to be found in every generation but let's not point the finger because your shit stinks just as much as the next person's.
And if this thread gets locked, let it be a clear sign that the Allhiphop.com Ill Community volunteer employees/moderators are against critical thought inducing conversation on the culture that we "supposedly" are here to discuss. Why lock a thread just because someone has a strong opinion and a detailed opening post to support it? Don't be weak minded. Grow a spine.