stop with the rap = thugs and sluts
Really, that is just what one hears on the radio. Because that is what one buys, or requests from the radio. There are many, many hip hop acts that hate that stereotype. When rap first appeared, it was mostly as a forum to state ideals and to point out society's fVck ups. It was pretty political, hugely philosophical, and very intelligent. Alot of it still is.
People buying and requesting this sh!t keeps the cycle going. They in turn hear more of it, and get more of it, and you get more Ja rules and 50 cents.
Check out groups like the Roots, or try Talib Queli, or Mos Def. I urge everyone who is interested in real music to pick up
this disc.
I'm not the biggest rap fan, but I'll be the first to say as a poet that, (excluding poprap), rap is poetry.