[Hemingway's Ghost]

I ain't no hip-hop aficionado, but there are some styles I like and others I loathe.

PE, Trip Hop? Love.

Eminem? 75% of the stuff that's called Hip Hop today? Loathe.

But saying Hip Hop's dead is like saying Rock-n-Roll's dead. Hip Hop's a genre with many styles. Hopefully some of the lamer styles of today will die an ugly death just like the sappy crap of the 70s and the hair bands of the 80s that fell under the rock-n-roll penumbra died too.

[Bobby777]

well, fortunately, we don't hear Rick Dee's "Disco Duck" too many times these days ... LOL ...

[Britton J Wingfield]

The good bits of any genre will survive somewhere under the radar of the top-40. I can still go see rockabilly or punk bands pretty much whenever I like, though they don't get any airtime. It'll all find it's niche.