[visualops]

if you're a fan anyway, he's very talented

In my view, one of the biggestr problems with alot of rap and hip-hop is it's unoriginality. The lyrics are often juvenile rhymes and the music mostly reworked samples of other people's songs. So if being a glorified DJ is talent, well then I suppose you are right.

[Lochlainnach]

I can't say I disagree with you, but sampling seems to be apart of the "rules" of Rap. I'm no aficionado, but I pay attention, and he is pretty good, considering the bulk of crap that gets air time.

But you're right in saying that alot of "original" rap seems to be,almost illegally, ripped off...and especially about the juvenile rhymes. A few months ago I heard someone say that Eminem is the greatest lyricist ever. I asked this person if he'd ever heard Bob Dylan. He said yes. He could name one song. NO albums. Now you might not even like Bob Dylan, but c'mon...

Who's the Jimi Hendrix of rap? Who's the Bob Dylan of rap? Maybe they're not getting air time. Maybe they are.