I think rap/hip hop is misconstrued by it's purveyors worse than the general audience. We are the only Genre in music that I know that is distinctively divided into so many sub-genres Down South, East Coast, West Coast, Mid West, Back pack (hipster), Underground, mainstream, Gangsta Rap, Concious hip hop...so what about a cat like me that likes to incorporate ALL that? Then what do we call it? Exactly what it was from the beginning.... RAP/HIP-HOP MUSIC. Also I don't think it's fair for people to Judge generally on a certain region just because Hip hop media portrays that type of feeling (east coast rappers not liking down south rappers because they got dance songs and aren't lyrical) I never in my life thought like that...as a matter of fact, I thought the other way round. I used to think Puffy and Biggie made the most "dance songs" ever I mean I know they weren't dance songs in the sense of "Stanky Leg" or "Crank Dat" that do actual dances...but you danced to them bad boy tracks!!! I used to feel like Outkast and the Dungeon Family were the most lyrical cats on this side of the country with the music I was exposed too....but anyways I'm just ranting on...don't mind me!