THe old school folks had a brader scope than just material. Take Rakim for example, he was flash as all hell, but could drop knowledge right next to the verse about his fat gold chanin and how dope he was.

The difference between now an then was the idea that if you focus on more than yourself, that you're soft.

Not all rappers today don't have that balance (take Common for example), but way more DON'T than back in the day.

But I wonder if this is the fault of the rappers, they just pump out what folk want to hear.

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