>Whatever your opinion of it I don't think that cut is
>Hip-Hop in the first place.
>
>IMO if the vocals on the record has only singing instead of
>rapping it's not Hip-Hop, regardless of the beat. Maybe
>you can call it "Hip-Hop Soul" like they like to call Mary
>J's music.
>
>If the record is an instrumental there should be samples
>throughout the track. Unless you don't believe in
>instrumental Hip-Hop and like using that term "Trip-Hop"
>some people use.
>
>There has to be an MC and/or DJ in there somewhere for it to
>be Hip-Hop.
>

LOL...I love when cats make this neat and tidy definition of hip-hop and how it should be and sound. So what if the new Kast isn't hip-hop anyway, should it matter? if they're putting out good music, are u really that closed-minded that you only want them to make hip-hop?

i'm gonna steal somethin from OKP Clark Kent who happens to hate me fiercely but made a great point- hip-hop was founded on breaking the rules. it doesn't have a strict definition...its whatever u want it to be.