i 100% agree that it should not be taught in classes. incorporated into strudies of arts, music, history or social relations word, but as an isolated area of study NO. this whole hip hop intellectual movement is reactionary, typical and lack a defined methodology and dynamic discourse. it's without fail some of the most boring writing i've come across and i agree with many of the ideas headz have already posted, especially that this obsession with making list like the mtv thing, or validating like classes on college campuses signals the arts demise or decline.

i want to write an essay about this but ill leave it at that