First of all, if someone like common or Talib who supposedly represent "conscious" music, even considered writing something for someone like diddy, then they don't even deserve to be talked about on this site, regardless of what they've done in there career. I have no tolerance for people who claim they are about a movement and then do shit to pay the bills. Fuck that, if you are real about what you say then you would live in a van until you die until people recognize what your talking about. You never bow down to there ignorance. The very idea that either Talib or Common would lower themselves to write for someone like diddy is embarasing to them as human beings and artists. Everybody on this site seems to say and act according to what they think others will pecieve as "conscience" but in reality we are just human. nobody has the answer. As always, this is just my opinion.
-Salsbury
P.S. You guys should check out www.renegadesoldiers.net it's pretty much not hip-hop, but with all the elements you love about rap music.