>i feel like the spirit of hip hop is to manifest ur own spirit
>despite systematic and institutionalized efforts to keep you
>from doing so
>
>i dont think the content of a lot of todays music contradicts
>this

Lot of today's hip hop music (that which you're defending, and Mele Mel is denouncing) does the following:
degrades women
promotes crack selling
glorifies prison-bound behavior
paints the ghetto as a paradise

That is DIRECTLY in conflict with "manifest ur own spirit". The fuck are you talking about?