>you had to be street certified and have a glock and be ready
>to fight
>and kill and hold down the block at a moments notice?

see: 50 Cent
basically had gangsta showtunes
what was that Joe Corn said... something like "sociopathic smooth jazz"

when the '90s turned into the '00s, shit got real corny w/the whole "let's party to some bullshit" vibe

you ain't had no more Heavy Ds (pause), no Big Daddy Kanes, or the like out there, there was a lot less "fuck that bullshit over there, this is how we roll" regardless of the way the music sounded going on. straight consolidation and eroding regionalism

it's kind of how I fear what Biggie's music might have turned into had he lived. he was straddling that line, but uniquely talented to make it "not matter"

people that followed him didn't have that same talent.

I think when the '00s turned into the '10s, that started to reverse. 13Rose is on point with the "creativity" comment