it got divided between the shiny suit rap and the grimey. I was guilty of choosing sides and likely missed out on some good main stream hip hop.

NY all started sounding the same and eventually got boring. there was some great music, but mos def some cornball stuff too. the creativity took a back seat.

I feel like the west coast went through the same and the south is doing it now. I'm older so I might not be close enough to really see what happening with southern rap music.