Rap is only about 4 things: Money, Easy girls, thuggin, and partyin?

i somewhat agree with what your saying and you do have a good point to the a certain extent aswell as some of the other people who answered. i personally think that there is no such thing as rap/hip hop anymore. to me its dead, though there is a few rappers who are still holding it down, ppl like lupe, common, talib n them. i hate how people call it backpack rap. Oh and we are def. hearing the same music people call rap/hip hop. and its all horrible. anyone can be a rapper today. all you have to do as rap about those 4 elements mentioned or make a instructional dance song throw on a southern beat and call it a day. i just miss what this genre used to be. if any of the greats were still alive there would be no room for half these rappers. and i cant wait till this southern movement diminishes because there about 3 half *** rappers in the south. weezy, t.i. and luda. everyone else is just a wanabe repitive copy of someone else or they soulja boyz.