Dont ever say

That mainstream hip hop never helped out hip hop, in fact, so many of them underground emcees as well as fans who are blaming mainstream hip hop for killing hip hop with lackluster rhymes which talk about gats, bitches, cars and shit like that - and guess what, i was one of them, then i realized something, i can into contact with hip hop from listening to Snoop Dogg's songs, which i still listen to this day sometimes, as i was listening to that, i thot to myself, how can i express hatred towards these rappers when i myself started rhyming because i emulate that snoop's smooth and fluid flow, still i cannot achieve such feat, but at that time i was like every other adolescent talking about those things that fascinates us and i started to evolve from that, from snoop, i started to go to 2pac because how his lyrics somehow brought impact into me, and then i got involved in rap a little bit more with going to forums and such.

At that time, i was still a naive, young aspired lyricist and whatnot trying to show my lyrical skills at a local forum, then i noticed how their rhymes where much, much more complex and intelligent, or to put into a more hip hop friendly context its much more doper than my rhymes were, and then i wander thru google, trying to search for rappers/emcees that were much doper than the next to try to achieve this level of dopeness, and still learning how to be doper everyday. I didnt start out with Immortal Technique or Mos Def or Rakim but instead started with these, so-called mediocre rhymers such as Snoop, 2pac. (altho he is a legend, people still doubt his lyrical skills) And not every rapper in the mainstream is as stupid as Soulja Boy, there are rappers such as Chamillionaire, Ludacris and Busta Rhymes (he is considered to be more mainstream nowadays) who produce some dope lyrics and be in the mainstream.

Come on, dont tell me u started with Jus Allah, there must be some mainstream rapper u followed before...

Mine was Snoop...

Here is a classic song from Snoop and Dr Dre...

Aint Nuthing But A G Thang - Dr Dre feat Snoop Dogg



Just my 2 cents...

Till next time...