hip hop isn't music - it's some kind of half-literate "poetry", coming from a class and race perspective that i have no shared experiences with. so, it doesn't work on either level for me - if i want to read something, i'll pick something at a higher level, and if i want some music, it just doesn't fit the definition.

hip-hop is really designed to get ideas across to people that don't or can't read.

so, yes - i'm always going to seek some kind of new music. but, it has to be music.

and, i'm never going to care about hip-hop.