Hip hop sucks because a lot of the soul is gone, mainstream and underground. But when did it become such a crime to be weird? You can't complain about the state of hip hop, then turn around and dismiss Lil B, then embrace J Cole (or some other Nas clone). Slaughterhouse) rather than embrace people doing something original, unique and soulful. Most so-called hip hop heads would rather listen to typical rappers rhyme about typical, dull bullshit (e.g. Somewhere along the line it became cool in hip hop to be totally derivative. Nothing about him feels tired because he's just doing him. Lil B is simply the most soulful new rapper of the last decade. I can't tell you how many times I've tried to put so-called hip hop heads onto Lil B and they scoff everytime. And the reality is that the soul is what made hip hop unique and interesting from the get-go.
