Lots of people like hip hop in this sub.

Also, 70 percent of any genre tends to have a lot of crap in it. Name any genre and I'll name a band from it that sucks. The key is digging into the 30percent that makes a genre gold to understand why it's popular with so many people.

Hip hop isnt the main genre I listen to. But the hip hop I love, I love deeply.

Check out the real sht with smart deep lyrics and subject matter, and grooving beats... beyond money, btches, & bangin:

A Tribe Called Quest

De La Soul

Public Enemy

Jurassic 5

KRS ONE

Digable Planets

Eric B & Rakhim

Run The Jewells

...to name but a few.

Remember more than anything, hip hop is generally a newsletter from that person's world. And often time the world they are born into isn't pretty. You might have to do a little work to let them musically put you in their shoes.