There's nothing wrong about rap as genre, but almost all of it is done badly, and most new generation get stuck in that non-music without moving forward. I'm convinced I could do good rap, but am never gonna try. It's basically for un-creative people, and one can tell. They just can't get the soundworld interesting, and the lyrical and vocal styles are not as good as they could be. Next and almost as bad but even more annoying is computer music, almost all of it, and it's treated like these fine symphonic compositions by true artists... ah man, I don't want to hurt feelings so nvm. One thing I despise about both genres is mimicing beats and melodies from others with clean conscience. One has to be very desperate to do that.
I can dig this song, and a few others by Ice Cube. And I'd enjoy some exotic rap with traditional instruments in the background, but none of that mainstream stuff. Can't give any examples, cos I've never researched the genre. I don't listen to lyrics, just the mood, maybe a few words slip thru to my acknowledgement, so there's some challenge for rappers to get me interested.