You're talking about the wrong Doe. Dezerteagles talking about my lil homie Young Doe from Elite Entertainment. It seems as if you have that boujietto taste. If it doesn't sound like the old school east coast flavor then it nots hip hop type of taste. Which means that you're as shallow as the artist that you're talking bad about. You're content/arguement is just as lame as the people who you thing is garbage. Basically I love hip hop and that includes the Gangsta Shit, Midwest, West Coast, East Coast and Down South. It doesn't matter if it's old or new. I only matters as long as it's good. Hip Hop is like a movie. If i want to see a horror flick I go listen to Lynch, Esham and etc. If I want some menace II society type of shit...I listen to Mc Eiht, Spice 1 and etc. If I want an urban/innercity hood feels I listen to 2Pac, Biggie, Wu Tang and Young Doe. If I feel romantic...I listen to LL Cool J. If I'm feeling spiritual...I listen to Young Raskal, Original Gospel Gangstas and etc. Do you undadig? You're ear is biased towards one small subcatagorized rap style, but not all of the rap styles that creates 1 of the 5 elements of Hip Hop and what you're talking is not Hip Hop. If you love Hip Hop as you say; then even that "everyday rapper on the radio/mic counts too. It's all relevent to Hip Hop. Take ya time and look in the mirror before you say that somebody else is garbage. Go educate yourself. Even the bible and the Quran is mis-interpretated, especially when you only read one part of the whole text. You must be the person Nas is talking about when he said hip hop is dead. It's because of people like yourself who pass judgement on whats real Hip Hop or not. You're the equivelant to a racist of rhyme. Are there better things to talk about other than the Gangster elament/Street life? Yes, BUT...that doesn't mean that these guys are garbage. They're not garbage because they spit about a topic that you don't care for. Just cause you don't like their content, it doesn't make them inferior to a Talib Kweli, who you might feel is more superior due to his content and rhyme flow. Kweli is nice yes, but even he listens to gangsta rap. Matter of fact if you've ever tuned in to his Blacksmith radio on XM satelite, you can hear him spittin Gangsta Rhymes to instrumentals himself. Pull your nose down from the air and maybe you to can learn a thing or two. I think its really sad when you have somebody from the same state/town as these artist and the only thing that you could do for your home is put them down. It's funny, because these cats are getting love from all over the Globe from other cultures and then you come from the same dirt and say something like what you said. The family (Colorado) that rises together, also falls together. In other words, you're making yourself look bad. Like the Legendary Special Ed said..."Think About It"!