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Hip Hop is cooler than anyone who can't name one independant Hip Hop Artist
Dear Farmboy turned Boston Magazine Editor. There are these entities called independant record labels. Some of them put out Hip Hop with good lyrics and catchy beats. See Rhymesayers, Weightless and Def Jux for starters.
You talk about Houston Hip Hop, but can't work in Devin The Dude, the best MC in the game? Do you actually own any rap records? Or did you do your research via radio playlists and wikipedia?
PS - Silly Dances have always been part of pop culture. My dear friend King Coleman sang (do the) Mashed Potatoes for "Nat Kendrick & The Swans" aka James Brown and The Famous Flames. It was a silly dance, but it didn't stop the checks from being cashed and King from influencing the real roots of MCing: Jamaican Toasters and Blowfly.