My audio has some problems now, but I'll be sure to check it out later. Also, I read one of your blogs and I agree 100% with everything you said there. I am not an African American, but I am a huge fan of hip hop. I am only 15 years old, but you can thank my cousin for getting me into guys like GZA, Rakim, WuTangClan, and Nas. I used to be like everyone else. Considering the time I live in, and what's on TV, mainstream used to be everything I listened to. I loved all the bling, honeys, and ***es. But then my cousin started giving me some CDs to listen to because he said that all the music I'm listening to is just trash. I started with Illmatic, and then Liquid Swords, and I grew hooked. Hip hop music was a lot better back then, and like you said, they actually rapped about stuff in their lives that many people can relate to, and there was so much variety instead of the same old same old you see everyday on TV.