>Ditto, Stewart. Being dismissive of an entire musical subgenre because you >heard 50 Cent's "In Da Club" blasting from some meathead's car at a >stoplight is naive. But, still, this is a mailing list mainly devoted to a musical style (powerpop) that is mainly based on melodies, and actually quite derivative in trying to bring back the old classic song/melody/harmony oriented pop songwriting style again. This makes it likely that a lot of people here _will_ dislike most hip-hop for its lack of those exact qualities, doesn't it? >Saying that you wish more of the artists were murdered to prevent them >from making such music is childish and immature. That I wholeheartedly agree with though. Geir Hongro