by Fredric for YBP Guide
Have you seen it? Have you heard it? Have you been paying attention?
Believe it or not, within the cloud of political history, transparent racial discussion, and facebook, Hip Hop is beginning to swing the pendulum from the hardcore, misogynistic, mindless image to an almost college-educated, backpack, 80’s flavored nerdiness one.
The mainstream will continue to pump out garbage to the teenie boppers, but the inevitable fate to embrace a more 
conscious and ‘fun’ tone will come…just like drm-free mp3s. This wave of artists tend to be second-generation kids whose parents are probably white collar. They attended some college, and some even finished. They are well-versed in many different things, like Japanese culture, fedoras, and The Stylistics. They rap about being awkward in high school, college parties, being broke during summer vacation, listening to Green Day, and Black ski weekends.
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