Eotm / Universal Wave Radio

Remember back in the 70's when hip hop was born? Back then most rap and hip hop tracks had happy go lucky lyrics. As we reached the 80's hip hop started to evolve. There were artists like Rob Base, Ice T, Public Enemy, Run DMC & countless others. Whatever you thought about any of these artists, hip-hop had a sense of honesty and integrity. A lot of rap artists had actually lived the kind of life they rapped about. To some degree. Then a couple of years later, a rap outfit called NWA started rapping about the same issues in their debut album, Straight Outta Compton. And although the music was very good, they gave the misleading impression that they were actually living lives as gangsters in the ghetto. But in reality these guys were living millionaire lifestyles in the lap of luxury.I personally found this to be hypocritical and it was at this point that I realized hip-hop had been taken over by the marketing gurus, who weren't just selling a lie, they were selling it to kids under false pretenses. Now...T