Now I won't claim to be an expert in the hip-hop world either, but the "Hip-hop anonymous" (Oct. 31) article doesn't quiet touch on the full spectrum of the hip-hop world. The so-called socially conscious rappers the writer outlines in the article are all mainstream, and while I agree that they should earn more respect than Ludacris-type artists, they are not the breadth of socially conscious music. To find real "creativity" in socially conscious rap, you'd have to look to the underground facet of hip-hop. Rappers like Immortal Technique and Sabac, while not well known, are well educated and truly verbalize the issues that some of the mainstream artists try to avoid for fear of losing a fan base.
So while today's music might lack originality, there is a whole plethora of socially conscious rappers that exist in the non-mainstream area of hip-hop
