exactly.
and as far as the quote. your misinterpreting what is being said. (however interpret it as you will) but what it means TO me and FOR me is this> rap is rap. thats the music.
hip-hop is your mind frame. to me, i dont care what the next guys idea of hip-hop is. i do as i please, how i want when i want and only IF i want. i like everything from creedence clearwater to primus to buck65 to 2pac to whatever the hell i like. hip-hop is simply a mind-frame. its an easy way to define who you are.
like i said i dont care about the next guys idea about it, but to me, hip-hop means being myself, being diverse, and multi-cultural. it does not make me.
hip-hop is a sense of freedom to me in a world where there is hardly such a thing.