i think what rap need is clever beats and hooks along with good lyrics. Life at my school, about 90% of people either dont know or dont like rakim, arguably the man who invented the hip hop flow, and they dont like him bcuz ther not rally accustomed to the dj beats, instead ther interested in shit like "Lick the lollypop". But this isnt a shot at commercial rap. Everyone can rap about anything they want.Political rap isnt necessarily the god of all hip hop, its just that most political rap is underground. And to that dude who said you wont get respect graduating from high school...u prolly didnt know Pac graduated from high school and even college.