Alright...
So many people claim to be "hip-hop" fans when they diss on rappers and ALWAYS give a Tupac comparison.
You guys forget, for people like Wiz, Drake, Kanye, Ludacris, or Wayne, there is a TIME and PLACE for their type of music that makes it BETTER than Tupac.
If you are at a party, do you really want to listen to "Brenda's Got a Baby", "Keep Ya Head Up", or "Krazy"?
Hell no. I love that shit, but NOT during a party setting, or when I'm going downtown to find some cute girls. Shit isn't the right type of mood for me.
Now when we are just chillin by ourselves, I love to listen to Saigon, Chino XL, Lost Boyz, Beanie Sigel, Pac, Big, Eminem (he's got a few party songs too but you know what I mean), or Nas. There is a time and place for certain types of music. It is true that most of the rappers I listed DO have party hits like "Big Poppa", or "California Love" or "Oochie Wally", but the point is that they are more for lyrical content.
Rap isn't better or worse. It's just different. If you want lyrical content, listen to Lupe Fiasco (who I am a huge fan of. I met him, had a talk about Islam with him, even freestyled for him in my city and have a signed poster of him hanging in my room). Go for Talib Kweli, Common, or Blue Scholars.
It's just different guys. If you guys are around the age of nineteen, consider the fact that we might just be taking our parent's view that "we grew up with the best shit".