I don't think that a person can really throw ALL rap into the same category. For instance, I used to love listening to 2 Pac, Biggie Smalls, Redman, Snoop Dogg, Ludacris & Wu-Tang all the time in high school. All of the listed above have totally different rapping styles, abilities and beats. I do think that the rap in the last 8 years with Kanye, NAS, and all these cats, doesn't hold a candle to the 90's and early 2000 rappers with the exception of Jay-Z and Ludacris. This is just my opinion.