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Answers: It's not only a style, but a way of living. It's a culture. It has a different sounding and unique artists that represent it. It's complicated, and this cannot be said for other music styles...

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beef...

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The hip-hop edge.

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Diversity.

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A following of impressionable people that will see getting "crunk" as a good thing that will eventually lead to the destruction of their lives later in life.

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underground community

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regional divisions. I guess grunge was too, but besides that it has usually been country vs. country, not coast vs. coast or whatever.

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Versatility

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the nation's youth and minorities.

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It's real. Most pop and rock etc is manufactured, but even the stuff that isn't is mostly fabricated to suit the listeners need. Hip hop is a form of expression of self. Real hip hop is anyway. It doesn't aim to satisfy the needs of corporate America, people who are a part of the hip hop culture are not in it because of money, they're in it because they have a love for it and because it helps them in various ways. I'm sorry but the same can't be said of any other genre. Also its a reflection of the true nature of society, you'll see most people trying to suppress the views expressed in hip hop because most of these artists know whats really up. I doubt the cheeky girls have the same knowledge.

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In view of all of the recent arrests..it would probably make good background music in prison cafeterias

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Some of these answers are straight up BULLS!HT!
I don't have time to get into all of them but....

YARLY - are you f*cking kidding me? most pop and rock is manufactured? Name 5 videos on MTV that's follow the same Formulaic pattern. I'd usually go much further but your comment is just STUPID..

8of2kind - Rap is not the only genre with an underground , by far

Yay Area - from what's mainstream right now... what diversity are you refering to?

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