Not to mention that even the most gangsta of gangsta rappers still have songs on their albums that are focused on telling stories in a poetic way. Even 50 Cent, who's one of the most anti-intellectual of mainstream rappers, writes lyrics like "God's the seamstress that tailor fitted my pain."

People write off hip hop, and it's really unfair. Sure, there's a lot of crap out there, but if I wrote off rock music because of Fallout Boy and Creed, I'd be seriously missing out.