Well....considering I live in New York City and work in Da Boogie Down (Bronx)....birth place of Hip Hop...I figured I'd respond to this thread. I am a wee bit older than you Oneida and was just entering my teens when Hip Hop was young and fresh (no pun intended). I am in total agreement with you about the underground scene being the ONLY scene. Commercial Hip Hop is awful and I think it is a real shame that something that started out so organic and pure has been contaminated by so much crap. The worst part is that the youngsters who are too young to remember (many were not even born yet) the original scene think that what they hear on the radio and see on MTV is Hip Hop. As far as Native Hip Hop I really have to search that out because I am not exposed to it on the regular. Any suggestions about Native artists worth checking out would be greatly appreciated...and thanx for startin this thread!
