You must understand that Hip Hop artists view gangsta rap and are encouraged to pursue that style of the music purely based on sales and image.

The fact of the matter is that the largest consumers of gangsta rap and most hip-hop is white surburbanAmerican males. They love violent music just as much as they love violent games and movies. The moment they lose interest in gangsta rap, the labels will start dropping these artists like stones. The executives at the labels don't care about us, just the sales.

And of course, it disappoints me that even R&B is getting more crass with references to hustling, drug-dealing, N****rs, hoes and b**ches. Artists and groups that didn't swear before are swearing now (listen to K-Ci's My Book and 112's Pleasure and Pain CDs). Why?

Who remembers gentlemen like Freddie Jackson and Alexander O'Neal? We need more like them. Check out Dennis Taylor (of a similar age) for an example.