Does anybody feel like all the MC's who were really made an impact on hip hop are long gone? Or is it just a generational thing where lovers of what's now "old school" just don't have the ears for newer rappers to come onto the scene. Or is it that most of what tries to masquerade as hip hop these days doesn't have any subject or substance to it?

Has hip hop lost its soul? Lots of rappers out there, it seems that MC's are becoming an endangered species. Has it gotten too popular and corporate to be even considered "from the street" anymore. Everyone is rappin to make a new dance and no one is tryin to even enhance your mind anymore. Ringtones make more money than albums. Remember when flow 93.5 first came out? Remember when they used to have the demo battles for up-and-comers in the game? Not no more, that used to be the best part of their programming in my opinion. Freestyle Fridays 106 and Park(is that even still on?) Does it always end up being about the money? Was Nas right, is hip hop really dead?