Has Hip-Hop Gotten too mellow?

So recently Jay-z commented on the fact that he thinks weed smoking has gotten to the point where it is affecting hip-hop music in general, making everything extra mellow and soft. A link to his comments is right here courtesy of Contactmusic.com (ironically). The first blush attitude would be to write him off but he isn't completely wrong is he?

Look there are a lot of reasons right now why a

Women of hip-hop have more balls than the men?

Here we go, in preparation of Pink Friday, I'm going to try and examine some women's issues this month as it relates to hip-hop. Something has jumped to the top when it comes to rap as it stands right now. It seems the only people willing to go at each other, outside of various 50 Cent rants, is the Lil' Kim and Nicki Minaj beef.



A quick synopsis, Nicki is getting accolades and props, Kim