i only like REAL hip-hop as in POSITIVE anti-gangsta B-boy music. i just so happen to be listening to "planet rock" right now. i especially like instrumentals like pump up the volume, chinese arithmetic & keep your eye on me etc. the first time i hear rapper's delight, i hated it and NEVER liked rap really even before it turned fugly around 1989. i never hear any GOOD modern stuff like hollaback girl, one thing, pon de replay or there it go (the whistle song) here... just soulless angry music i can't feel to get down to. these fake ass wannabe gangstas would get their asses jacked with a quickness kickin' the sage in the hood i lived in, and even then REAL thugs still boom gwen stefani & black eyed peas.
i REALLY get pissed when gangstas say they're "hip hop" when they have no knowledge of history or respect for ALL 4 of the original elements and the CULTURE they belong to.
i don't think we'll EVER see a jam as funky as atomic dog ever again unless it comes from the places that still hip-hop for real like asia, south america, russia & europe. watch any DJ or b-boy contests... america doesn't represent anymore, only graffiti remains local
the one b-boy final i saw recently was between japan & korea and C2C won the 4 man team DMC finals something like 3 times in a row & they're french.