hip hop can be all sorts of things, it doesn't just have to be what you like. Kanye's album was good, so are Weezy's mixtapes and Gucci's last mix that came out. Each of them has their own context. So does Del, Anticon, and everyone else.
Amen. I get so tired of the "mainstream rap has degenerated" argument. Every genre of music has tons of different artists, each with a different approach, and it's a general trend that people who listened to a genre of music in one era tend to not like the newer stuff (Try getting a classic rock or country fan to listen to a modern rock or country station, and watch the criticism flow!). It's just the nature of things.
The fact that you don't like the content/style/message/whatever doesn't make an art form any less an art form.
