I was reading in class not to long ago an article by Neil Postman on the effects of technology.  It seems that technology is doing our thinking for us these days.  There are so many sources to get information that people seem to go for the trivial now.  This got me thinking about Hip Hop.  The internet becoming more powerful gave everyone that even thought they could rap a platform.  Is that the reason Hip Hop went from

to

....just a thought.