By Paul Shirley
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, June 29, 2009

I'm an expert on almost nothing, but I'm especially inexpert when it comes to the judgment of hip-hop music. Thus, a caveat before I commence a wide-ranging, rambling and, in the end, judgmental discussion of the genre: What will follow is merely a collection of my opinions. Many of those opinions are based only on my experiences and, while genuine and honest, they are grounded neither in a background of music appreciation at a liberal arts college, nor in a childhood spent whiling away ...

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