I agree Danye. Now that i am actually sitting down and thinking about the topic i realize that recently there have been very, very few decent peices of mainstream hip hop. I would be laughing but this is actually a very sad reality. The state of hip hop is rather pathetic and i do not think it is heading anywhere good, anytime soon. For this reason i will forever stay with my freestyles and underground mixtapes. They are quite easy to get here in Queens.

Afraid I don't like any of those songs.

Mainstream- ice, cars, girls, (bullshit)
Underground- (HIp HOp)
Jay-z please... I love how on the blueprint he says hes the best, but wouldnt even beable to hold a mic to a real emcee.

lean back?? go sit in the corner mr halycon YUCK

Ill say Kanye West - Jesus Walks.
great album... and ive liked this track since i got it

that kid said lean back and dirt off your shoulders. LOL Yea right... Its my speculation that you just had a thread about understanding hip hop and what hip hop is and how people dont know what hip hop is. Then you have this thread sayin dirt off your shoulders and lean back are good songs comeon...

mainstream isnt hip hop some shit is actually good. NERD most def., the beasties, kanye i guess sort of maybe, missy e!! shes cool. and i like that mase tune welcome back

I liked In Search Of... a lot but the 2nd NERD album was a huge disappointment (just my opinion).

The Beasties definitely rock

As for Kanye... Am I the only person who thinks that this guy is totally overrated?

Another good mainstream song would be 99 Problems

No I think Kanye is better then most of the shit out there, some of his lyrics are really good for mainstream.

the roots i dig that new tune