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That was a good post Severian, don't feel some kind of way about long posts, its just us here anyway, we'z all friendz here yo!

I find it interesting how you found westcoast rap a bit later, I must confess that while I've been bumping some Eastcoast rap I really could never get into the sound of it (aside from Busta Rhymes, Dead Prez, OutKast, Kool Keith, Talib Kweli) I don't like the beats or style of flow. So in a way I almost envy your hip hop maturity in being able to expand your comfort zone, meanwhile my own seems to shrink (hip hop wise) as I get older..

Though part of this may be because as I get older I discover too much other genres of music and my brain doesn't have the room! Since I got into my late-20s and 30s I started listening to WAY more reggae, soul, jazz, blues, world, and especially the Grateful Dead (which has thus far overtaken fully HALF of my music collection, up to 15 gigs ALL live Dead shows)..