Maybe the first comment had some problems of its own, but there is no excuse for the pathetic writing of this article. So, pick on the first person for misspelling "grammar" but this whole paper is always full of inexcusably amateur mistakes and terrible sentence structure. What does the editor do all day? Point the blame where it belongs.

Obviously you read it, or else you wouldn't have visited the website. Oh, I thought the proper spelling was GRAMMAR.

if they would LOWER tuition we wouldn't have to work so much

it's..."If you have not SEEN it by now..." c'mon guys, you're writers? It's cool though, not like anyone reads this stuff anyway so you're good.

I will be drafting a op-ed for the next paper. As I told your editor-in-chief Israel Butler, a resident of mine, this publication has been attacking USCA Housing, specifically Pacer Downs complex since the inception of this academic year. You have been attacking us regarding the security barrier, our response to the water leak, our housing contracts, and etc. As the RA for buildings 6&7, I feel that I have to stand up and show how loyal I am to this position and my employers. Should we let criminals roam on campus blithely, should we allowed water to continue to leak profusely that USCA becomes the site of Aiken's longest river? Answer that. Again, I will be writing a rebuff tomorrow against your false, deceptive, libellious articles. From this point on, any articles that USCA Housing or I feel are biased and false regarding our actions, I will write a scathing retort until the sensationalism stops. Enough is enough!!!

Expect greatness from the greatest rapper alive. Brooklyn We Did it again!!!

This IS AS REAL AS IT GETS...Hip Hop will never die. It has gone from an underground ARTFORM to mainstream.As an artist M.C. myself and a business man I uderstand that the music I make is aimed at an urban youth but is purchased by teenage to middle age white people. Fact of the matter is record sales were bound to take a hit with the invention of the internet. Another point I must bring up is that Hip Hop was NEVER meant to be positive. It was born from people living in a negative environment and we all know we are a product of our environment. Plus let me mention that it is M.C. not Emcee as people have been spelling it lately. If you know anything about hip hop, and most of you just THINK you know, the term M.C is short for Master Of Ceremony. When rappers first began we were all hype men because the dee jays needed someone to get the party hype ...hence forth the Master Of Ceremony aka the MC. Thats why it was MC Hammer not Emcee. In closing stop putting Pac in the same category as BIG. Pac was a poet BIG was the embodiment of hip hop. Also KRS 1 HAS LOST HIS MIND. HIP HOP IS NOT A CULTURE NO ONE IS BORN INTO HIP HOP.

2pac didn't glorify criminal stuff to the extent of most artists today... is what he is saying... and he had messages that were underlying... there are better examples of conscious (positive) hip-hop out there still going in our modern times... like krs-one, talib, immortal technique, lcn, there might still be some negativity in some artists' messages but you have to have good and evil to be able to understand reality and learn... and honestly people dont really like whats on the radio unless their brainless... or when they are in the club and wanna be cool kids... sales have dropped compared to the legends of old-school days

Of course its always gonna be servant to money. Music is a business, if your business don't make money, then you have a horrible business my man. Music changes every day and you have to give the masses what they want. These people that own record labels aint in it to be socially conscious, they in it to make money. So when poeple start buyin socially conscious music, they'll start putting out socially conscious artists. But really theres no point because this was already done once. You cant remake history, you must move forward. You must move with the times. There is never gonnna be another "Illmatic", never gonna be another "Ready To Die", Those are the 1 of 1's. And Tupac portrayed one of the most negative images ever in hip hop...lets be real

is "my four four make sure all your kids don't grow" socially and culturally conscious? I agree with what your saying one hundred percent, but your choice of examples is somewhat baffling.

YEAH! join krs one's temple of hiphop,KNOW U'R CULTURE!

I forgot to mention this in my comment, but think about it... its not completely about sales... its also an agenda... who sold the most records of all time in hip-hop? conscious artists... sales are dropping overall in this genre right now as hip-hop is dying...open up your third eyes and wake up sheeple, many fall blind in this holographic universe

Emcees should study from the Gospel of Hip-Hop (KRS-1's Temple of Hip-Hop) and join the Stop the Violence movement as well. Time to take the culture back!