while we're on topic, I have a love-hate relationship with the street mentality.
On one hand, real hip hop is so intertwined with the streets that one can never hate on the streets. A lot of golden era rappers wouldn't exist if it wasn't for some street dude funding their demos or giving them shows etc. The whole look of rappers for the longest period came from the fashion street nikkas were rocking. Even the hard attitude and personalities. Hip hop as we know it owes a lot to the streets.
On the other hand, some street dudes are the dumbest and most backward nikkas in the world. And have no creativity. To them, if it aint about bussin guns, it's irrelevant. which is stupid as fukk, because hip hop was created specifically for people to get out of the streets and put their minds to other shyt.
I remember some comment on Youtube about Ghostface's "Childs Play". A dude was saying he thought the song was aight, but he wished Ghost had used to beat to talk about street shyt instead. Like that beat is perfect for talking about cooking and stickups. And I'm thinking: 'what?!'
No wonder the suburbs got bored of the street shyt.
He had quotables as well.