Super-delayed reply here, but been away from a computer for a couple days so had no chance to.
Anyway, I believe you may be right, I was actually making far too much of a generalization there, and I apologise for it, I was kind of leaning towards the more commercial side of some of the Hip-hop that I've heard recently, I mean I don't know what your opinion on 50 cent and the like is, but I absolutely despise those kind of rappers just for the sole reason that it seems to me they are doing it to be scene and for the money. I might be wrong here, but that's just my opinion on those guys.
And don't get me wrong, those links you gave the other day were pretty awesome, I enjoyed it and all, but I think it sometimes takes me a little while to get used to some rap/hip-hop before I start realising its intention or what its all about.