snoop? jay z? wu tang clan? nas? big l? sure there was the east coast vs west coast "war" but to say the top artists were all about fighting is a stretch. there's just as much bs today as there was back then IMO, it's just on a different forum and over less trivial things (ie, soulja boy vs bow wow over who's car is leased, who gives a fluff!). music is music though, everyone will always think the era they grew up in is the best though (that's the stage in life when you're most easily influenced and you're molding yourself after other people) that's just the fact of life. if i ignore the stuff that i don't like in today's music, there's alot of good talent out there. just gotta turn off the radio and take advantage of the internet
heck, the rappers from the 90s that i just listed were the big names but that's not even what i was listening to