Hey man, TI has some cool lyrics, in some of his songs, the other ones are just rapping for the art of doing it. for example mims says in his song: "I dont have to rap, I can make a mill saying nothin on the track" I mean, please, when u hear that u realize that hip hop is not on its finest hour, dont matter whos wack and whos not. 50 cent is not wack on my opinion, hes just got different goals in rapping, get rich or dye trying, he aint got love for this, hes got love for this $$$$$$. And thats not wack, its a need for him.
About the commercial stuff, everybody is commercial, cmon, Will is too, and thats why he is making movies instead of rapping which is his true love. Lost and found was deep, no doubt about it, but when u hear the songs he released to the radio on that cd, then u understand me, switch!, party starter more or less, I can keep on going. The label knew that those were the songs people where gonna be buying, even though tell me why was 100 times better, and what about lost and found, would you love me, even loretta?, the real hip hop, the deep songs were not released as videos or nothing and he could have made an effort, hes got a lot of power, he also produces. But he didnt. So, we cannot be dissing people like that, knowing that noone is perfect and noone can release an album thats not gonna be a hit, no matter how good its songs are. I mean, take a minute and study what have been the top Will smith songs ever, as a solo artist, and you will find out that the 85 % of them songs were actually the most commercial ones on the albums.