I personally don't mind some of the southern stuff. It's not good lyrically, in fact a lot of it is shit that's hard to explain why it's worth listening to. The fact these songs have a catchy beat half the time is what saves them, although only in low doses. If I heard "Goin Down" or "Shoulder Lean" about 6 times a day, it'd wear thin on me pretty quickly.
It's sad though how rappers with talent and intellect get thrown away to the side for this mindless trash and the female R&B shit. Cassie and the rest of them ... please disappear cause I want your genre to die. Once in a while you'll hear decent shit on Hot 97, but like at midnight between Dipsuck shit. I'm just hoping that Grafh and Papoose make it big, make a resurection for good rap.