Hip hop has been on my mind a lot lately. It always is, really. Rap and I sort of came of age together in the early 80’s, it’s my internal soundtrack. I know the hammer has finally dropped on the degrading and misogynistic language in much of what passes for hip hop these days, but you don’t turn your back on family and I will not give up on the genre in its entirety. These days, I find much of the new stuff being played on the radio to be …