Few musical genres are as maligned as new "new school" rap. I'm not talking new school in terms of Public Enemy or Eric B. and Rakim but in the first wave of MTV friendly groups: Kwame, Kid 'n Play, and DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. People who don't like rap dislike it. People who love rap mock it. And people who do rap fear being compared to it. Whatever, I liked a lot of it. Sure, some of it was corny but Kwame had some great songs and there were a lot of catchy singles about a wide range of topics in that era.

But perhaps my favorite thing about that era is that more duos and groups utilized the back-and-forth technique. Today, almost every rap group uses the one verse for one MC style. There's little creativity in terms of delivery.

For this week, I"m going to step up for the honor of Kid 'n' Play and all groups that used the ol' back and forth style of rap. I miss the days when rap groups used to be groups and pass the mic mid-verse or even mid-line. Who knows, maybe someone will bring it back but right now it seems pretty dead. Anyone know of any new groups that do it or have any old favorites they want to recommend for one of the Songs of the Day?

Anyway, LeBron's commercial dissing Kid 'n' Play is just another reason I'm going to love it when the Celtics knock the Cavs out of the playoffs again.