What do you miss about old school hip hop music and why?

How about the song planet rock. The beat was amazing

Public Enemy, "when I get to Arizona " has great PRAT!

I miss when people just made comments about the lyrics and it wasn't so commercialized. It's gotten to the point where some people hate the current content. Some people hate it because it isn't what it was. Some people hate it because they don't understand the culture. That also why I loved it so much. It was defiant and didn't care about acceptance. Told stories from so many points of view.  

Despite what most believe, rap lyrics are about survival and being trapped in the game!   Check out Tupac "Trapped" 

For the record back when the "old school" was new music I never liked it.  Now years later I can appreciate the lyrical poetry and the fact that it's got a good beat.  Some of it is even well recorded.  I know it's not esoteric enough, but I like what I like and no apologies.