Flop or no flop. E-40 is carrying the bay on his back right now (and has been since). To me, that's all that really matters. I could care less about 40 actually getting his 2nd win, but either way, the bay area scene has been looking waaayy better than it has in the past years (thanks to E-40).
And to answer the question of the threadstarter, I think that the hyphy movement is like a thizz pill--it's taking it's time. Everyone smokin' newports and lights, but nobody trying extacy pills. Meaning, it's new. Trends take time to catch on. They reach it's peak, and eventually die down. While the hyphy movement is just catching on to another audience, bay cats are probably creating the new scene to keep us on the map. Who knows? Maybe the hyphy movement will last forever. But whatever the case may be, I'm not gonna deny the fact that I had fun during the time of ghostriding and stunna shades.
I'm not giving closure to an ending movement, THE HYPHY MOVEMENT HAS JUST BEGUN!!! Believe that, nukkah...