^ i always had this warm feeling about TRshady.com, because unlike the other forums, it's the Promised Land for all the spammers and Backstage-lurkers.
see, you don't really have to be a die-hard hip hop fan to stay here, and even if you are, you can still have a decent discussion, as long as you don't pay attention on the idiots who bump Brown John's name everytime they get the chance.
about the comments/insults: i agree it gets annoying at times, because it might fuck up the whole discussion, but it's natural. an internet forum is a kind of entertainment and, personally, i'd leave TR if it wasn't for the people who are capable of making me 'LMAO' every day.
as for the spamming in sections like Shady Shots: it's not a serious section, but 10 pages of crap is too much and we definitely should cut it when it's 3-4.
as for sticking to the damn guidelines: i have no idea how you can actually make some people make use of the rules, apparently adding a dateline is far more challenging than making an one-liner.