Hip Hoppers Moving to Suburbia. It's true, according to The NY Times. And outside NYC one extremely affluent town, Alpine NJ, is becoming "the" suburban hip hop destination. The appeal? Space, privacy, lots of green and, hey, no joke, it beats the noise and pressure and distractions of the big city.

In Alpine, houses start at $1-2M; most are way higher. Already this little town hosts a litany of hip hop stars - from Sean Diddy Combs and Lil' Kim to Fabolous and Andre Harrell.

But Alpine isn't alone. Other burbs, in NJ and elsewhere, have also become increasingly attractive to hip hop and other formerly urban-based talent looking for the same things everyone looks for when they move out of the city (other than lawn ornaments and vinyl siding).

So, what do we have to look forward to in urban and hip hop music? Who knows. But maybe a subtle shift in theme from street life and violence, drugs and sex, to the pressing concerns of suburbanites . . . overrun weeds, leaf blower maintenance and how the h*ll to turn that yellowing blotchy lawn into something closer to green.