1.   Bennett has said he intends to continue pressing Time Warner and its board of directors to abandon the gangsta genre.

2.   Even its rap songs mostly shun the confrontational tactics of the gangsta genre, a tendency born of Southern manners, many artists say.

3.   This, even though the gangsta genre and its corporate connections are more potent than ever.

4.   Until the recent high-level corporate hand-wringing, though, Time Warner had been raising its profile in the gritty gangsta genre.