Hrm. I think we have one of these already. But whatever..
Commercialism of rap is a bad thing. :[ Trade lyrics for money.
But there's a lot of underground cats doing real hip-hop.
Lupe Fiasco is one of the few mainstream doods that is worth listening to. You can get his album advance pretty easy.
Binary Star only dropped one album, but it was dope. you can get it LEGALLY here:
http://www.subterraneousrecords.com/motu.htmlJurassic 5 takes me back to the Golden Age of hip-hop. Classic. Gotta get some of their songs.
Common's whole Resurrection album. My fav Common album. Damn, you just gotta listen to it.
I recently got into Atmosphere. They're pretty nice. I'd reccomend The Woman With the Tatooed Hands, Modern Man's Hustle, and Godlovesugly.
Hrm. Just some random thoughts.