Anybody got any good rap artists to share?
 

I like rap, but the artists I know of are pretty limited, mostly because I don't listen to that many well known or mainstream rappers. So, I'm asking you guys if you provide some recommendations. Here is the kind of rap I listen to:

Aesop Rock
cLOUDDEAD
Sound Providers
Blue Scholars

I like rap that blends jazz elements in, like Sound Providers. I don't really pay much attention to the lyrics, but more the flow and rythum of their voice, the production and sound. Although I'm willing to actually try to pay attention to the lyrics. As with most music I like to listen to, I like experimentation. I've heard most rappers that are well known (Enimen, Tupac, ect.)

What if a rapper has good flow but terrible lyrics? Just askin.

A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, De la Soul, Black Star. That should help you, though you might have known of them.

I don't know, still worth checking out.

Haven't heard of any of them, I'll check them out.

Listening to Award Tour by A Tribe calleD Quest, I like what I hear so far.

yeah

atmosphere
murs
mf doom
madlib
stones throw records...
the fugees

Check out moorish delta 7, youtube it they are a british rap band simular to getto boys their best song was silent scream i dont know how well british urban slang will translate but md7 are quite americanised at times also their song levels is quite original (i dont have much interest in rap except the more ballady american stuff and some uk stuff in general)

If you search british rap on wikipedia a lot of the early uk rappers either were hardcore or had jazz elements, worth a read

I suggest Lightheaded who are similar to the Sound providers, Blackalicious who are jsut fantastic, and CYNE a more underground rap group with some nice flow and heavy lyrics.

Those are 3 of my favourites. Also check out Blueprint. He's done some work with Aesop. He's in "alchemy".

^ Definitely check out Blueprint. Saw him live.

Check Atmosphere, Blueprint, Murs, Cage, Tech N9ne,

Try 'Strange Fruit Project'.

Anything from The roots - things fall apart If not the best hip-hop cd its easily top 5

Eyedea, Mos Def, Talib Kweli... And you said you'd heard popular rap, so you may have already heard Wu Tang Clan, but they are classic.

eyedea not so much, but lovin mos def and taib's style

A lot of people don't get why I don't like Mos Def. I just don't really dig him.

Talib Kweli is beastly, though.

I love Eyedea because he's such a great poet; his rhymes never sound forced, and he even uses assonance and consonance :D

Tech N9ne
Royce Da 5'9"
Dalima
Drag-on