typical cats are fuckin dope...but they definetely arent the only ones bro...shittttt immortal technique rakim eric b. dead prez common market blue scholars alpha-p a tribe called quest OLD SCHOOL jay-z dr dre wu-tang grand mutha-fuckin master flash blackalicious gang starr common the roots prefuse 73 soul position ras kass del the funky homosapien andre nickatina blueprint rjd2 all those emcees/groups have a message/story/purpose in every single one of their songs. except maybe nickatina, but hes still dope as fuck
mekr4 nice list, i listen to alot of them as well as others like lupe fiasco, krs-one, blackstar(mos def/talib kweli), dialiate peoples and jurassic 5 , also this british rapper known as The Streets
ok the streets is a group and its no were near as good as other uk 'rap' the uk equivilent to underground is called grime.check it out
this is in random order nas wu-tang talib-kweli big-pun pac B.I.G apathy-"im on my CT shit" Tribe called quest alot of stuff thats not on the radio 8 times a day ...cant stand alot of the main stream rappers and i need to start searching for sum more underground stuff.
souls of mischief Big L Papoose ( people constantly sleep on this dude) KRS-1 Iron Solomon some others i cant think of at the moment
Tupac Ludacris Swollen Members Biggie Smalls Jay Z Xzibit Lil Jon Ying Yang Twins Pitbull Twista In order
BONE THUGS N HARMONY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! gangstar braille---->great white rapper lots and lots more but these are the ones i realy like french: sniper iam kdd
the digeable planets, mf doom and grim, loot pack and madlib the bad kid, the likwit crew is serious, defari is dope man theres too many to list but yo for all you dj premeire fans check out his track with the black eyed peas i know i sound like a quire but its before they got that chick and its pretty funk speaking of funky how did i forget about del and the whole heiro crew