I'm not too big into the gangsta rap, but I like underground hip hop. I'd have to say I like northern raps a little better for 2 reasons...

1. Southern rap gets repetitive and annoying

2. We got a pretty good hip-hop scene here in Minneapolis. Slug of Atmosphere hails from here, along with the whole Rhymesayers crew, as well as Doomtree with P.O.S. and such, there's a lot of other midwest rappers coming up lately too.