Hip hop right now isn't that great but I still love it. Don't be fooled though by the underground/mainstream status. There are plenty of underground guys who suck, and there is a select few that are good. (That's why most of em stay underground, they suck)

And I know people like to shit on mainstream rappers like Ludacris, saying he's too "pop" or whatever. Yeah he's got a few bubblegum songs but Ludacris is nasty.

I'm all fucked up so my typing doesn't make too much sense so I'll wrap this up.

Mainstream, I really like Nas, Biggie, Big Pun, Big L (RIP x3), D-block, wu-tang, Cormega, Mobb Deep, Cam'ron, Scarface, and Jay-Z. (Never was too big of a 2pac fan)

As far as underground artists, the only ones I like are Apathy, El-P, Jedi Mind tricks, akrobatik, and aesop rock.

Stoned Penguin, Malice is one of the dudes in the Clipse, right?

Anyways if any of you guys want me to reccomend some tracks I will, hopefully I can turn you on to some new shit. Peace