Im a purist type hip-hop head but i treat it as my religion so i keep tryna find stuff i missed cos i was a kid, top 5 MCs no order cept number 1:
(1)MF DOOM
Ghostface Killah
NaS
BlackThought
Tumi from a band in South Africa(Tumi & the Volume)they tour a lot maybe you guys have heard of em.
At the moment im banging some DJ joints like Roc Raida(RIP), old Premier instrumentals, old Shadow & Rob Swift, & 90s stuff that went unnoticed like Blahzay Blahzay, OC & just the whole DITC, Artifacts, Jeru, KMD(DOOMS old squad Subroc RIP)definitely Black Moon oh & I slept on The DOC.
Cats from my country i feel, AQ & Thir[13]teen, Archetypes, Writers Block, Tumi & The Volume Revivolution(squad im in)
New cats i feel, Blu even though when he performed here he couldnt handle his liquor, Madlib for the music much more than the lyrics, Edan, Flying Lotus though thats more instrolike
Btw Dont sleep on Bliss N Eso from Australia
FuS
I cant give Distant Relatives a critical review as i havent got that into it, but my major flaw with it is that it was too clean! Not on some street shit but the production felt too packaged. Esp when artists like this get together its easy to get into formulas of expectation like lets make the save Africa song which others, including themselves have made earlier & better. As We Enter felt like both of them saying "I can exist in this space you created" a dope type of mental flexing very equal, but then the album gets a bit too onesided cos NaS is just an MC but Jr Gong got more to choose from so you get more of him & NaS ends up sounding like the guest rapper guy on r&b songs who only spits 1 16 at the end of the joint.
Its not a bad album so i think il re-dab it
FuS
Ps. Oh shit & I like Mr Lif too