You might be the right one to ask here. Could you suggest 5 rappers that I should listen to? My prior experience in rap was some 2pac/eminem a long time ago. Follower by Fort Minor and about a year ago I listened to Gaunte & Big Cats (liked that!)
Brother, am I? CHECK THIS SPACE SOON, FOOL. Edit: Okay so first I'm just gonna link my personal guide to hiphop, which is a primer of sorts that you can use. Other suggestions I would add: K'naan, and his albums: Dusty Foot Philosopher, and Troubadour Wu-Tang Clan, and, well, everything they've ever put out. Let me know if you don't vibe with any of these, Cumol, and I can shoot you a fresh batch and see if you dig any of it.
Mmmm... Wiz Khalifa is a big disappointment to me. I think he had a lot of potential, even though I couldn't really vibe with his subject matter. But then he disappeared, fell off the map, came back, and dropped what is, inarguably, the worst mix tape I've ever had the displeasure of absorbing into my ear drums. Just...absolute garbage, oh god. If you like Wiz, retain your opinion of him and don't listen to 28 Grams.
OK. I love Rolling Papers. Frankly I feel like I can relate with a lot of it (not the money part, but the relationship part, I don't know - album spoke to me at a certain time in my life when I needed to hear it). But then, yeah, after that he dipped and I hadn't seen anything more form him. I was going to seek him out but wasn't even sure what, if anything, he had done since then. Good to know.