Is there any new rap I should be paying attention to these days?

[loup garou]

Ugly Duckling
I guess you could qualify Spearhead as rap.

 

[AMCRambler]

I hate Outkast. Hate him with all the bones in my body.

 

[akodi]

kanye west's cd is good and this is coming from an emo freak.

 

[clamum]

I don't know about "new" rap, but:

Deltron 3030, Binary Star, The Roots, Hieroglyphics, Jurassic 5, Zion I,

 

[CraigRT]

I like the Roots a lot.. also Styles of Beyond..
Jurassic 5 is great...
I actually like the Big Tymers' new CD too!

 

[FoolishMcNasty]

Brother Ali - "Shadows On The Sun" (Rhymesayers)

 

[luv2chill]

Gift of Gab has a solo album coming out (He's half of the group "Blackalicious"). Great stuff! He's one of my favorite MCs.

l2c

 

[Compton]

no

the old stuff is the best anyway

 

[krunchykrome]

I dont listen to much rap but I like Kanye West's album and I like the grey album alot (Jay-Z).

 

[parsley007]

i really like the kanye west cd, the greatest of lloyd banks (bootleg), twista's cd is ok, and i think the stat quo album is going to be good (really like the singles..)

 

[BD231]

Kanye West, Nappy Roots, Killer Mike and Raekwon all have new cds out right now.

Pay attention to some rappers that are main stream right now though, some of them of songs that are way better on their albums than the songs that get played.