Yoda, check out Blackalicous\' first 2 albums. Good shit. If nothing else it\'s certainly not pop/comercial
listen to nia..i\'ll sendspace it to ya if you want.
Outkast bores you? Common? Mos Def? The Roots?
as far as outkast goes, aquemini is a great album to check out...as are most of the others they\'ve made. they put on a great live show. saw em on the aquemini tour and on the stankonia tour..easily 2 of the best performances i\'ve ever seen. there are tons of other hip hop artists/groups that i\'ve been lucky enough to see who have put on awesome live shows..wu tang, busta rhymes, beastie boys, the roots, wyclef, ludacris, mr. lif and many others. i still have yet to see cypress hill.
i agree that most main stream rap/hip hop is pretty lame these days and sticks to the trend of money, hoes and cars references.. i\'d still love to see snoop dogg. his new stuff is not so great, but the older shit is timeless.