pre-2005:
Nas, Jay-Z, DMX, Nore, Rakim, Mos Def, KRS, Slick Rick, Snoop, Prodigy, Missy, Redman, Wu-tang, Q-tip, Mase, 50 Cent, Smif-N-Wessun, bruh..... too many. People now have no idea how much talent was out back then.
I look at 99.9% of these new cats and I'm in shock as to how fukking mediocre and trash they are.
post-2005 (I'm talking about new nikkas that came out after 05)
*Sean Price (he's not new but he reinvented himself. and songs from his two solo albums got me through the bullshyt years of 2005-2008.
Lil B
ASAP Rocky
Prince Ali (local Toronto rapper. Not necessarily a good rapper, but he had some strong songs on
"I Miss 94")
Blu (I liked, not loved,
some of his early material.
Mars Remix blew me away. FOR REAL. I thought Blu could really do something special after that but he fell off something serious. and he was never that great to begin with).
Pretty much it