I'm getting sick of these lads being the only men ever promoted as any good. "This person 'insert random artist' sucks listen to only these 'list 6 or 7 very good but not the best' There is more to excellent hip hop then mainstream geniuses.
Artists that are as good if not better then artist listed above:
Chino XL-This man owns everyone. Water, What you Got?, Sorry. Lyrical Jesus, Rise, Ghetto Vampire, Wordsmith (that song is just fucked)
Rakim- Liquid his flow is pure fluid.
Bliss and Eso -again pure art. Beer o'clock, Pigs in the porn trough, This is for you.
Bless- this man...wow.
And none of these people did a song with Linkin Park.