Couple cool discoveries/Older stuff I don't think I mentioned:
K'naan - Awesome Canadian-Somali hip-hop artist. (Wikipedia calls him a Poet, Rapper and Musician.)
His most recent CD: Troubadour, has numerous collaborations with an interesting cast of people including Mos Def, Kirk Hammett, Chali 2na and others. I've been loving it quite a bit lately.
Zion I and The Grouch - Heroes In The City Of Dope
Amazing collab between 2 awesome rappers. Wicked production, and really well though out lyrics. Features songs covering a wide variety of subjects, from the stress of touring, to criticizing the digital reliance on cell phones and computers, to the birth of The Grouch's first child. It also features appearances of Mistah F.A.B., Chali 2na of Jurassic 5, Deuce Eclipse, and Esthero. As a side note, the production behind most of the songs on this album, the second half of Zion I, AmpLive has remixed MGMT, Linkin Park, and Radiohead. (he did the remixing for "Plc.4 Mie H