I know I'm going to lose all credibility with this post, but I like hip hop. So sorry. I like pretty much every genre of music under the sun that I can think of. With the exception of totally worthless genres like Adult Contemperary, Soft Rock, Soft Jazz, etc. If most of you people are judging hip hop based on bullshit that gets played on the radio, I can see why you'd hate it, but I doubt a lot of you would like GOOD hip hop because you'd go into it with a negative attitude.
Good hip hop:
Instrumental:
Prefuse 73
DJ Shadow
Rjd2
Company Flow (2nd album is instrumental)
W/ Vocals:
Wu Tang Clan (the lyrics are VERY stupid mostly, but the production is flawless)
Aesop Rock
Sage Francis
Dr Octagon
Deltron 3030
Cannibal Ox