Do you listen to any older hip hop? Have you explored the history of the genre? Not because I hate on current artists - there's actually a LOT of great hip hop coming out right now... perhaps some of the best in the last decade. But I do find that a lot of young hip hop fans miss out by passing over older stuff as sounding "old" or "stale."

There is another thread on here about music... lots of great stuff listed in there: http://skatefluckit.com/showthread.php?t=9237

Also download this: Sweatshop Union - Bill Murray EP http://www.mediafire.com/?83zzn6qo6c3n0nn
They're a Canadian hip hop crew from the west coast and I love this latest EP from them. I'm talking to them on twitter about getting some acapellas from the album and doing some remixes.