I also forgot to mention some other hip hop stuff. i sat down and was looking throught my CD's and realised that i have more then i thought. Check out anything produced by Steve Pitts. He does all his work with The Dayton Family, Shoestring, Bootleg, and Jake tha Flake...If you like the harder hip hop and rap it is right up your alley. He likes to put alot of funk in the music. much better then just listening to wordds and beats. There is also DJ Skrew out of Houston. everything he does is slowed down and pitched down to make things real mellow. some of the newer stuff isn't his best, so i recommend his older stuff. he has a nice loose groove spinning around him. De La Soul's new one is pretty good. we talked about that here. But if you are just starting with hip hop then i suggest Run DMC and NWA for obvious reasons. they are still the best.
JEFF!