Thanks for the suggestions, looks like I’ve got some digging to do!
I could never get into TuPac’s stuff, he was pretty good but just too focussed on violence and depressing ghetto themes, that’s also why I don’t really care for Nas, despite his ability.
I know I listened to Madvillain at least once, but it didn’t take. Will check out more MF DOOM. I liked some of OutKast’s earlier stuff for a while but went off it again. Never gone too far into nerdcore but I quite like some of MC Frontalot’s tracks. Not really a fan of mc chris.