had an ex maaaany years ago who used to put me through the then painful experience of listening to rap the whole freaking time (so i used to return the favour by making him listen to some great 80's rock *evil grin. a lot of rolling eyes action going on those days...). i listened to nas so much i ended up liking it, this album in particular. it's one of the very few rappers you'll find me listening to. i pretty much like everything the guy puts out.

i like some dr. dre and 2pac stuff as well, but this is probably the genre i'm least familiar with. not sure if "doo-bop" from miles davis fits in this category as there's some weird stuff going on (in a good way ), but that's one of my favourite albuns.