[val-holla-ing]

for the record, hip hop is completely different from trip-hop.

if your tastes have always been "pure white", you might just want to stick with shit on the anticon label.

personally, i like:
dabrye
ghostface
talib kweli
madlib
four tet
public enemy
prefuse 73
nas
cam'ron
j dilla
the roots
N.W.A
clipse

of those, only prefuse and dabrye are dark and atmospheric at times. also, dalek is pretty dark, but i saw him/them live and the experience completely turned me off to the music.

i also love local rap, but that's probably because it's what i grew up on.