the only two widely commercial hip hop artists that are any good are jay z and eminem... some are lesser known in mainstream like nas, obie, xzibit etc... but all the other huge artists in mainstream suck... eg. 50 cent, nelly, chingy........

nas is my fav rapper but i still like jiggas work... he always has a few good cuts per album and RD, blueprint and the black album are near classics in my opinion... so fuck all the haters, you dont need to be an underground artists to be good... although most times underground artists usually are more skilled, it doesnt mean ALL mainstream rappers suck