Anyone else into that real hip hop?

If you are, your a friend of mine. But who do you listen to? good songs? let me know whats up. Some really great artists are Masta Ace (Great beats, amazing story telling lyrics that you can hear, never had a bad album in my oppinion) Mr Lif (repping boston, flow isnt the greatest but hes good, Lyrics are great) Method man (Only listened to the whole tical album so far, its really great. Lyrics are smooth beats are great. and im not even that big of a wu tang head) Nas (A clic, Overall well rounded Emcee, he had his fall at nastradamus but picked himself right back up, not sure when his next albums going to drop but im waiting.) Canibus (INCREDIBLE lyricist, beats are nice, his lyrics are seriously mind blowing) and some other guys like Mos Def and Talib, Brother Ali, Heltah Skeltah, Necro, and Lupe Fiasco. Those are some artists i listen to, Some people say "hip hop is dead" but it really isnt its only dead to you, theres PLENTY of great artists out there that arnt shining but it dosnt matter there just doing there thing!