Yeah Sunz of Man is pretty tight. I liked some of the s*** on "the swarm" compilation too. GZA, "Liquid Swords" is one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time in my opinion, but that "Beneath the Surface" was wiggledywiggledyWACK.
Who I really feelin nowadays on the hip-hop front is dead prez, mos def, talib kweli & hi-tek, anomalies (all-female crew from NYC), Orishas (Cuban hip-hop in Spanish), Kardinal Offishal from Toronto (ain't heard his whole album though), Black Twang representing me hometown London (though I ain't heard their most recent stuff), and more tings comin up from the underground, where real hip-hop lives... oh and this cat C-Rayz Walz from NYC is off the hook, I jus know him from freestyle sessions at I-fuhget-wah-de-place-name, but I think his album due to drop any time now... so if you is a DJ, look for dem tings and help expose the massive to the light from the underground, seen... And check my suggestions re your post "Work"...
I deh in Cum-Buss-Us, O-Low-O right now by the way. Below is a nex link about John Byrd who Ohio plans to execute on Feb. 19, look down the board an you gon find a post with some addresses to write to to protest this. He is innocent, straight up.